- Born
- Birth nameAshley Victoria Benson
- Nicknames
- Ash
- AshBenzo
- Benzo
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Ashley Victoria Benson was born on December 18, 1989 in Anaheim Hills, California, to Shannon (Harte) and Jeff Benson. She has Irish, English, and German ancestry. She has been dancing competitively since she was 2 with hip hop, jazz, ballet, tap and lyrical. She has been singing since she was about 5 and she hopes to pursue that, along with her acting. Ashley started modeling at the age of 5 for dance catalogs. Ashley was then pursued by The Ford Modeling Agency at the age of 8. She worked steadily in print and is still with the Agency. At the age of 10, she wanted to pursue acting. Ashley went on to do 35 commercials, and then on to theatrical roles. Acting was now Ashley's passion. Ashley put all her focus into acting, which left little time for modeling and dancing, anymore. Ashley's most recent role is "Hanna Marin" on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars (2010). Ashley also had a cameo in Romeo Miller (aka Lil Romeo) and Solange's music video for the song "True Love". She did a photo shoot with Britney Spears for Vogue Magazine. She is in NLT's music video, "That Girl".- IMDb Mini Biography By: ABO
- SpouseBrandon Davis(2023 - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenAspen
- ParentsShannon HarteJeff Benson
- RelativesShaylene Benson(Sibling)
- Ashley was born two months early, weighing 2 pounds 8 ounces. She was in ICU for a month. Her parents were told she would need heart surgery on Christmas Day. The family's prayers were answered on December 25, when Ashley's parents were told by doctors that her heart had closed up; she never needed any surgeries. After two months in the hospital, Ashley was released and went home; she weighed 4 pounds 8 ounces, and she's been healthy as a horse ever since.
- She was the inspiration for the physical look of teenage "Jean Grey" in the 2008 comic book, "X-Men Origins". In addition, Sasha Pieterse, her co-star in Pretty Little Liars (2010), inspired the physical look of an adolescent Jean Grey.
- Her father has English and German ancestry. Her mother's family is from Ireland.
- In April 2005, signed a 3-year contract with Days of Our Lives (1965).
- Younger sister of fellow actress Shaylene Benson.
- I love good old-fashioned black or white Converse. I have a few pairs. And they are all really dirty. I can't have clean Converse - I go in the dirt and run around!
- My first celeb crush was Hanson. I loved all three of them. My sister and I would always fight, and whenever they would come on the TV, we would always give them a kiss on the TV. And I also had a crush on Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Every time he would come on the screen, he was like my boyfriend. I was such a nerd like that.
- I know what it's like to be left out... I certainly went through a period of time where I got made fun of and people were so mean to me, so I can really relate to that.
- I love Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman - those are the careers I want. My ultimate goal is to win an Oscar; I've been practicing my acceptance speech since I was ten!
- I've seen a lot of people - for example, Lindsay Lohan - who got into the wrong crowd. I always have my eye on what I want. And I don't want anything to distract me from that.
- Days of Our Lives (1965) - $6,000 per episode
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