Biography for
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Date of Birth

12 November 1978, Westchester County, New York, USA

Birth Name

Ashley Churchill Williams

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Spouse

Neal Dodson

(29 May 2011 - present)

Trade Mark

Wide, cheshire-cat smile High chestnut cheeks

Trivia

Younger sister of Kimberly Williams-Paisley.

Her father is a freelance medical journalist and her mother is a fund-raiser for the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Research Foundation.

Enjoys writing, doing yoga, running and hiking.

Appears at many celebrity charity fund-raisers (especially for AIDS).

Has been writing diaries since she was little (and has so far filled up 37 of them!)

Was named the fall "It" girl of 2002.

Attended Rye High School in Rye, New York.

Sister-in-law of country music star Brad Paisley.

Studied at Boston University's renowned School of Theatre Arts

Her older brother, Jay Williams, is a firefighter and paramedic in Los Angeles County.

She lived in New York City for about a year before moving to Los Angeles to work on "Good Morning, Miami" (2002).

Lived in an apartment on Brighton Avenue in Allston, MA during her senior year. Graduated from Boston University May 2001.

Daughter of Gurney Williams and Linda Williams.

Ashley and her fiancé, Neal Dodson, met at an acting class in 2003.

Personal Quotes

(Upon reading the "Good Morning, Miami" (2002) pilot script and researching her "Dylan" character): "This is SO not me!".

Where Are They Now

(April 2002) Los Angeles, California. Shooting the pilot for "Good Morning, Miami" (2002) at CBS Radford Studios.

(December 2005) Los Angeles, California. Shooting a recurring role on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" (2005).

(June 1997) Rye, New York

(2000) Boston University School of Drama in Massachusetts

(1999) London, England studying at RADA and LAMDA