Ashley Shelton(II)

Ashley Shelton is an American actress, writer, director, and producer born on April 24th in Knoxville, TN. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre. She has been married to Linds Edwards since December 12, 2012. Her acting debut was starring in the leading role of Margaret in the critically-acclaimed Something, Anything (2015 NYT Critics' Pick, The Dissolve's "Essential Viewing"). The film screened at several film festivals internationally including Edinburgh, BAMcinemaFest, Sarasota, and Wisconsin before being released commercially in New York via IFP Screen Forward and on major digital platforms in the USA and UK through Sundance #ArtistServices and IFP. The New York Times hailed her performance as "emotionally ambitious...lovely, low-key." She was also featured on IndieWire's 2015 Year-End Critic's Poll as Best Lead Actress. Since, she has also starred in numerous films including: The Evening Hour(Sundance Film Festival, 2019), The Giant (Toronto International Film Festival, 2019), Wild Rose(Toronto International Film Festival, 2018) and Sollers Point (San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2016), War Pony (Cannes 2022 directed by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell). She can be seen in Ethan Hawk's series The Good Lord Bird (Showtime). Her awarding winning short film Magnolia & Clementine was one of few films picked to participate in Amazon's 2019 All voices Film Festival that celebrated diversity behind the camera. She is passionate about filtering stories through her own personal human experience in an effort to connect more deeply to people and to the world around her.