Anna Leigh Ashford

Annaleigh Amanda Ashford, an American singer-dancer and actress. Her early Broadway roles are Wicked Legally Blonde & Hair. In the musical, Hair. Tony Award was given to Ashford for her performance as Essie Carmichael from You Can't Take It With You. Annaleigh Ashley is a Tony Award winning actor and actress, has worked with directors, actors, and other performers in stage and on screen throughout her entire career. Ashford is scheduled to be starring alongside Kumail Nanjiani, as Robert Siegel's Hulu exclusive Welcome to Chippendales. It will premiere on 22nd November. Ashford is in the production for Searchlight Pictures' terror thriller Dust starring Sarah Paulson. In the form of a Hulu Original, the film will be a part of Disney Digital Television's channels. Ashford will be returning in 2023, and will star alongside Josh Groban at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to perform the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. The team behind Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller and director Thomas Kail will be at the leading the show. Ashford's most recent part was that of Paula Jones on Ryan Murphy FX's American Crime Story Impeachment. The series is based on a nationwide scandal that involved Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky, and Linda Tripp. Ashford appeared for two seasons in the CBS successful comedy B Positive. It was developed by Marco Pennette and Chuck Lorre the series also starred 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 role as Essie as Essie in You Can't Take It with You. Other Broadway roles for Ashford includes Sunday in the Park, in which she starred with George Wicked legally Blonde, as well as the role of Lauren as Lauren in Kinky Boots. For this performance, she was awarded an Tony Award nomination. Ashford was born and raised in Denver and now divides her time between Los Angeles, and New York.