| Ashley Judd Trivia:
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
She attended 12 schools in 13
years before college. She was a sister of the sorority
Kappa Kappa Gamma and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at
the University of Kentucky, where she majored in French
and minored in cultural anthropology, art history,
theater, and women's studies. She left a few credits shy
of graduating in 1990, when she decided to drive
cross-country to pursue an acting career in Hollywood.
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.
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 Sanford
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.
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. 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]
Good friends with Salma Hayek
and Joey Lauren Adams.
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" (1987), 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.
Was once considered for the
female lead in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Presented all the clues on the
'The World AIDS Crisis' category on the 12/2/2005
episode of the "Jeopardy!" (1984) TV show.
Visited Guatemala from 2 May
2006 to 5 May 2006, along with Salma Hayek and Colombian
singer Juanes, as part of a Youth/AIDS campaign.
Named #77 in FHM magazine's
"100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
(2006).
|
