Annaleigh Ashford
Annaleigh Ashford was an American Broadway theater and television actress who was best known for her role as Betty DiMello on the Showtime period drama "Masters of Sex" (Showtime, 2013- ). Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Ashford grew up with a passion for performance. After her gym teacher mother tried and failed to encourage young Annaleigh to play sports, Ashford started taking dance and acting classes at Kit Andrée's Dance and Performing Arts Center in her hometown. It did not take long for Ashford to fall in love with performing. She began appearing in plays all throughout grade school and high school, and by the time college rolled around, decided to leave Denver for New York City. It was while living in the Big Apple that Ashford soon enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College, where she studied theater. She graduated from the four year college in just three years, and was soon auditioning for theatrical roles on Broadway. Her first big break came when she was cast on the first national tour of the hit Broadway musical "Wicked." Ashford traveled the country as a castmember on the show, before making her Broadway debut in 2007 in the musical "Legally Blonde." The musical was a smash success and over the next few years Ashford appeared in numerous additional Broadway musicals. It was also around this time that Ashford started landing small roles in films like "Sex and the City" (2008) and "Rachel Getting Married" (2008). She continued nabbing parts throughout the early 2010s, most notably voicing several roles in the hit Disney animated film "Frozen" (2013), as well as appearing in the Chris Rock comedy "Top Five" (2014). In 2013 Ashford landed her breakout role on the Showtime period drama "Masters of Sex," playing young prostitute Betty DiMello.
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Filmography
Movies
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40% |
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Hold Your Breath | Esther Smith (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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American Reject | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
94% |
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Bad Education | Debra Rigano (Character) | - | 2019 |
80% |
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Late Night | Mimi Mismatch (Character) | $15.5M | 2019 |
96% |
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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch | Guest | - | 2019 |
44% |
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Second Act | Hildy Ostrander (Character) | $39.2M | 2018 |
66% |
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Unicorn Store | Crystal (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Stereotypically You | Anne (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love on the Run | Liza (Character) | - | 2016 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2021 2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2020-2021 2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017 2022-2023 |
71% | 67% | Welcome to Chippendales | Irene Banerjee (Character) | 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 54% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Celebrity Renovation | Guest | 2022 |
85% | 57% | B Positive | Gina (Character) | 2020-2022 |
84% | 90% | American Crime Story | Paula Jones (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2021 |
96% | 86% | Evil | Bridget Farrell (Guest Star) | 2019 |
97% | 78% | Younger | Shelly Rozansky (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live From Lincoln Center | Music Performer | 2019 |
59% | 87% | God Friended Me | Fliss (Guest Star) | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2017 |
84% | 85% | Masters of Sex |
Betty DiMello (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2013-2016 |
No Score Yet | 92% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lindsay Anderson (Guest Star) | 2013 |