Ashley Susan Johnson is an American actress. The audience knows her for her roles in the films "AWOL" and "What women want." Ashley played and voiced a character in the computer game The Last of Us.
Biography and personal life
Ashley Johnson was born on August 9, 1983 in Camarillo, California. Her mother, Nancy Johnson (Spruel), is an independent film producer, and her father, Clifford Johnson, is the captain of a seagoing ship. Ashley's paternal grandmother is the famous pianist Evelyn Taft. In 2000, the actress lost her father. He died of cancer. Ashley is not the only child in the family. She has a brother and sister (Chris and Hayley).
Johnson started acting early. Her first role took place at the age of 7. She works in films and serials, appears in television shows and voices cartoons. Since 2012, Johnson has dated actor, writer, singer and poet Brian Wayne Foster. In 2018, they announced their engagement. Ashley was educated at the International School of Music. She plays violin, piano, cello and guitar.
Scoring
Ashley has voiced many cartoon characters. Her voice can be heard in Jumanji (Peter Shepherd), King of the Hill (Emily), Change (Gretchen), Lloyd in Space (Violet), Teen Titans (Terra), Ben 10: Alien Force "(Gwen Tennyson) and" Puppies from Shelter # 17 "(Amelia). She also voiced the cartoon characters "Vacation: Out of School", "Christmas Break: Miracle on Third Street", "Lilo and Stitch", "Vacation: Everyone's Grown Up", "Vacation: Grade 5 Ended", "Invincible Team of Super Monkeys "," Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles "," Ben 10: Omniverse "and" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ". Johnson has worked on Teen Titans Go!, Memories of Marnie and Endless Train.
TV series
The actress has played in many TV series. Early in her career, she appeared as Chrissy in the drama Growing Trouble, which ran from 1985 to 1992. She then starred in one episode of Roseanne as Lisa. In Wings, Johnson landed the role of Rebecca. Her heroine could only be seen in one episode. Ashley later played Casey Emerson in American Girl, which ran from 1994 to 1995. The heroine Johnson appeared in 12 episodes of this drama.
In 1994, the famous medical drama Ambulance began, in which the actress got the role of Dana Ellis. Viewers could see Ashley in 2 episodes of this film. Johnson then worked on the role of Natalie Tate in Touched by an Angel. Her character appeared in one episode. The series ran from 1994 to 2003.
As Chrissy Seaver Ashley has been seen in Growing Trouble and Disney's Wizarding World. In the drama Ellie McBeal, Johnson landed the role of Serena Feldman. The actress can be seen in the episode "Heart and Soul". Then Ashley was invited to play the role of Daphne Wallace in 3 episodes of "Providence". The series ran from 1999 to 2004. She later played Eileen in a couple of episodes of the TV series Aliens, Dreama Little in the crime detective C. S. I. Crime Scene Investigation, Jody in It's All About Joan!, Betsy in The Defenders, and Susie in Defective Detective. She landed a cameo appearance on Detective Rush, played Sheri in Married to the Kellis in 2003 and 2004, and appeared in the Yellow Press. Ashley could then be seen as Rebecca in Heart, as Kelly in Private Practice, as Elizabeth Hamilton in Drunken Story, as Sarah Collins in In Plain Sight, as Eleanor in The Broker and Alice Denton at Law Practice.
Then the actress starred as Clara in The Mentalist, as Valerie in Lie to Me, as Carolyn in The Dollhouse, as Veronica Kramer in Beautiful to Death, as Amber in Murder, as Flora Banks in Masters of Sex "And like Morgan in Scared. Ashley was later invited to play Jane in Garfunkel & Oates, Stephanie Beekman in Stalker, and Patterson in The Blind Spot.
Filmography
Among the first full-length films in which Johnson starred, it is possible to note the picture of 1990 "AWOL". In it, she got the role of Nicole. Her partners on the set were Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard and Lisa Pelican. Ashley later played Cindy in the drama A Man Shouldn't Talk. The main roles are played by Peter Strauss, Judith Light, James Gammon and Noble Willingham. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe. Further, the actress starred in the films "Malice", "Nine Months" and "Annie: A Royal Adventure" (Annie). Then there were works in the films "Dancer" in 1998, "Partners" and "Anywhere, but not here" in 1999, "What women want" in 2001 and "Rustin" in 2001.
In 2002, Ashley starred in the film Into the Echo. Marsha Gay Harden, Marcus Baldwin, Christine Carlo and Brittany Reni Finamor got the leading roles in this drama Allison Anders. A year later, she appeared as Lily in the drama Failures. Johnson played the main character. Her filming partners were Chad Lindbergh, Seth Adkins, Suzanne Bridham and Claudia Christian. This comedy melodrama was shown not only in the USA, but also in France. Later, the actress could be seen as Helena Spivak in the drama "King of the Angle" in 2004, as Amber in the 2006 film "Fast Food Nation" and in the film "Next to Grace." Then Ashley was invited to the films "Prom Night", "The Brothers Solomon" (Patricia), "Otis" (Lawson), "Columbus Day" (Alan), "Womanizer", "Christmas Cupid" (Jenny) and "The Assumption" (Rose Elizabeth Williams). Ashley played Mary Beth Caldwell in the hit drama The Servant, the waitress in the action movie The Avengers, and Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing.
