Ashley Williams (actress)

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Ashley Williams
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Williams in 2011
Born
Ashley Churchill Williams

(1978-11-12) November 12, 1978 (age 45)
Westchester County, New York, U.S.
Education Boston University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Known for Good Morning, Miami
Spouse
​
(m. 2011)​
Children2
Relatives Kimberly Williams-Paisley (sister)
Brad Paisley (brother-in-law)
Website ashleywilliams.work

Ashley Churchill Williams [1] [2] (born November 12, 1978 [3] ) is an American actress. She is known for starring in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on TV Land and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami . Williams played Victoria on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother opposite Josh Radnor. She has starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 150 episodes of television in addition to television movies for The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Television, and ABC Family. She has worked in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off-Broadway, and on Broadway.

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Early life and education

Williams was born in Westchester County, New York, the daughter of Linda Barbara, and Gurney Williams III, a freelance health and science writer. She is the younger sister of actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and is sister-in-law to country music star Brad Paisley. [4] [5]

Williams attended Rye High School in Rye, New York. In May 2001 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.[ citation needed ]

Career

Williams made her acting debut in a non-speaking role in the 1993 drama Indian Summer , which also featured her sister Kimberly. She then spent from 1994 to 1996 playing teenage Danielle Andropoulos on the soap opera As the World Turns .

Williams starred in the television series Good Morning, Miami (2002–2004). [6] Since then she has also appeared in episodes of Psych , How I Met Your Mother , multiple episodes of E-Ring , multiple episodes of Huff , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , multiple episodes of Side Order of Life , The Mentalist , Monk , C.S.I., Royal Pains , multiple episodes of Saving Grace , Love Bites , The Protector , Retired at 35 , and multiple episodes of Warehouse 13 . Williams also had a guest-starring role on American Dreams , playing singer Sandie Shaw and performing Shaw's 1964 hit "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on American Bandstand .

In 2007, she starred in the Off Broadway play Burleigh Grime$ [7] [8] and appeared as Victoria, a cupcake baker, on six episodes of the television series How I Met Your Mother ; a role she reprised in the concluding seasons of the show.

In 2010, she starred in the made-for-TV Lifetime movies, Patricia Cornwell's The Front and At Risk, which premiered on the channel on April 17, 2010.

In 2011 and 2012, she played the role of Claire in a film adaptation of Something Borrowed opposite Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, and her college roommate Ginnifer Goodwin, and she also reprised her role as Victoria on How I Met Your Mother .

She made her Broadway debut in John Grisham's A Time To Kill playing law student Ellen Roarke, on September 28, 2013, with the opening night on October 20, 2013. She had previously worked at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and also worked as the understudy for both Rachel Weisz and Gretchen Mol opposite Paul Rudd in the world premiere Off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute's play The Shape of Things . She performed both lead female roles multiple times during the run.

In 2015 and 2016, Williams starred as a fictionalized version of comedian Jim Gaffigan's real life wife in The Jim Gaffigan Show on Comedy Central, a sitcom about a couple raising their five young children in a two-bedroom New York City apartment which also starred Michael Ian Black and Adam Goldberg. [9]

She wrote, directed, and starred in a short film, Meats, about a pregnant vegan who wrestles with her newfound craving for meat. It was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020. [10]

