Ashley Nicole Simpson Ross is an American actress, pop singer, dancer. She became famous in mid-2004 thanks 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 (now he has changed his spiritual activity 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.
At the age of three, Ashley began to study ballroom dancing, and at the age of 11 she was admitted to the School of American Ballet in New York. As a schoolgirl, Ashlee Simpson suffered from an eating disorder, but her parents promptly paid attention to the girl's condition and forced her to take care of her health.
In 1999, the older sister, Jessica, signed a contract with a record company, and the whole family moved to Los Angeles. There Ashley began acting in commercials.
Career
From the age of 14, Ashlee Simpson began working as a dancer for her sister (Jessica Simpson was already very famous at that time) and accompanied her on tour (from 1999-2001).
At the same time, Ashley began her career as an actress. She began to appear on television, starred in serials. In 2001, Ashley appeared in an episode of the sitcom Malcolm in the Spotlight, in 2002 she played a minor role in the comedy Chick and a role in the family drama Seventh Heaven.
But the real breakthrough came with Ashley's appearance on the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, which aired on MTV between 2003 and 2005, which focused on older sister Jessica and her then-husband Nick Latchi.
In late 2004, Simpson starred in a supporting role in The Unsolved. And although her acting was appreciated well, the film was still crushed by critics. The role in it earned her a nomination for "Worst Supporting Actress" at the Golden Raspberry Awards.
In 2005 she received the MTV Asia Award.
In 2009, Ashley starred in the television series C. S. I.: Crime Scene Investigation New York. There she played Layla Yeagfield.
Another notable role of the young actress is Violet Foster in the American TV series Melrose Place, which aired in 2009-2010.
In 2013, Ashley played the role of Teresa in the crime-comedy thriller The Chronicles of the Pawnshop.
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 the School's Out! Christmas.
One of her first songs, "Just Let Me Cry" (2003), became the soundtrack for Freaky Friday. At 19, Ashley signed to Geffen Records.
Released in 2004, the single "Pieces of Me" became one of the five hits in the United States and topped the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart based on the radio show.
While working on her debut studio album, Ashlee Simpson launched her own reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show (2004-2005), about the process of writing, recording an album and her life outside of work. This show helped to promote the album "Autobiography", which was discussed in the recording. In the first two months of sales, the album managed to become three times platinum.
Ashley received the Fresh Face Award for her song “Pieces of Me” at the Teen Choice Awards on August 8, 2004.
In December of the same year, she received the Billboard Magazine Award for Best Young Female Singer of the Year, and in the same month she was named one of the 2004 Stars by Entertainment Weekly. Simpson also co-hosted Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin 'Eve, where she sang 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 backing track of the same “Pieces of Me” sounded, Ashley was confused and left the stage. During the closing of the show, she appeared alongside presenter Jude Law and began to apologize, saying that the musicians mixed up the song.
On January 4, 2005, Ashley sang the song "La La" before the final match between the college football teams in Miami and was booed by nearly 78,000 spectators.
From mid-February to late April 2005, the singer embarked on a US tour. And on October 18 of the same year, the second album "I Am Me" was released.
In 2005, Ashley returned to Saturday Night Live for 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 new album of the singer "Bittersweet World" is released.
In 2008, she won the MVPA for the single "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" in the category "Best Art Direction".
Also, the famous actress and singer has her own clothing line called "Wet Seal".
Personal life
In 2008, Ashlee Simpson married Pete Wentz, guitarist for Fall Out Boy, and took his last name. After that, the singer began performing under the name Ashlee Simpson-Wentz. They spent their honeymoon on the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.
On November 20, 2008, almost immediately after the wedding, the couple had a boy - the Bronx Mowgli Wentz.
But in 2011, problems began in the family, and Ashley filed for divorce.
On August 30, 2014, Ashley married actor and musician Evan Rossom for the second time, whom she had met for thirteen months.
On July 30, 2015, the couple had a daughter, Jagger Snow Ross.
