Ashley Judd was born in California on April 19, 1968 as Tyler Siminella. Her mother is a popular American singer Naomi Judd. The family had two children and both children were girls. In 1972, their parents divorced, and their mother and daughters moved to Kentucky, but they did not settle in one city, and constantly traveled throughout the state, because of which the girls had to change 12 schools.
After graduating from school, Ashley Judd entered the University of Kentucky in the Department of
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Ashley Judd was born in California on April 19, 1968 as Tyler Siminella. Her mother is a popular American singer Naomi Judd. The family had two children and both children were girls. In 1972, their parents divorced, and their mother and daughters moved to Kentucky, but they did not settle in one city, and constantly traveled throughout the state, because of which the girls had to change 12 schools.
After graduating from school, Ashley Judd entered the University of Kentucky in the Department of French Literature, graduated with honors in 1990 and received the right to enter the privileged society “Beta Kappa”, which includes only gifted people.
In 1990, the actress moved to Los Angeles and began acting in television series. The first series, where she received a cameo role, was the series “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, which was shot in 1991.
However, the money earned was catastrophically short for a living, and Ashley Judd got a job as a waitress in a restaurant. At the same time, she studied at Playhouse West acting school.
Then the actress was offered a contract for 4 years for filming in the series “Sisters”, where she played the daughter of the main character. In 1994, work on the series was completed, and her candidacy was approved for the role of Grace in the film.
"Natural Born Killers" . However, the episodes where Ashley appeared were cut, they can only be seen in the director's version of the film.
In 1995, she appeared in the film Dark Noon.
"Fight" and "Smoke." In 1996, the films with her participation “Time to Kill” were released.
Norma Jean and Marilyn and Dick Richards.
Ashley was constantly invited to play supporting roles in movies, and in 2004 she successfully performed in the play Cat on a Hot Roof on Broadway. In 2007, she was offered the first leading role in the movie, it was the film “Helena”, filming which took place in Vancouver. In 2012, the actress was invited to participate in the project of the TV channel “ABC”, it was the series “Missing”.