Ashley Tyler Ciminella He was born on April 19, 1968 in the city of Granada Hills, located within the state of California in the United States of America.
His family consisted of his mother, Naomi judd, a nurse, and Michael Ciminella Jr, a marketing analyst for the horse racing business. Unfortunately this union was dissolved in 1972, causing her not to see her father again.
Naomi had had another girl before, Wynonna juddAs a single mother, she decided to take her two daughters to a more peaceful place, where she was born. The girls grew up in Kentucky, going through a total of twelve different schools.
When it comes to college education, Ashley decided to enter the University of Kentucky, being financially supported by her mother and sister, who by that time had become country music singers.
In this way, she began to study several careers at the same time, focusing on French, and attending classes in anthropology, art history, theater, and women’s studies. During her early years as a student, she had an incipient modeling career in Japan.
Towards the end of his career, he traveled for an entire semester to Paris, France, as part of his study schedule. Upon her return, she decided to cross the country by car to reach the city of Los Angeles and become an actress.
Encouraging this attitude, his sister bought him a small house in the city of Malibu, from where Ashley She began working as a waitress while studying acting at a renowned academy.
Her acting career began in early 1991, when she appeared in two episodes of the series “Star Trek: The Next Generation”(Star Trek: The New Generation). There he played the role of Ensign Robin Lefler, a Starfleet officer.
Later, thanks to this first role, he got the character Reed within the drama of the NBC “Sisters”(Sisters), in which it remained for three consecutive years, until it came to an end. For this time, Ashley it was already recognized and had appeared in some movies.
In 1992 he had his great debut on the big screens with the feature film “Kuffs”(Wives), a nice comedy that had as protagonists Christian slater already Mila Jovovich. The following year she was invited to “Ruby in paradise”(Rubí en el Paraíso), an independent production.
Oliver stone had selected her in 1994 to be part of the cast of “Natural Born Killers” (Born to Kill). Finally, after editing the film, all its scenes were cut, leaving only Woody harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy lee jones Y Tom sizemore like the protagonists.
For 1995 she was included in the cast of the incredible action movie “Heat”(Fire against Fire), where Al Pacino Y Robert De Niro they shared the scene with Val kilmer. Natalie Portman Y Jon voight they also had participation in the film in addition to Tom sizemore.
It was after shooting this film that Robert De Niro and she started dating, but the age difference ended up separating them. Towards the end of that same year, he also acted in “Smoke”(Smoke), next to Harvey Keitel Y Stockard Channing.
Previously she had also been the protagonist of “The Passion of Darkly Noon”(The Passion of Darkly Noon), being a co-star of Brendan fraser Y Viggo Mortensen. It tells the story of a young man raised in an ultra-conservative Christian family, who is involved in a terrible internal conflict when his parents die.
In 1996, Joel schumacher selected her to be part of “A Time To Kill”(Time to Kill), where they performed Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson Y Kevin Spacey. It was adapted from a best seller of the same name, by the author John grisham.
Again, Ashley caputed the love of one of his companions and by the end of that year began to go out with Matthew McConaughey. At that time she was the protagonist of the drama “Normal life”(Normal Life) where she played the complicated housewife Pam anderson, without any relationship with the actress of the pornographic industry Pamela anderson.
By 1997 he had already become a top-notch star, so he was given the lead role of the trhiller “Kiss the girls”(Kisses the Girls). Morgan freeman was his partner in the film, where together they tried to catch a sadomasochistic criminal who killed his victims after raping them countless times.
Already in 1999, he again had great success with another thriller, this time with Tommy lee jones. “Double jeopardy”(All or Nothing) is a feature film where she is accused of murdering her husband, and she must do everything possible to prove otherwise.
The beginning of the new millennium led her to star in a romantic comedy with Natalie Portman, which was named “Where the heart is”(Where the Heart Is). On this occasion he again shared the stage with Stockard Channing, although his story within the film was really sad.
Continuing with his great line of thrillers, he had the opportunity to have as a couple Ewan McGregor on “Eye of the beholder”(The Eye of the Guardian). However, her charms were kept at bay, as she was engaged to a Scottish-born car racer.
In 2001 he starred in “Someone Like You”(Someone Like You), with Hugh jackman Y Marisa tomei and the following year he joined the cast of “Frida” next to Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton and the masterful Geoffrey rush.
That same 2002 he also saw her again on the big screen with Sandra Bullock in the comedy “Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood”(Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Brotherhood), based on a novel of the same title.
Years ago, the duo Morgan freeman – Ashley Judd had had a shocking effect on the audience, and was repeated again when they released “High Crimes”(High Crimes). The couple of detectives were joined James caviezel, Interpreting Ron Chapman.
When 2004 rolled around, she could be seen for the first time in a musical, being the co-star of Kevin Kline. “De-Lovely”Brought a great soundtrack, among which are artists such as Robbie williams, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl crow, Elvis costello and even the voices of the two actors.
Even despite the enormous success of this production, Ashley returned to her best role as the lead in trhillers by being the co-star in Samuel L. Jackson Y Andy Garcia in “Twisted”.
In 2007 her husband won the most important race in the United States, the Indianapolis 500 and she herself finished her studies in French, having only forgotten to have some papers signed to receive the title.
His only premiere of the year was “Bug”(Bicho), a film that due to its high content of violence, nudism, sexuality and drug use, was barely advertised in American cinemas.
For 2008 he plans to release the film “Crossing Over”(Crossing to the Other Side), where he will share the stage with Harrison ford, Sean Penn and the nascent Lizzy caplan.