Ashley Lilley
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Ashley-Anne Lilley is a Scottish actress and singer. She made her debut in the 2008 film Mamma Mia!.
Lilley was born in Rothesay, Bute.[1] At the age of 12, she won a place with the National Youth Music Theatre. At 15, she enrolled at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London,[1] and graduated in 2004.
Career
Lilley is primarily a stage actress, with a small number (five, starting with one episode of M.I. High in 2008[2] and ending with one episode of Lip Service in 2010[3]) of film and television roles. She starred as Lucille Frank in a production of Jason Robert Brown's Parade at the Edinburgh fringe festival in 2005. She then joined the UK tour of Cole Porter's Anything Goes in the role of Hope Harcourt.[4][5] She made her film debut as Ali in 2008 in Mamma Mia!,[6][7][8] appeared in the 11-minute short Cat Eats Dog (2009),[6][7][8] and the romantic drama film Letters to Juliet (2010).[9] She returned to theatre in 2011, starring in a new production, Nicked, at the HighTide festival.[10]
