Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford was born in the US. The actress is an actress or singer, as well as dancer. As a young actress, she appeared in Broadway performances, she starred the role of Essie Carmichael in Wicked Legally Blonde Hair. Her first Tony Award was given to Ashford for her performance as Essie Carmichael in You Can't Take It With You. Annaleigh has worked on projects with award-winning directors as well as actors and producers throughout her career. Ashford's next project will be an exclusive Hulu show called Welcome to Chippendales, created by Robert Siegel. The show premieres on November 22, and Ashford plays opposite Kumail Najiani. Ashford is engaged in the production of Searchlight Pictures' horror film Dust which stars Sarah Paulson alongside Ebon and Moss Bachrach. The film will be available on Disney's DTC platforms, as well as Hulu Original. Ashford's Broadway comeback will be in the month of March 2023, when he stars opposite Josh Groban for the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre revival of Stephensondheim's Sweeney Todd. This show will be directed by Thomas Kail and produced by Jeffrey Seller, the team that produced Hamilton. Ashford was most recently seen as Paula Jones in the new Ryan Murphy FX series American Crime Story Impeachment that is based upon the nation's crisis, which swept up Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp as principal characters for the first impeachment hearings in over 100 years. Ashford starred for two seasons in CBS successful comedy B Positive. It was produced by Chuck Lorre with Marco Pennette. It featured Linda lavin as well as Hector Elizondo as well as Ben Vereen. Ashford is no stranger to Broadway. Her portrayal of Essie on You Can't Take It with You was a winner of the Tony Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Sunday in the Park starring George Wicked and Legally Blonde are amongst her additional Broadway credits. Ashford was born and raised in Denver and is now dividing the time in Los Angeles, and New York.
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