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Ashley Fink | |
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 Fink at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Struck by Lightning | |
| Born | November 20, 1986 |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
Ashley Fink (born November 20, 1986) [1] is an American actress and singer. She is known for roles such as Lauren Zizes in the television series Glee and as Carter McMahon in Huge .
Ashley Fink was born in Houston, Texas. She has an older sister, Stephanie, and two younger sisters, Amanda and Amy. She began acting at four after playing the lead role in her school's holiday play. After moving to Los Angeles with her family, Fink studied acting at an arts high school, where she performed in adaptations including " The Wizard of Oz " (as the Lion) and " You're a Good Man Charlie Brown " (as Lucy).[ citation needed ]
One of Fink's early roles was in the Tribeca Film Festival hit Fat Girls. [2] She appeared on the family drama Make It or Break It , was the recurring character Lauren Zizes on Fox's Glee , [3] and starred as Carter McMahon on the ABC Family show Huge . [4] She also appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures film You Again starring Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Sigourney Weaver [5] and in All About Evil alongside Mink Stole, Cassandra Peterson, Natasha Lyonne and Thomas Dekker. Fink produced her first short film starring Camille Winbush titled "Olivia," which had its premiere at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco.[ citation needed ]
Fink was cast as Lauren Zizes on the Fox television series Glee , making her initial appearance in the first season episode "Wheels" as a champion high school wrestler and cheerleader tryout candidate. She made occasional appearances until the ninth episode of the second season, "Special Education," when she became the glee club's twelfth member. She joined after Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) transferred to another school. Fink stated in an interview, "I was obsessed with Glee before I was a big part of it, and I’ve steadily been on it for a while. When I got the script where I joined the Glee Club, I texted Chris Colfer and said, 'I think I just joined the Glee club?' I didn’t quite believe it at first; I thought I was getting 'Punk'd.'" [6]
Fink's character quit the glee club in the series season 3 premiere, "The Purple Piano Project." While she appeared in a non-speaking capacity in the Season 3 episode "Asian F" and series creator Murphy alluded to her character's reentry into the plot through interactions with Kurt Hummel, Fink confirmed later that season that she would not be returning to the series. [7] However, she subsequently reprised her role in the season 4 episode "Sadie Hawkins" [8] and the season 6 series finale, "Dreams Come True".[ citation needed ]
Fink also appears in the music video for the 2004 hit "I Could Be the One." [9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | The Wedding Video | Cinnamon | |
| 2006 | Fat Girls | Sabrina Thomas | |
| 2008 | Hacket | Grace | Television film |
| 2010 | All About Evil | Lolita | |
| You Again | Sunday | ||
| 2011 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | Lauren Zizes | |
| 2016 | Accidentally Engaged | Melody | |
| 2019 | The Turkey Bowl | Cammie Newton | |
| 2019 | A Merry Christmas Match | Mindy | Movie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | ER | Margo | Episode: "Wake Up" |
| 2006 | Gilmore Girls | Artsy girl | Uncredited; episode: "'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous" |
| 2007 | Blue | Beatrice | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Make It or Break It | Herself | 1 episode |
| 2009–2010 | Warren the Great | Ashley, the Barista | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Huge | Carter McMahon | 6 episodes |
| 2009–2011, 2013, 2015 | Glee | Lauren Zizes | Recurring; 25 episodes |
| 2011 | The Glee Project | Herself | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Austin & Ally | Mindy | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Anger Management | Donna | Episode: "Charlie and Kate's Dirty Pictures" |
| 2015 | K.C. Undercover | Reena | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Criminal Minds | Dana Seavers | Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part" |
| Year | Artist | Song | Notes |
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| 2004 | Stacie Orrico | "I Could Be the One" | Background girl |
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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| US | AUS | CAN | IRL | UK | |||
| "I Know What Boys Like" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | Glee: The Music, Dance Party |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
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