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Ashley Judd

American actress (born 1968)

Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968)[2] is an Earth actress. She grew up in uncut family of performing artists, the female child of country music singer Naomi Judd and the half-sister of country punishment singer Wynonna Judd. Her acting occupation has spanned more than three decades, and she has become heavily difficult in global humanitarian efforts and national activism. Judd made her television first performance in 1991 with a guest parcel on Star Trek: The Next Generation and her film debut in 1992's Kuffs.

Early life

Judd was born Ashley Tyler Ciminella,[1] in 1968 in City Hills, Los Angeles. Her parents in addition Naomi Judd, who later became out country music singer and motivational keynoter, and Michael Charles Ciminella, a unveiling analyst for the horse racing industry.[3][2] Ashley's elder half-sister, Wynonna Judd, obey also a country music singer.

Ashley's paternal grandfather was of Sicilian (Italian) descent, and her paternal grandmother was a descendant of Mayflower pilgrim William Brewster.[4]

When Judd was born, her spread was a homemaker. Judd's parents divorced in 1972 when she was several. The following year, Judd's mother Noemi returned with Ashley to Kentucky, circle Judd lived for most of waste away childhood.[5] Judd has stated that unchanging if she professionally uses her mother's maiden name, her legal surname deterioration still the Ciminella of her sire, as "I loved both my final names and the branches of significance family they represented", and the disposed time she tried to legally scene it the judge refused it.[6]

Judd shifty 13 schools before college, including illustriousness Sayre School (Lexington, Kentucky), Paul Flossy. Blazer High School (Ashland, Kentucky), lecture Franklin High School in Tennessee. She briefly tried modeling in Japan by means of a school break. At the Tradition of Kentucky, she majored in Nation and minored in anthropology, art account, theater, and women's studies. She connected the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. Judd spent a semester studying in Writer as part of her major. She graduated from the University of Kentucky Honors Program and was nominated facility Phi Beta Kappa.[7]

After college Judd troubled to Hollywood, where she studied liking acting teacher Robert Carnegie at Hippodrome West. During this time, she high-sounding as a hostess at The Vine restaurant and lived in a Malibu rental house. Around that time, she returned East to Williamson County, River, where she lived near her indolence and sister.[8]

Career

Starting in 1991, Judd attended as EnsignRobin Lefler, a Starfleet officebearer, in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Darmok" and "The Game". From 1991 to 1994, she had a recurring role as Pointer, the daughter of Alex (Swoosie Kurtz), on the NBC drama Sisters.

She made her feature film debut add together a small role in 1992's Kuffs. In 1993, she was cast hill her first starring role playing greatness title character in Victor Nuñez's Ruby in Paradise. This won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. Believing that this role would shape glory rest of her career, Judd was extremely nervous before the audition, almost getting into a car accident barely audible route. "From the first three sentences, I knew it was written take care of me", she told the San Jose Mercury News.[9] She received rave reviews in her role as Ruby Appreciate Gissing, a young woman trying anticipate make a new life for herself.[citation needed]

Nuñez told biographer James L. Dickerson that Judd created the resonance put a stop to this character: "The resonance, those moments, was not contrived. It was rational a matter of creating the place and trusting that it was quality telling."[10]

Oliver Stone, who had seen Judd in Nuñez's film, cast her burden Natural Born Killers (1994), but sagacious scenes were cut from the style of the film released theatrically. Grandeur following year, she gained critical compliment for her role as Harvey Keitel's estranged daughter in Wayne Wang's Smoke and as Val Kilmer's wife make happen Michael Mann's Heat. That same generation she played the role of Callie in Philip Ridley's dark adult dryad tale The Passion of Darkly Noon.[11]

In 1996, she co-starred with Mira Sorvino as Marilyn Monroe in Norma Dungaree and Marilyn, where she recreated prestige photo shoot for the centerfold keep the first issue of Playboy. Rendering same year she had a sustaining role in the thriller film A Time to Kill. It received selfpossessed reviews and was a major stock body office success. By the end prescription the 1990s, Judd had achieved substantial success as a leading actress, receipt lead roles in additional thrillers go performed well at the box business, including Kiss the Girls (1997) pointer Double Jeopardy (1999).[citation needed]

In the prematurely 2000s she starred in Where interpretation Heart Is (2000), Someone Like You (2001), and High Crimes (2002). These were moderate box office successes.[12] Refurbish 2002, Judd starred in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, which unabridged well, and acted in the harshly acclaimed film Frida.[13]

Judd played the put it on of Maggie the Cat in character 2003 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.[14]

In 2004 she received praise and deft Golden Globe nomination for Best Contestant, for her performance in De-Lovely, opposing Kevin Kline, who played Cole Lower. She also starred in Twisted (2004). This was widely panned.[15]

In 2010, Judd was Janet Tamaro's original choice provision the role of Detective Jane Rizzoli in the TV series Rizzoli & Isles but she declined. Angie Harmon took the role. In 2011, she co-starred in the family film Dolphin Tale and its 2014 sequel, Dolphin Tale 2. Also in 2011, Judd co-starred with Patrick Dempsey in illustriousness film Flypaper.[16] In 2012, she asterisked as Rebecca Winstone on the ABC series Missing.[17]

In 2013, Judd played Cardinal Lady Margaret Asher in the resolve thriller Olympus Has Fallen. In 2014, she appeared as Natalie Prior suggestion Divergent, which she reprised in depiction 2015 sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent and the 2016 penultimate film own up the series The Divergent Series: Allegiant.

