Ashley Nicole Simpson Ross - American actress, pop singer, dancer. She became known in mid-2004 due to the success of her debut album Autobiography and the accompanying reality show The Ashlee Simpson Show.
Biography
Ashley Nicole Simpson was born on October 3, 1984 in Waco, Texas, USA. Ashley's father, Joe Simpson, is a former priest (he has now changed his spiritual activities to the status of his daughter’s personal manager), and his mother, Tina Ann (Drew), is a former teacher. The girl's family was very religious, so Ashley, along with her older sister Jessica Simpson, were brought up in severity. Little Ashley attended Prairie Creek Elementary School.
From the age of three, Ashley began to practice ballroom dancing, and at age 11 she was accepted to the School of American Ballet in New York. As a schoolgirl, Ashley Simpson suffered from an eating disorder, but her parents paid attention to the condition of the girl in a timely manner and forced her to take up her health.
In 1999, the older sister, Jessica, signed with a record company, and the whole family moved to Los Angeles. There, Ashley began acting in commercials.
Career
From the age of 14, Ashley Simpson began working at a dance with her sister (Jessica Simpson was already very famous at that time) and accompanied her on a tour (from 1999-2001).
At the same time, Ashley began her career as an actress. She began to appear on television, starred in TV shows. In 2001, Ashley appeared in the episode of the sitcom Malcolm in the Spotlight, in 2002 she played a minor role in the comedy Chick and the role in the family drama Seventh Heaven.
But a real career breakthrough came after Ashley appeared on the reality show "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica", broadcast on MTV from 2003 to 2005, which focused on her older sister Jessica and her then husband Nick Latchi.
In late 2004, Simpson starred in a minor role in the movie "Unsolved". And although her acting was rated well, the film was still crushed by critics. The role in it brought her the nomination "Worst Supporting Actress" for the Golden Raspberry Award.
In 2005, she received the MTV Asia Award.
In 2009, Ashley starred in the television series "CSI: Crime Scene New York." There she played Laila Yigfield.
Another prominent role of the young actress is Violet Foster in the American TV series "Melrose Place", which was broadcast in 2009 - 2010.
In 2013, Ashley played the role of Theresa in the crime-comedy thriller The Pawn Shop Chronicles.
Creation
In parallel with acting, Ashley began to try herself as a singer. In 2002, she recorded the song "Christmas Past, Present and Future" for School's Out! Christmas
One of her first songs, "Just Let Me Cry" (2003), became the soundtrack for the film "Freaky Friday." At 19, Ashley signed a record deal with Geffen Records.
Released in 2004, the single "Pieces of Me" became one of the top five hits in the United States and topped the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart based on the broadcast.
Working on her debut studio album, Ashley Simpson launched her own reality show "The Ashlee Simpson Show" (2004-2005) about the process of writing, recording an album and about her life outside of work. This show helped promote the Autobiography album, which we were talking about. For the first two months of sales, the album managed to become three times platinum.
At the Teen Choice Awards on August 8, 2004, Ashley received the Fresh Face Award for her song "Pieces of Me."
In December of that year, she received the Billboard Magazine Award as Best Young Singer of the Year, and in the same month, Entertainment Weekly magazine named her one of the stars that rose in 2004. Simpson also co-hosted Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin 'Eve, where she performed 3 songs.
Once, the singer was invited to the Saturday Night Live show to perform a couple of songs from her album. The song "Pieces of Me" was played without incident, but when Ashley was about to perform the song Autobiography, the soundtrack of the same "Pieces of Me" sounded, Ashley got confused and left the stage. At the close of the show, she appeared with presenter Jude Law and began to apologize, saying that the musicians had mixed up the song.
On January 4, 2005, Ashley performed the song "La La" before the final match between student college football teams in Miami and was booed by nearly 78 thousand spectators.
From mid-February to the end of April 2005, the singer went on a tour of the United States. And on October 18 of that year, the second album "I Am Me" was released.
In 2005, Ashley returned to Saturday Night Live to play the single "Boyfriend" and the song "Catch Me When I Fall" from the album "I Am Me". This time, both songs were sung without incident.
In 2008, the singer released a new album, "Bittersweet World".
In 2008, she won the MVPA Award for the single "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" for the category "Best Artistic Direction".
Also, the famous actress and singer has her own clothing line called "Wet Seal".
