Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford, an American actress and singer. She started her Broadway career performing in musicals such as Wicked, Legally Blonde, as well as Hair. She received her Tony Award for Best Featured actor in the Play to play Essie Carmichael from You Can't Take It With You. Annaleigh Ashford is a Tony Award winner actor has worked with a variety of well-known directors and actors on stage and screen. Ashford continues to build on her award-winning career through her forthcoming projects. Ashford in the near future will play opposite Kumail Robert Siegel's Hulu exclusive series Welcome to Chippendales which premieres the 22nd of November. Ashford is currently working on the film for Searchlight Pictures' terror thriller Dust starring Sarah Paulson. The film will be released in the form of an Hulu Original on Disney DTC. Ashford will return in 2023 and will play opposite Josh Groban at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to perform the revival of Stephensondheim's Sweeney Todd. The production is directed by Thomas Kail and produced by Jeffrey Seller, the team that brought you Hamilton. Ashford most recently starred Paula Jones in the new Ryan Murphy FX series American Crime Story Impeachment based on the nation's crisis, which swept across the country. Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp as principal characters for the first impeachment trial in more than 100 years. She was the star of two seasons on CBS comedy B Positive. The series was created by Marco Pennette, Chuck Lorre and Linda Lavin. The show also included Ben Vereen as well as Hector Elizondo. Sunday in the Park starring George Wicked and Legally Blonde are amongst her additional Broadway credits. Ashford was raised and born in Denver and now divides the time in Los Angeles, and New York.






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