Ashley Madekwe and Ashley Leggat
Madekwe comes from a multi-cultural household. Her birthplace was in South London. Her mother is English and her father is Nigerian. Her family was raised in a south London council estate, and went to The Brit School at age 14. At the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is where she obtained a BA degree in acting. She was on stage in several productions as a student such as the role of King Henry V, as Princess Katherine as well as Wuthering Heights, as Catherine Earnshaw.
Madekwe began her acting career with a film titled Storm Damage. Since then, she has appeared in Teachers, Doctors Casualty and Drop Dead Gorgeous. Her breakthrough role came in 2007's Woody Allen film Cassandra's Dream. It was co-starring Colin Farrell (who played the role of Cassandra) as well as Ewan McGrath. Following this acclaim, she played Elisha in the BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN and appeared on six of the episodes Trexx as well as Flipside. In 2008 she landed Bambi's character on ITV2 Drama The Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Secret Diary of a Call Girl. The actress was on the series 2 and 3. Madekwe also starred as the lead character in How to lose friends & make people feel alienated that was aired by Sony Pictures Entertainment back in the year 2008. Her credits in the theatre include Little Sweet Thing (by Roy Williams) as well as Flight Path (by David Watson).
Madekwe made her official US debut in the 2009 drama The Beautiful Life, which only aired two episodes on The CW before being cancelled. In February, she was cast 2011 as Ashley Davenport on the ABC drama Revenge. After appearing on the show for the first two seasons the show was announced late May 2013 that she would quit the show following a guest appearance in the pilot episode of the third season. From 2014 to the year 2016, she appeared on Salem in the role of Tituba. Then, in June of 2012 she married her long-time boyfriend, actor Iddo Goldberg. Both of them have been in Secret Diary of a Call Girl. They also played together in Salem.
Ashley Leggat is a Gemini-nominated actor who was raised by the large family. Her parents were Roy and Patty Leggat. Her parents, Roy and Patty along with the four brothers of her, Brett, Todd, and Bram, were all present. All of her brothers were athletic, and they played baseball as well as hockey in the winter as well as in the summer. She grew up in the arenas and baseball. Ashley was never able to actually walk. She was a dancer. When she reached 2 and a 1/2 and a half, she was a part of Baby Ballet. Ashley became passionate about dance following this. Ashley was a competitor in tap, jazz and ballet at the top divisions. Additionally, she was awarded the top awards for soloists in every major dance contests, like the International Dance Challenge, Showstoppers, 56-7-8 Showtime, Flash Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, among others.









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