Ashley Judd is an American actress and political activist, born on April 19, 1968, in Granada Hills, California, USA. She is the daughter of country music singer Naomi Judd and Michael Charles Ciminella, who left the family when Ashley was a child.
Judd spent most of her childhood in Kentucky and attended the University of Kentucky, where she majored in French and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She then went on to study acting at the Playhouse West in Los Angeles, where she trained under Robert Carnegie.
Judd made her acting debut in 1991 with a small role in the film "Kuffs". She then went on to appear in a number of successful movies such as "Ruby in Paradise", "Heat", "A Time to Kill", and "Kiss the Girls". She received critical acclaim for her role in the 1999 film "Double Jeopardy", which became a box office success.
