Years active 1999–present Name Ashley Madekwe | Role Actress | |
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Born 6 December 1983 (age 40) ( 1983-12-06 ) London, England Movies Cassandra's Dream, Venus, Victim TV shows Similar People Iddo Goldberg, Christa B Allen, Emily VanCamp, Janet Montgomery, Connor Paolo Profiles | ||
Ashley Madekwe Shows Us What's In Her Bag
Ashley Madekwe (born 6 December 1983) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as call girl Bambi in the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, social climber Ashley Davenport on the ABC drama series Revenge and the witch Tituba in the WGN America series Salem.
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Early life
Madekwe was born in East London, England. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is of Swiss descent. She grew up on a south London council estate and attended The Brit School at age 14. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where she gained a BA in acting. While attending the school, she appeared in numerous stage productions including King Henry V as Princess Katherine and Wuthering Heights as Catherine Earnshaw.
Career
Madekwe started her acting career with a film titled Storm Damage. Since then, she has made guest appearances on Teachers, Doctors, Casualty, and Drop Dead Gorgeous. Madekwe landed her first motion picture in the 2007 Woody Allen film Cassandra's Dream, opposite Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor. Following that success, she played Elisha in the one-off BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN, and appeared in six episodes of Trexx and Flipside as Ollie. In 2008, she landed the role of Bambi on the ITV2 drama series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, appearing in series two and three. Madekwe starred in the 2008 comedy film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. Her theatre credits include Little Sweet Thing by Roy Williams and Flight Path by David Watson.
Madekwe made her official US debut in the 2009 drama series The Beautiful Life which aired on The CW. In February 2011, she was cast as Ashley Davenport in the ABC drama series Revenge. After being a regular for the first two seasons, it was reported in late May 2013 that Madekwe would depart the series following a guest appearance in the first episode of the third season.
She starred in the television series Salem from 2014 - 2016.
Ashley played Jenna in the 2016 film Mololith/Locked in.
Personal life
In June 2012, Madekwe married her long-time boyfriend, actor Iddo Goldberg. They met as co-stars on Secret Diary of a Call Girl. He also had a role alongside her on the TV series Salem.