Ashley Madekwe: biography, career, filmography

In this article, let's talk about the wonderful girl Ashley Madekwe. We will discuss her biography and career, and also we will spend time of her filmography.

Ashley Ifeoma Madekwe - a famous English actress, was most popular after the role of Davenport Ashley in the American opera "Revenge".

Childhood

Ashley Madekwe was born on December 6, 1981 inthe city of London, United Kingdom, where she later graduated from the Art School. The actress's mother is an Englishwoman, her father is of Nigerian-Swiss origin. In childhood and throughout her youth she loved to dance.

At an early age appeared on stage in such productions as "Wuthering Heights" and "King Henry 5".

Career

Her career as an actress began with episodic roles and filming in numerous television shows. The first significant role went to Ashley in the series Drop Dead Gorgeous, the girl appeared in three episodes and played Brogan Tilly.

In 2007, Ashley Madekwe debuted on the big screen, appearing in the film "Cassandra's Dreams" from director Woody Allen. A few months later, the novice actress starred in a TV project West 10 LDN and appeared in several episodes Trexx and Flipside.

In early 2008, Ashley could be seen in the series "The Secret Diary of a Call Girl," in which she played the role of Bambi, Madekwe appeared on the screen in two episodes.

The greatest popularity of the actress brought the project"Revenge", in which she was shot for two years, in the period from 2011 to 2013. The actress played the role of Ashley Davenport, who, according to the script, was an assistant to Madeleine Stowe. After the release of two seasons, the character Ashley was fired, the actress stopped participating in the shooting.

In the fall of 2013, Madekwe was invited to shoot in the TV series "Salem". The role that the girl was offered was interesting, she had to play the sorceress Tituba, the actress agreed with pleasure.

Filmography, personal life, interesting facts

The list of films by Ashley Madekwe is not very large, mostly the actress starred in the series. On account of four films: "Venus" (role Royal Court Actress), "Cassandra's Dream" (Lucy), "How to Lose Friends and Make Everyone Hate You" (Vicki), Victim (Tia).

The list of the series in which Ashley was starred is presented below (in brackets the year of the release on the screen):

• "Purely English Murder" - the role of Jenie Newton's episode of Badlands (1999);
• Down to Earth - played by Julie in the series O Best Beloved (2000);
• "Teachers" - Bev's character for nine episodes (2001-2002);
• Vital Signs - girl Tert in the series "1.5" (2006);
• "Doctors" - in one of the series played by Sofia Wales (2006);
• Casualty - played by Jade Clark in the episode Worlds Apart (2006);
• "The main suspect" - played the role of the girl Tanya (2006);
• Drop Dead Gorgeous - Brogan Tilly (2007) played for three series;
• Trial & Retribution - Maria's girl in the series Tracks: Part 1 (2008);
• Trexx and Flipside - the character of Ollie, six episodes (2007);
• West 10 LDN - Elisha (2007);
• "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" - played Bambi for two seasons (2008);
• The Beautiful Life: TBL - the character of Marisha Dolphin, four episodes (2009);
• Above Their Station - played by Yves Kelly (2010);
• Bedlam - Molly Lucas, six episodes (2011);
• "Revenge" - for 45 episodes, she played the role of Ashley Davenport (2011-2013);
• "Salem" - witch Tituba (2014 - shooting continues to this day).

In June 2012, actress Ashley Madekwe married Iddo Goldberg.

To date, the actress turned 32 years old, but, according to her fans, she looks at 25. The height and weight of Ashley Madekwe is 171 cm and 52 kg respectively.

In addition to the movie, she very often arranges personal photo shoots and actively communicates with her followers on Instagram.