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Trivia
Birth name: Ashley Tyler Ciminella
Date of birth: 19 April 1968
Place of birth: Granada Hills, California, USA
Nickname: Ash Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Spouse: Dario Franchitti (12 December 2001 - present)
Turned down a larger role in Kuffs (1992)
because she was asked to do nude scenes. She responded, "My mother
worked too hard for me to take my clothes off in my first movie."
Hobbies: running, rock climbing, mountain
hiking, yoga, gardening, cooking
[1990] Left the University of Kentucky a
semester short of a bachelor's degree in French, and minors in
Anthropology, Art History, Theater, and Women's Studies.
Mother and half-sister are country singers
Naomi Judd & Wynonna Judd. She once worked cleaning her mom's and
sister's tour bus for $10 a day.
Her father, Michael Ciminella, a marketing
specialist in the horseracing industry, divorced Naomi Judd in 1972.
Was named one of "The 50 Most Beautful
People In The World" by People Magazine. (1996, 2000 & 2002)
Known to be a avid fan of the University of
Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, once not showering because she felt
it would jinx them. For a cheerleading scene in her movie Someone Like
You... (2001), she uses the Wildcats' cheerleaders' cheer routine, and
thanks them in the credits.
Dated Robert
De Niro
Dated Matthew McConaughey
Her mother, Naomi Judd, has publicly
objected to many of Ashley's movies because they contain either
profanity, nudity, sex, or violence.
Attended 12 schools in 13 years.
Was named after Ashland, Kentucky, and is an
eighth-generation Kentuckian
Replaced Jodie Foster for the lead in Double
Jeopardy (1999).
Is fluent in French.
Could have had Pamela
Anderson's role on "Home Improvement" (1991), but wanted
to concentrate on making it in the movies instead. She later starred in
Where the Heart Is (2000), which was directed by Matt Williams, the
producer who wanted her on the sitcom.
She had a role in Oliver Stone's Natural
Born Killers (1994), but it was left on the cutting room floor.
Dated Michael Bolton.
Fractured her right ankle when she was
thrown from a horse's saddle in Franklin, Tennessee. She was
hospitalized for two days. [23 November 1993]
Named one of the "25 Most Intriguing
People" by People magazine. [1999]
{2000) Voted one of the "50 Most
Beautiful People in the World" by People Magazine.
A self-proclaimed feminist
She is an etymologist
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People by People Magazine in 2002.
Ranked #20 in FHM Magazine's 100
"Sexiest Women in the World." (2002)
Worked as a waitress at the trendy 'Ivy'
restaurant while studying the Meisner technique of acting at Playhouse
West in Los Angeles
Measurements: 34B-24-35 (Source: Celebrity
Sleuth magazine)
She was Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University
of Kentucky
Modeled her "This is What a Feminist
Looks Like" t-shirt for the Ms. Foundation and Ms. Online (ms.magazine.com),
as have Whoopi Goldberg, Camryn Manheim and Margaret Cho.
Bakes chocolate chip cookies as a means to
relieve stress.
Turned down the role of Catwoman in Catwoman
(2004) so she could star as Maggie in 'Tennesse Williams' ' "Cat on
a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway.
Models a Hello Kitty t-shirt with the words
"Handle with Care" printed on the front. Proceeds go to the
Youth Aids Foundation. (2003)
Her first screen kiss was with Wil Wheaton
on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987).
Introduced Gloria Steinem at the March for
Women's Lives in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2004.
Shares a birthday with Kate Hudson.
Drove from Memphis to L.A. at the age of 22
to begin her rise to fame.
Ashley was able to play both a teenager and
a thirty year old in the role of Vivian 'Vivi' Walker. (_The Divine
Secrets of the Ya- Ya Sisterhood (2002_ )
Was listed as a potential nominee on the
2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. (Her name was misspelled on the
ballot as "Ashey Judd" by the way.) She was suggested in the
Worst Actress category for her performance in the film Twisted (2004/I),
she did not receive a nomination however.
[1997] Becomes a vegetarian because a friend
told her that "you eat the animal's fear".
Is an enthusiast of the 'cockapoo' breed of
dog (cross-bred cocker spaniels and poodles). Has a dog named
'Buttermilk' and a tabby named 'Buttercup'.
Publicly announced her engagement to racer
Dario Franchitti; they had been engaged since December 1999. (December
2001) Married at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, in Sutherland, Scotland, the
same castle that hosted 'Madonna' 's wedding to Guy Ritchie a year
earlier. [April 2000]
Was good friends with Salma
Hayek
Presented to the National Press Club on June
22nd, 2005 as a spokesperson for Youth Aids International.
Worldwide Spokesperson for Youth Aids
International.
Gave testimony to U.S. Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, "Stopping Cross Generational Sex and Sexual
Violence To Protect Young Women from AIDS in Developing Contries: A Call
to Action," June 23, 2005, as Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS and
member of the Board of Directors of Population Services Inernational (PSI).
Though she only did two episodes of Star
Trek the next generation, her character was loved by fans. Her image
even appears on the Star Trek book 'End Game'(Star Trek New Frontier, No
4) by Peter David.
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