Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford is an American actress singer and dancer. Her first appearances on Broadway include the Musicals Wicked Legally Blonde and Hair. In her performance as Essie In You Can't Take It With You she received the Tony Award. Annaleigh has worked on projects with award-winning director, actors, and producers throughout the course of her professional career. Ashford will be next starring opposite Kumail Nanjiani in the Hulu limited series Welcome to Chippendales from creator Robert Siegel premiering on November 22. Ashford's current film will be Searchlight Pictures horror thriller Dust, starring alongside Sarah Paulson and Ebonmoss-Bachrach. As a Hulu Original, the film is available on Disney Digital Television's channels. Ashford is set to appear alongside Josh Groban on Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for the upcoming March 2023 production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Thomas Kail, director and producer of Hamilton will direct the production. Ashford has been seen most recently as Paula Jones in Ryan Murphy FX series American Crime Story Impeachment. The series is based on the National Crisis, which saw Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky Linda Tripp at the center of the first impeachment proceeding in America over a Century. Ashford was the main character in two seasons of CBS comedy B Positive. The show was created by Marco Pennette and Chuck Lorre it also featured legendary actors Linda Lavin Hector Elizondo and Ben Vereen.No stranger to Broadway Ashford has won Tony Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance as Essie in You Can't Take It with You. Sunday in the Park with George Wicked legally blonde and the character that was originally played by Lauren of Kinky Boots were among her other Broadway performances. Ashford is an Denver resident who splits her time between Los Angeles.






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