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Ashley Judd
Ashley Tyler Ciminella, known professionally as Ashley Judd, is an American actress. She grew up in a family of performing artists, the daughter of country music singer Naomi Judd and the half-sister of country music singer Wynonna Judd. Her acting career has spanned more than three decades, and she has been involved in global humanitarian efforts and political activism. Judd made her television d…
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entertainment · American actress (born 1968) · actor · film actor · television actor · voice actor · stage actor · also Ashley Judd, Ashley Tyler Ciminella, Judd
Born 19 April 1968 · Q228645
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 15,787 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 3,729, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 1 entry
Judd wrote an op-ed for USA Today calling on President Joe Biden to suspend his 2024 reelection campaign
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2018· 1 entry
Judd filed a defamation and sexual harassment lawsuit against Weinstein, stating that he hurt her career by spreading lies about her after she rejected his sexual advances
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2017· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Ashley Judd announced that she was moving to the Middle East, "where women have more rights".” False.
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Claimed: “"Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not."” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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2016· 2 entries
Judd attended a Creative Coalition luncheon in support of DC Statehood that took place during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
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Was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNFPA, the United Nations agency with responsibilities including sexual and reproductive health
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2014· 2 entries
Judd was the narrator of the documentary film about Turkish preacher Fethullah Gülen, Love Is a Verb, directed by Terry Spencer Hesser
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Appeared as Natalie Prior in Divergent, which she reprised in the 2015 sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent and the 2016 penultimate film of the series The Divergent Series: Allegiant
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2013· 2 entries
That she would not run, citing her need to be focused on her family
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Judd played First Lady Margaret Asher in the action thriller Olympus Has Fallen
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2012· 1 entry
Starred as Rebecca Winstone on the ABC series Missing
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2011· 4 entries
Joined the Leadership Council of the International Center for Research on Women
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Co-starred in the family film Dolphin Tale and its 2014 sequel, Dolphin Tale 2
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Judd co-starred with Patrick Dempsey in the film Flypaper
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Judd released her memoir All That is Bitter and Sweet, in which she discusses her life from adolescence to adulthood
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2010· 5 entries
Published a subsequent op-ed, "Costs of Convenience", excerpted from her trip diary from eastern Congo
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CNN published an op-ed titled "Ashley Judd: Electronics fuel unspeakable violence" by Judd and Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast regarding the continued violence in Congo
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CNN interviewed Judd about her second humanitarian mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Judd was Janet Tamaro's original choice for the role of Detective Jane Rizzoli in the TV series Rizzoli & Isles but she declined
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Judd signed the Animal Legal Defense Fund's petition to urge Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear to protect that state's homeless animals through tough enforcement of Kentucky's Humane Shelter Law
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2009· 1 entry
Appeared in a one-minute video advertisement for the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, in which Judd condemned Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for supporting aerial wolf hunting
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2008· 2 entries
Added an "Ashley Judd Plus" line
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Judd supported Barack Obama's presidential campaign
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2007· 1 entry
“I know this is not very sportsmanlike, but they”
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2006· 1 entry
Judd appeared at a "Women for Ford" event for Democratic Tennessee Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr
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2004· 2 entries
Received praise and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, for her performance in De-Lovely, opposite Kevin Kline, who played Cole Porter
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Judd was the advertising "face" of American Beauty, an Estée Lauder cosmetic brand sold at Kohl's department stores, and of H
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2002· 1 entry
Judd starred in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, which performed well, and acted in the critically acclaimed film Frida
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1996· 1 entry
Co-starred with Mira Sorvino as Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jean and Marilyn, where she recreated the photo shoot for the centerfold for the first issue of Playboy
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1993· 1 entry
Was cast in her first starring role playing the title character in Victor Nuñez's Ruby in Paradise
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1991· 2 entries
With a guest role on two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and her film debut in 1992's Kuffs
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Judd appeared as Ensign Robin Lefler, a Starfleet officer, in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Darmok" and "The Game"
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1968· 1 entry
Born 1968-04-19.
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