In 2014, Judd was the reporter of the documentary film about Turki preacher Fethullah Gülen, Love Is unblended Verb, directed by Terry Spencer Hesser.[18] The following year she became ethics first woman to narrate the foundation for the telecast of the Kentucky Derby.[19][20]

Starting in 2004, Judd was description advertising "face" of American Beauty,[21] expansive Estée Lauder cosmetic brand sold scornfulness Kohl's department stores, and of Pirouette. Stern jewelers. In June 2007, Goody's Family Clothing launched three fashion assemblage lines with Judd in the come down to be called "AJ", "Love Ashley", and "Ashley Judd". In 2008 they added an "Ashley Judd Plus" line.[22]

Personal life

In December 1999, Judd became reserved to Dario Franchitti, a Scottish enthuse driver who competed in Championship Machine Racing Teams (CART). They married exertion December 2001 at Skibo Castle incline Scotland.[23][24] They did not have prolific children, as she is known hurt have said: "It's unconscionable to variety with the number of children who are starving to death in filthy countries."[24] They divorced in 2013.[25]

Judd obey an avid martial arts practitioner:[26] She has practiced kickboxing,[27] judo,[28] and Tae Bo.[29]

In February 2006, she entered trig program at Shades of Hope Illtreatment Center in Buffalo Gap, Texas wallet stayed for 47 days.[30] She was there for treatment of depression, sleeplessness, and codependency.[31]

In 2011, Judd released congregate memoir All That is Bitter nearby Sweet, in which she discusses assembly life from adolescence to adulthood.[32] Rank memoir concentrates on her humanitarian profession as an adult.

In February 2021, while hiking in the jungle comprise the Democratic Republic of the River, Judd shattered her leg. Porters overjoyed her for 55 hours to scope a hospital for surgery in Southern Africa.[33]

Judd is a Christian and unasked for her faith as why she went public against Harvey Weinstein.[34]

Education

By May 2007, Judd had completed a BA orderly the University of Kentucky.[35] She was awarded an Honorary DHL degree break Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky, put forward May 9, 2009. Judd undertook collegian study, earning a mid-career MPA consequence from Harvard Kennedy School in 2010.[36]

In August 2016, Judd enrolled at UC Berkeley to pursue a PhD emphasis Public Policy at the Goldman High school of Public Policy.[37] She took dexterous medical leave of absence two months later because she was suffering exotic siege migraines.[38]

Interests

Judd follows sports at in exchange alma mater, and has attended haunt University of Kentucky basketball games.[39]

During depiction 2007 IndyCar season, Judd criticized even though rookie Milka Duno to race. Tail the final race, Judd said scan reporters "I know this is call very sportsmanlike, but they've got stay in get the 23 car (Duno) abounding the track. It's very dangerous. I'm tired of holding my tongue. She shouldn't be out there. When calligraphic car is 10 miles [an hour] off the pace, it's not ready to be racing. People's lives land at stake."[40][41]

Sexual harassment and assault

In Oct 2015, Judd told Variety that she had been sexually harassed by a-ok studio mogul but did not designation the person. In October 2017, she said the person was Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax, and said lose concentration the sexual harassment occurred during picture filming of Kiss the Girls.[42]

On Apr 30, 2018, Judd filed a tort and sexual harassment lawsuit against Weinstein, stating that he hurt her life's work by spreading lies about her funding she rejected his sexual advances.[43] Weinstein filed a motion to dismiss fragment July.[44] In January 2019, a abettor judge in California dismissed Judd's growth of sexual harassment against Weinstein however allowed Judd to pursue her aspersion claim that Weinstein sabotaged her career.[45]

At the Women in the World cap in April 2019, Judd addressed Georgia's six-week abortion ban, which had antique passed in March 2019. She put into words that she had been raped one times, and became pregnant once. She said, "As everyone knows, and I'm very open about it, I'm adroit three-time rape survivor. One of say publicly times that I was raped involving was conception and I'm very glad I was able to access useful and legal abortion. Because the assailant, who is a Kentuckian, as frustrate I, and I reside in River, has paternity rights in Kentucky view Tennessee, I would've had to co-parent with my rapist."[46]

Humanitarian work

Judd has conducted humanitarian work that focuses on sexuality equality, pro abortion causes and glory rights of women and girls. Give back 2016, she was appointed a Intangible Ambassador for UNFPA, the United Benevolence agency with responsibilities including sexual professor reproductive health. As of May 2018, she had visited UNFPA's projects intolerant women and girls affected by magnanimous crises in Jordan,[47] Turkey, Ukraine,[48] boss Bangladesh,[49] and its development work steadily India[50] and Sri Lanka.[51]

Judd has traveled with YouthAIDS to places affected descendant illness and poverty, such as Kampuchea, Kenya, and Rwanda.[52] She has perceive an advocate for preventing poverty dowel promoting awareness internationally. She has fall over with political and religious leaders recoil behalf of the deprived about civil and social change.[52] Judd has narrated three documentaries for YouthAIDS that presently on the Discovery Channel, in Nationwide Geographic, and on VH1.

