Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella) was born on April 19, 1968 in Granada Hills, California. She is a TV and movies actor, and also a human rights ambassador for many different organizations. Daughter of the famous country singer Naomi Judd, and of Michael Charles Ciminella, a marketing analyst, Ashely’s family has Italian descent from the paternal side. Being the child of a country star who divorced from her father when she was very young, Ashley always felt that she wasn’t good enough, and she attempted to display this in compulsive acts of cleaning and perfectionism. She led the life of a typical troubled person: she went to 12 different schools in 13 years, because she was constantly being bounced around. She finally majored in French and minored in anthropology at the University of Kentucky. Ashley also graduated from the UK Honors Program, but she hasn’t been able to graduate with her class. When she finished the college, Ashley went to Hollywood, where she studied acting with the teacher Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West.
It took a few years to get the first important roles in TV and on the movies, but, in the end, Ashley had, and she’s still having, a brilliant career. Ashley is famous for having starred in movies such as “Kiss the Girls” (1997) and TV shows like “Star Trek – The Next Generation” (1991), but her complete filmography counts many successful movies and TV shows. Ashley played in the movies "Kuffs" (1992), "Ruby in Paradise" (1993), "Love Can Build a Bridge" (1994), "Heat" (1995), "Smoke" (1995), "The Passion of Darkly Noon" (1995), "A Time to Kill" (1996), "Normal Life" (1996), "Kiss the Girls" (1997), "The Locusts" (1997), "Simon Birch" (1998), "Double Jeopardy" (1999), "Eye of the Beholder" (1999), "Where the Heart Is" (2000), "Someone Like You" (2001), "Frida" (2002), "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (2002), "High Crimes" (2002), "De-Lovely" (2004), "Twisted" (2004), "Come Early Morning" (2006), "Bug" (2007), "India's Hidden Plague" (2007), "Helen" (2009), "Crossing Over" (2009), "Tooth Fairy" (2010), "Dolphin Tale" (2011), "Flypaper" (2011), "Olympus Has Fallen" (2013), "Divergent" (2014), "The Identical" (2014), "Dolphin Tale 2" (2014), "Big Stone Gap" (2014), "Love is a Verb" (2014), "The Divergent Series: Insurgent" (2015), "The Divergent Series: Allegiant" (2016), "Barry" (2016), "Good Kids" (2016), "Trafficked" (2017), "Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated" (2017).
She also appeared in the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1991), "Sisters" (1991–94), "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" (1994), "Norma Jean & Marilyn" (1996), "Missing" (2012), "Call Me Crazy: A Five Film" (2013), "Twin Peaks" (2017), and "Berlin Station" (2017).
During her career Ashley got many nominations for many different awards, being the winner in 1994 of the “CFCA Award “ as the “Most Promising Actress”, and of the “Independent Spirit Award” for the “Best Female Lead” thanks to the movie “Ruby in Paradise” (1993). In 1998 she won the “Lone Star Film & Television Award” as the “Best Supporting Actress” for the movie “The Locusts” (1997). In 2000 Ashley won the “Blockbuster Entertainment Award”as the “Favorite Actress – Suspense” for the movie “Double Jeopardy” (1999). Finally, in 2018, Ashley has been the winner of the “EDA Female Focus Award” for her “Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry”.
In 2012 Ashely has been the co-executive producer of the TV series “Missing”, that counts a total of 8 episodes, and in 2013 she’s been the director of one of the segments of the TV Movie “Call me crazy: a five film”.
| Birth Date: | 19 Apr, 1968 |
| Age: | 52 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Granada Hills |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American actress |
| Twitter Id: | AshleyJudd |
| Spouse: | Dario Franchitti[2001-2013] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 18 million |
