Ashley Holliday

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Ashley Holliday Tavares
Born
Ashley Renee Popelka

Occupation(s)Actress, Director
Years active1986–present

Ashley Holliday Tavares is an American actress. She is best known for playing Chloe Delgado on the 2010 ABC Family series Huge [1] [2] and Melissa Sanders on the 2012 Nick at Nite serial drama Hollywood Heights . [3] [4] [5] She also starred in the 2023 comedy horror film Hanky Panky.

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Personal life

Tavares attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and DePaul University, where she studied theater. [2]

Career

Tavares began her career with an appearance on an episode of Miami Vice in 1986. [2] Her breakout role came in 2010, when Tavares landed a leading role in the ABC Family series Huge . [1] [2] She followed that with the role of Melissa Sanders on TeenNick's Hollywood Heights . [3] [4] [5] [6] Ashley has done voices on Robot Chicken and guest starred on shows such as Disney's K.C. Undercover , and The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story . In 2012, she made her film debut in The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Just Cause Slumber Party Girlas Ashley Popelka
1997 Wild America Mountain Family Daughteras Ashley Popelka
2006DiscreetAngieAlso co-director and associate producer
2010You, Only Better...Jackie MabovitchFilm
2012 The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez RitaFilm
2014Hanky Panky (short)DianeShort Film, Lead
2014NanobloodSatisfied CustomerShort Film, Supporting
2018Meat CuteLilyShort Film, Writer, Director, Supporting
2018Big ForkLaurenFilm, Lead
2023 Hanky Panky DianeFilm, Lead

Television series

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1986 Miami Vice Baby Demarco NBC 1 episode: "Baby Blues" [2]
2010 Huge Chloe Delgado ABC Family 10 episodes [1] [2]
2012 Hollywood Heights Melissa Sanders Nick at Nite Contract player/80 episodes [3] [4] [5]
2013 Ravenswood Lila Collins ABC Family Recurring guest star, 2 episodes: "The Devil Has a Face" & "Scared to Death" [8]
2015, 2018 Robot Chicken Various Voices Adult Swim 2 episodes, guest star
2016 The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Donna Estrella FX 1 episode, co-star
2017 K.C. Undercover Ms. Schaffer Disney Channel 2 episodes, guest star
2022 Raven's Home Ms. Linda Disney Channel 1 episode: "21 Lunch Street"
2023 My Life with the Walter Boys Tara Netflix Filming

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
2013"For the Win" Team Unicorn
2014"Heart of the Moment" Mansions on the Moon

”flow” Brittany Underwood 2013

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