Personal life

Williams married independent film producer Neal Dodson on May 29, 2011. [11] They have two sons. [12] [13] [14] In the summer of 2016, Williams was two months pregnant and suffered a miscarriage. [15] She partnered with the Human Development Project to speak publicly about the experience, in hopes of reducing the stigma of miscarriage and encouraging more women to talk openly about it. [16] Williams is a certified birth doula. [17] [18]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004The ListShort film
2007Numero DosAshleighShort film
2009The Eight PercentLauraShort film
2010HeterosexualsRhonda
2011Scents and SensibilityElinor Dashwood
Margin Call Heather Burke
Something Borrowed Claire
2012Hearing VoicesShort film
2013Sequin RazeRebeccaShort film
2014 Lovesick Felicia
A Most Violent Year Lange
2016Six LA Love StoriesRobin Butterman
2020MeatsLaneShort film; wrote and directed
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994–1996 As the World Turns Danielle Andropoulos Recurring role
2002 Dawson's Creek Lory GloryEpisode: "Swan Song"
2002–2004 Good Morning, Miami Dylan MessingerMain role, 39 episodes
2003 American Dreams Sandie ShawEpisode: "High Hopes"
2004 Snow Sandy BrooksTelevision film (ABC)
2005 Monk Darlene Coolidge / Theresa ScottEpisode: "Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding"
2005–2006 E-Ring Beth WilkersonRecurring role, 6 episodes
2006Amy CoyneAmy CoyneTelevision film (Fox)
Huff AlyssaRecurring role, 8 episodes
Him and UsNinaTelevision film (ABC)
2006–2014 How I Met Your Mother Victoria Recurring role (seasons 1, 7–9), 15 episodes
2007Imperfect UnionRonnieTelevision film (TBS)
Making It LegalJulieTelevision film (ABC)
Psych Trish ConnorsEpisode: "Forget Me Not"
Montana Sky Willa MercyTelevision film (Lifetime)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Laura KozlowskiEpisode: "Haystack"
Side Order of Life BeccaMain role
2008Night LifeJennyTelevision film (Fox)
Snow 2: Brain Freeze Sandy BrooksTelevision film (ABC Family)
Novel AdventuresLizzie McKenzie8 episodes
2009–2010 Saving Grace Amanda DeweyRecurring role, 5 episodes
2010 The New Adventures of Old Christine Store Clerk AmyEpisode: "Sweet Charity"
At RiskStumpTelevision film (Lifetime)
The FrontStumpTelevision film (Lifetime)
Untitled Adam Carolla ProjectN/AUnsold television pilot
2011 Retired at 35 Lilah Fabricant"Stuck in the Meddle"
Bird DogGail McGrathTelevision film (TNT)
Love Bites BridgetEpisode: "Too Much Information"
The Protector N/AEpisode: "Rats"
Warehouse 13 Sally Stukowski4 episodes
The Mentalist Anna DuganEpisode: "The Redshirt"
2012 The Wedding Band DeniseEpisodes: "End of the World as We Know It", "99 Problems"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Debbie HicksEpisode: "Stealing Home"
Royal Pains Sydney BartlettEpisodes: "You Give Love a Bad Name", "About Face"
2013Christmas in the CityWendy CarrollTelevision film (Lifetime)
2014 The Good Wife Christina BarrettEpisode: "We, the Juries"
2015–2016 The Jim Gaffigan Show Jeannie GaffiganMain role, 2 seasons
2015October KissPoppy SummerallTelevision film (Hallmark)
2016Love on a LimbAimie RoarkeTelevision film (Hallmark)
2017 Girls GinnyEpisode: "All I Ever Wanted"
Christmas in EvergreenAllie ShawTelevision film (Hallmark)
2018 Instinct Nora CecchinoEpisode: "Wild Game"
FBI Alexis MoranEpisode: "Family Man"
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to SantaAllie ShawTelevision film (Hallmark)
Northern Lights of ChristmasZoey HathawayTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2019Holiday HeartsPeytonTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of JoyAllie ShawTelevision film (Hallmark)
2020Chris Watts: Confession of a KillerShan'Ann WattsTelevision film (Lifetime)
Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas SweaterMaggie O’DonnellTelevision film (Hallmark)
2021 The Good Doctor Hannah PalmerEpisode: "The Uncertainty Principle" [12] [19]
Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday MegTelevision film (Hallmark)
Sister Swap: Christmas in the City MegTelevision film (Hallmark)
2022Two Tickets to ParadiseHannah HoltTelevision film (Hallmark)
Amber Brown Aunt PamMain role
Five More Minutes: Moments Like TheseKaitlyn MorrisonTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2023Notes of AutumnEllie MatthewsTelevision film (Hallmark)

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