Anna Leigh Ashford

Annaleigh Amanda Ashford was born in the US. She is an actress or singer, as well as dancer. She began her Broadway career in musicals such as Wicked, Legally Blonde, as well as Hair. Her role on stage in You Can't Take It With You as Essie Carmahiel won her an award for the Tony Award in Best Featured Female Actor in a Play. Annaleigh has been collaborating on projects with award-winning directors as well as actors and producers for most of her career. Ashford will be next in the role of Kumail Nanjiani on the Hulu limited series Welcome to Chippendales from creator Robert Siegel premiering on November 22. Ashford's current project is Searchlight Pictures horror thriller Dust and he will be starring with Sarah Paulson and Ebonmoss-Bachrach. In the form of an Hulu Original, the film will be a part of Disney Digital Television's channels. Ashford is scheduled to return to Broadway in the month of March 2023 where he will star alongside Josh Groban opposite Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. The production takes place located at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Thomas Kail as director and Jeffrey Seller as producer will serve as the creators of the musical. Ashford has been seen most recently as Paula Jones in Ryan Murphy FX show American Crime Story Impeachment. This show is based around the National Crisis that saw Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky Linda Tripp at the center of the first impeachment proceeding in America during the Over a Century. Ashford was a part of two seasons of the cult CBS comedy B Positive. The show was developed by Marco Pennette Chuck Lorre with the legendary Linda Lavin Hector Elizondo Ben Vereen. Ashford, who is not familiar with Broadway was awarded both Tony Drama Desk Awards as in addition to Outer Critics Circle Awards in the role as Essie. Her additional Broadway credits include Sunday in the Park with George Wicked Legally Blonde and the originating role of Lauren in Kinky Boots a performance for which she received another Tony Award nomination. Her birthplace and childhood was in Denver Ashford is now dividing the time in Los Angeles and New York.