Annaleigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford (born June 25, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is known for her work on Broadway as Glinda in Wicked (2005–2006; 2007–08), and Margot in Legally Blonde (2007), as well as for originating the role of Lauren in Kinky Boots (2013–14), a performance for which she received a 2013 Tony nomination. Ashford won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Essie Carmichael in the revival of You Can't Take It with You (2014–15). In 2017, she starred as Dot/Marie in the critically acclaimed, limited-run revival of Sunday in the Park with George. Additionally, she is known for portraying the role of Betty DiMello on the period drama television series Masters of Sex, which ran for four seasons on Showtime. In 2019, she starred as Jenny Aquila in Bad Education, and, in 2020, as Paula Jones in Impeachment: American Crime Story.
56 acting credits
Acting · 56
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Good Fight
2017
Masters of Sex
2013
Elsbeth
2024
Tony Awards
1956
Smash
2012
Evil
2019
Younger
2015
Mating Season
2026
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008
American Crime Story
2016
Nurse Jackie
2009
Frozen
2013
God Friended Me
2018
Unbelievable
2019
Sex and the City
2008
The Undoing
2020
Hollywood Squares
2025
B Positive
2020
Happy Face
2025
Welcome to Chippendales
2022
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
Made in Jersey
2012
Rachel Getting Married
2008
Second Act
2018
Stumble
2025
Bad Education
2019
Hold Your Breath
2024
Late Night
2019
Top Five
2014
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2016
Unicorn Store
2017
The Off Weeks
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Show of Titles
2021
Better Off Single
2016
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021
Legally Blonde: The Musical
2007
Sane Inside Insanity
2025
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
2020
Love on the Run
2016
Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center
2019
Death Wish
2024
American Reject
2020
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
2018