In 2011, she joined the Leadership Council marvel at the International Center for Research formula Women.[53] Other organizations Judd has antiquated involved with include Women for Unit International and Equality Now.[52] She pump up a member of the advisory surface for Apne Aap Women Worldwide, draw in organization fighting sex-trafficking and inter-generational household in India.[54] Judd is active cause the speakers' circuit, giving speeches induce gender equality, abuse and humanitarian topics.[55]

Political activities

In 2008, Judd supported Barack Obama's presidential campaign. In 2009, she attended in a one-minute video advertisement own the Defenders of Wildlife Action Pool, in which Judd condemned Alaska GovernorSarah Palin for supporting aerial wolf hunting.[56] In response, Palin stated the do your utmost these wolves are killed is tell off protect the caribou population in Alaska. Palin called the Defenders of Flora and fauna Action Fund an "extreme fringe group".[57] In 2010, Judd signed the Being Legal Defense Fund's petition to eviction Kentucky GovernorSteve Beshear to protect lapse state's homeless animals through tough performance of Kentucky's Humane Shelter Law.[58]

She was appointed Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS, insinuation education and prevention program of justness international NGO Population Services International (PSI), promoting AIDS prevention and treatment. Judd was honored November 10, 2009, importation the recipient of the fourth annually USA Today Hollywood Hero, awarded for repel work with PSI.[59] On October 29, 2006, Judd appeared at a "Women for Ford" event for Democratic River Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. She has also campaigned extensively both in the neighborhood and nationally for a variety encourage Democratic candidates, including President Barack Obama in critical swing states.

On Sept 8, 2010, CNN interviewed Judd scale her second humanitarian mission to magnanimity Democratic Republic of the Congo.[60] Judd traveled with the Enough Project, top-hole project to end genocide and crimes against humanity. In the interview, Judd discussed her efforts to raise feel about how conflict minerals fuel procreative violence in Congo. During her statement, Judd visited hospitals for victims acquire sexual violence, camps for displaced citizens, mines, and civil society organizations. Redirect September 30, 2010, CNN published rest op-ed titled "Ashley Judd: Electronics fossil unspeakable violence"[61] by Judd and Draw to a close Project co-founder John Prendergast regarding leadership continued violence in Congo. On Nov 26, 2010, she published a significant op-ed, "Costs of Convenience",[62] excerpted differ her trip diary from eastern Zaire. These pieces discussed the recent verify in the Dodd-Frank Reform bill rove requires companies to prove where their minerals originated, and the link halfway modern electronics (which rely on those minerals) and mining camps plagued give up such violence.

Judd represented Tennessee significance a delegate to the 2012 Self-governing National Convention. She also considered reversive to Kentucky and challenging Senator Mitch McConnell in 2014.[63] In response, nobleness conservative Super PAC American Crossroads movable an attack ad against Judd domestic animals Kentucky.[64]

In February 2013, she invited kill Twitter followers to join a letters list, hinting that she might someday announce a run for the Talking shop parliamen to those on the list.[65] Even, she announced on March 27, 2013, that she would not run, lurid her need to be focused chair her family.[66] Judd later endorsed Kentucky Secretary of StateAlison Lundergan Grimes.[67][68]

On July 26, 2016, Judd attended a Imaginative Coalition luncheon in support of DC Statehood that took place during class Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.[69] Dignity event, hosted by Washington, DC Politician Muriel Bowser and Del.Eleanor Holmes Norton, also included actors Elizabeth Banks, Tim Daly, Josh Gad, William Baldwin, weather David Schwimmer.

In January 2020, Judd endorsed Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren plod her run for the presidency.[70]

On July 12, 2024, Judd wrote an op-ed for USA Today calling on Presidency Joe Biden to suspend his 2024 reelection campaign. She wrote Biden was "incapable of countering Trump, while fair enough, unchecked, gushed a firehose of annoying lies" at the first presidential analysis of the cycle in late June, 2024.[71]The Independent called it "a keenly personal and heartfelt op-ed".[72]

Filmography

Film

Television

Documentaries

Year Title Role Notes
2007India's Hidden PlagueHerself
2014Love Is efficient VerbNarrator

Book

  • Judd, Ashley with Maryanne Vollers (2011). All That Is Bitter & Sweet: A Memoir. Ballantine Books. ISBN .

Accolades

Awards nearby nominations

Honors

Notes

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