Background:

Scottish actress Ashley Lilley played the role of Ali in the British successful musical movie “Mamma Mia!” (2008), starring Meryl Streep. She had a minor role on  Gary Winick's last film,  “Letters to Juliet” (2010).


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Childhood and Family:

Ashley Lilley was born Ashley-Anne Lilley on January 29, 1986, in Rothesay, Scotland, UK. Her nickname is Ash. She earned a place with the National Youth Music Theatre at age 12. Three years later, she attended the    Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. She graduated in 2004. Derek Hough was one of her college classmate.


Letters to Juliet

Career:

After graduating from London's Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Ashley Lilley landed the starring role of Lucille Frank in a production of Jason Robert Brown's “Parade” at the Edinburgh fringe festival in 2005. She went on to play Hope Harcourt in the UK tour of Cole Porter's musical “Anything Goes.”

Lilley made her feature film debut in “Mamma Mia!” (2008), a British musical/romantic comedy film adapted from the 1999 West End/2001 Broadway musical of the same name, which is based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA. There she portrayed Ali, the close friend of Sophie and her bridesmaid. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper and Christine Baranski, the film grossed over $609 million against a budget of $52 million, making it the highest grossing musical film worldwide. The same year, Lilley appeared as Venus Houston in an episode of “M.I.High” called “Moontaker.”

In 2010, Lilley was cast in Gary Winick's drama “Letters to Juliet” as Patricia, Charlie's cousin. The film starred Amanda Seyfried, Chris Egan, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael García Bernal, and Franco Nero. She also portrayed Dot in the short “Cat Eats Dog” (2010) and appeared in an episode of “Lip Service” (2010) as Carla.     


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