Ash Ricardo

Ricardo was born in Sydney to an Italian family. She studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.^[2]

Ricardo's first big role of her career was when she played Kerry Green in Offspring.^[3] Ricardo then appeared in a minor role in the 2022 sequel Thor: Ragnarok.^[4] Ricardo landed one of the lead roles in the crime thriller Bite Club starring along with Todd Lasance.^[5][6][7] Ricardo's most recent role was playing Jennifer Falk in Force of Nature: The Dry 2.^[8] Ricardo has also appeared in many theatre productions for the Sydney Theatre Company such as Noises Off and Les Liaisons Dangereuses along with Hugo Weaving.^[9]

Ricardo revealed she has suffered miscarriages. Since she was 16, she has been battling excruciating period pain. When she was 26, she had three ovarian cysts that exploded. At the age of 32. she and her partner decided they wanted children. She then underwent surgery to find out if she had endometriosis, which she had long expected. When the results showed she had it, she got it cleared out. Soon afterwards, she had a son named Jameson.^[10] Ricardo gave birth to a second son named Holden Ricardo Meadows on 28 September 2023.^[11]