Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd
Date of Birth: April 19, 1968, Granada Hills, California
Birth Name: Ashley Tyler Ciminella
Height: 5' 7"
A perpetual participant in the Delta 99 Most Desirable Women reaching as high as #11 in 2005. She also took home a Delta's Choice Award in 2004
for Dancing In her Underwear in the movie "Someone Like You". Ashley Judd is an at least 8th generation Eastern Kentuckian. She currently resides
on a farm in rural middle Tennessee and maintains close kinship and cultural ties with Appalachia. The daughter of country singer Naomi Judd and the
younger half-sister of singer Wynonna Judd. Her parents divorced in 1972, and her mother struggled to raise two girls on her nurse's salary. The girls
wore second-hand clothes, and the family moved often. They occasionally lived without electricity or indoor plumbing in remote, poverty-stricken areas
of Kentucky. When Judd was a teenager, her mother and sister's country music duet, The Judds, became popular and successful, and suddenly the
Judd family was rich. Ashley didn't sing, though, so she moved in with her father during the school year, and only accompanied her mother and sister
on tour during summers.
Judd wore braces as a child and had acne as a teen, but she was gorgeous enough to be a cheerleader in high school. She majored in French in
college, but after graduation, she moved to Hollywood, deciding to be an actress. She was quickly hired to play a junior member of the Enterprise
engineering staff on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She appeared in two episodes, briefly sparking with Ensign Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) as
they saved the ship's crew from an addictive computer game. After that she appeared on the sitcom Sisters for several years, playing Swoosie Kurtz's
spoiled daughter.
Her first movie role was as "wife of paint store owner" in 1992's Kuffs. She was originally offered a bigger role, but turned it down when she was told it
involved a topless scene. She starred in 1993's Ruby in Paradise, winning critical raves. Her better films include Heat, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya
Sisterhood, and De-Lovely, though she has also appeared in a number of lowball thrillers like Kiss the Girls and High Crimes.
In 2004, during a stay at the Ahwahnee hotel in Yosemite, Judd accidentally locked herself out of her cabin without her clothes, and with her face
covered in pimple cream. She wrapped herself in a yoga mat and went to the lobby to get a new key.
1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series) ... Ensign Robin Lefler 1991-1994 Sisters (TV series) ... Reed Halsey 1992 Kuffs ... Wife of Paint Store Owner 1992 Till Death Us Do Part (TV movie) ...Gwen Fox 1993 Ruby in Paradise ... Ruby Lee Gissing 1994 Natural Born Killers ... Grace Mulberry (scenes deleted) 1995 The Passion of Darkly Noon ... Callie 1995 Smoke ... Felicity 1995 Heat ... Charlene Shiherlis 1996 Normal Life ... Pam Anderson 1996 Norma Jean & Marilyn (TV movie) ...Norma Jean Dougherty 1996 A Time to Kill ... Carla Brigance 1996 Dick Richards (short) ... Julie 1997 The Locusts ... Kitty 1997 Kiss the Girls ... Dr. Kate McTiernan 1998 Simon Birch ... Rebecca Wenteworth 1999 Our Friend, Martin ... Mrs. Dale (voice) 1999 Eye of the Beholder ... Joanna Eris 1999 Double Jeopardy ... Libby 2000 Where the Heart Is ... Lexie Coop 2000 The Ryan Interview (TV movie) ... Fredericka Rose 2001 Someone Like You ... Jane Goodale 2002 High Crimes ... Claire Kubik 2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood ... Younger Vivi Abbott Walker 2002 Frida ... Tina Modotti 2004 Twisted ... Jessica Shepard 2004 De-Lovely ... Linda Porter 2006 Come Early Morning ... Lucy Fowler 2006 Bug ... Agnes White 2009 Helen ... Helen Leonard 2009 Crossing Over ... Denise Frankel 2010 Tooth Fairy ... Carly
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Filmography
Awards
Delta's Choice Awards 2010 Delta 99 Most Desirable Women - #22 2009 Delta 99 Most Desirable Women - #74 2008 Delta 99 Most Desirable Women - #78 2007 Delta 99 Most Desirable Women - #62 2006 Delta 99 Most Desirable Women - #60 2005 Delta 99 Most Desirable Women - #11 2004 Delta - Special Category - Dancing in Underwear for: Someone Like You 2004 Delta 99 Most Desirable Women - debut at #16
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 - Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actress - Suspense for: Double Jeopardy
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1994 - CFCA Award Emerging Actress for: Ruby in Paradise
Independent Spirit Awards 1994 - Independent Spirit Award Best Female Lead for: Ruby in Paradise
Lone Star Film & Television Awards 1998 - Lone Star Film & Television Award Best Supporting Actress for: The Locusts
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