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Ashley Judd

Birth name:

Ashley Tyler Ciminella

Date of birth:

19 April 1968

Place of birth:

Granada Hills, California, USA

Roles:

Actress

Character(s):

Robin Lefler

Ashley Judd (born 19 April 1968; age 57) is the actress who played Robin Lefler in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episodes "Darmok" and "The Game".

Judd filmed her scenes for "Darmok" on Thursday 18 July 1991 on Paramount Stage 9. The call sheet for this day features a yet "uncast actress" in the role of Lieutenant Larson which later became Robin Lefler. For "The Game", she filmed her scenes between Wednesday 28 August 1991 and Tuesday 3 September 1991 and on Thursday 5 September 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and Paramount Stage 9. Star Trek provided the medium for her first on-screen kiss in "The Game" with Wil Wheaton.

Career[]

Judd was born in Granada Hills, California as the daughter of Naomi Judd, and is half-sister to Wynonna Judd. Her mother and half-sister form the well-known country and western duo "The Judds".

Since her appearance on The Next Generation, Judd has become a major star in feature films – a commonality she shares with guest star Famke Janssen, who made her debut in a later fifth season episode. Her starring credits include Kuffs (1992, starring Christian Slater, with George De La Peña and Leon Rippy), A Time to Kill (1996, with Kurtwood Smith), Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996, with Jeffrey Combs, Lindsay Crouse, Steven Culp, John Rubinstein, Alex Henteloff and David Drew Gallagher). Double Jeopardy (1999, with Bruce Greenwood and Lance Spellerberg), Eye of the Beholder (1999, with Genevieve Bujold), Where the Heart Is (2000), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002, with Fionnula Flanagan and Ashley Edner), High Crimes (2002, with Bruce Davison, Jude Ciccolella and John Billingsley), De-Lovely (2004), Kiss the Girls and Tooth Fairy (with Dwayne Johnson). She also had a major supporting role in the Divergent-trilogy (2014-2016, the second outing of which was co-written by A Time to Kill's Akiva Goldsman).

She is divorced from race car driver Dario Franchitti. Judd, a Democrat, considered campaigning for the United States Senate against Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell of Kentucky in 2014, but decided in March 2013 against doing so. [1]

She appeared on the cover of Time magazine as a "Person of the Year" issue (2017), although not as herself alone, but as one of the "Silence Breakers", in reference to the #Me Too movement, [2] which ultimately led to the downfall of not only Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein but also to that of CBS Corporation head Les Moonves.

In 2018, she was a regular on Berlin Station, with Michelle Forbes,

From 2017 to 2019, she was a regular on Berlin Station, with Leland Orser, Tamlyn Tomita and James Cromwell.

External links[]

• AshleyJudd.com – official website
• Ashley Judd at Facebook
• Ashley Judd at Instagram
• Ashley Judd at X (formerly Twitter)
• Ashley Judd at the Internet Movie Database
• Ashley Judd at Wikipedia