Annaleigh Ashford

Annaleigh Ashford
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	Annaleigh Amanda Swanson
Haihuwa	Denver, 25 ga Yuni, 1985 (40 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Harshen uwa	Turanci
Karatu
Makaranta	Marymount Manhattan College (en) Wheat Ridge High School (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	jarumi, mawaƙi, stage actor (en) da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo
Kyaututtuka	gani Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play  (2015)
Yanayin murya	soprano (en)
Kayan kida	murya
IMDb	nm2807560
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Annaleigh Ashford (née Swanson; an haife ta a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1985 ) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Amurka, mawaƙa, kuma mai rawa. Matsayinta na farko a Broadway sun hada da Wicked (2007), Legally Blonde (2007), da Hair (2010). Ta sami lambar yabo ta Tony don 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau a cikin wasan kwaikwayo don wasa da Essie Carmichael a cikin You Can't Take It with You (2014-2015). Sauran rawar da ta zaba na Tony sune Lauren a cikin Kinky Boots (2013) da Mrs. Lovett a cikin Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023). Ta kuma fito a cikin farfadowar Broadway na Lahadi a cikin Park tare da George (2017).

Ta fitar da kundi na farko Lost in the Stars: Live at 54 Below a cikin 2015. Shahararrun fina-finai da talabijin na Ashford sun haɗa da wasan kwaikwayo na Showtime Masters of Sex (2013-2016), Netflix miniseries Unbelievable (2019), fim din HBO Bad Education (2019), wasan kwaikwayo na FX Impeachment: American Crime Story (2021) da kuma CBS sitcom B Positive (2020-2022). Ta sami kyautar Primetime Emmy Award saboda rawar da ta taka a matsayin Irene a cikin jerin Hulu Welcome to Chippendales (2022). Ta sami gabatarwa ta farko ta Grammy a cikin rukunin Best Musical Theater Album don rikodin rikodin Broadway na 2023 na Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street .

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Ashford a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 'yar Holli Swanson, malamin wasan motsa jiki na makarantar firamare, da Chris Swanson, Mai mallakar karamin kasuwanci. Ta fara yin rawa a Cibiyar Dance da Performing Arts ta Kit Andrée a aji na biyu. Ta yi aiki kuma ta raira waƙa a cikin wasanni da gasa da yawa a garinsu. Ashford ta fara sana'a ne tun tana 'yar shekara tara a Denver, lokacin da aka jefa ta a matsayin Tina Denmark, jagora a cikin Ruthless!. A shekara goma sha huɗu, an bayyana ta a matsayin "The Teen to Watch" ta Rocky Mountain News . Sauran kyaututtuka na Denver sun haɗa da bayyana a cikin rukunin The Sound of Music, West Side Story, da Paint Your Wagon, da kuma Little Women kamar Amy March, Rodgers da Hammerstein's Cinderella kamar Ella, Grease kamar Sandy Dumbrowski, da Anything Goes kamar Reno Sweeney. Ta kammala karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Wheat Ridge a cikin shekaru uku, tana da shekaru 16, sannan ta halarci Kwalejin Marymount Manhattan, inda ta sami digiri a wasan kwaikwayo a cikin wasu shekaru uku, yana da shekaru 19. Yayinda yake halartar Kwalejin Marymount Manhattan, Ashford ta buga Rosa Bud a cikin The Mystery of Edwin Drood da Emma a Tell Me a ranar Lahadi.

Ayyuka

2004-2009: Matsayi na farko da Broadway debut

A shekara ta 2004, yayin da yake rataye a cikin kulob din Lower East Side na Birnin New York, Ashford ya sadu da mutumin rayuwar dare Lady Starlight, DJ na dutse na gida kuma mai zane-zane. Lady Starlight ta gayyaci Ashford don yin rawa a cikin bikinta na 1970s mai haske "Lady Starlight's English Disco" kuma ta yi mata baftisma ta Hollywood Starr . Ashford ta yi a cikin Tom Kitt da Brian Yorkey's Feeling Electric a matsayin Natalie a bikin wasan kwaikwayo na New York a shekara ta 2005.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan kammala karatun jami'a, Ashford ta sami babban hutunta tana yin wasa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin abokan Glinda, Pfanne, kuma ta koyi rawar Glinda a zagayen farko na ƙasa na Wicked . Ta shiga cikin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo a watan Disamba na 2005 kuma ta tafi a watan Satumba na 2006. Daga nan ta fara rawar Margot a cikin Legally Blonde: The Musical, farkonta na Broadway. Ta fahimci rawar da Elle Woods ta taka, amma sau ɗaya kawai ta taka. An nuna ta a cikin rikodin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na asali kuma ta fito a cikin watsa shirye-shiryen MTV a talabijin. Ashford ta bar shirin a watan Satumba na 2007. A watan Yulin 2007, ta yi aiki a kan wani shiri na kiɗa na Catch Me If You Can a matsayin Brenda Strong. Ta yi karatu a shirye-shiryen aikin a ƙarƙashin daraktan da ya lashe kyautar Tony Award na Hairspray, Jack O'Brien .

Ashford daga nan ya koma Wicked, a wannan lokacin yana taka rawar Glinda a cikin samar da Broadway. Ta maye gurbin Kendra Kassebaum a ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 2007. Ta bar kamfanin a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 2008, lokacin da Kassebaum ya koma rawar, kuma ya koma samar da Chicago, ya maye gurbin Kate Fahrner a matsayin Glinda a ranar 3 ga Yuni, 2008. Ta buga wasan karshe a matsayin Glinda a ranar 25 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2009, lokacin da aka rufe samar da Chicago. A shekara ta 2008, ta fara fim dinta tare da karamin bangare a Jima'i da Birni: Fim din tana wasa da "sarauniyar lakabi mai lalata". A wannan shekarar ta kuma fito a fim din Jonathan Demme Rachel Getting Married tare da Anne Hathaway . Ashford ta taka leda a matsayin yarinya.