Ashley Benson Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Boyfriend, Family, Images, And More

Ashley Benson Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Boyfriend, Family, Images, And More

Ashley Victoria Benson, an American actress, model, and singer, was born on December 18, 1989. She is well-known for playing Hanna Marin in the 2010–2017 teen drama series Pretty Little Liars. In films like Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007), Christmas Cupid (2010), Spring Breakers (2012), Ratter (2015), Chronically Metropolitan (2016), Her Smell (2018), and Private Property (2022), Benson has acted as the lead. She has won numerous honors, including three People's Choice Award nominations, a Young Hollywood Award, and four Teen Choice Awards.

Early Life

Shannon and Jeff Benson welcomed Benson into the world on December 18, 1989 in Anaheim Hills, California. Shaylene is her elder sister.

Career

2000s: Early employment and acclaim

At the age of three, Benson started dancing competitively and studied ballet, jazz, tap, and hip hop. When she was just four years old, she gave a solo performance at her church. She then started singing in choruses and musicals. She signed with Ford Models when she was eight years old and made several print advertisements.

Benson played Abigail Deveraux on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives from 2004 until 2007.

Benson made her big-screen debut in the 2004 comedy 13 Going on 30 with a small role. Bring It On: In It to Win It, the fourth entry in the Bring It On series, featured her as Carson. In order to fulfil the job, she had to let go of her contract with Days of our Lives and get over her phobia of heights.

Since I had discussed doing this film with the producers, I got off it because they wouldn't let me. I had just missed out on a great deal of chances to make a movie. So this significant event recently occurred, and I was able to complete this. However, I'm happier now that I'm off the soap. I mean, I give them all the credit because working on soap operas with incredible actors who have been there for a good thirty to forty years has taught me so much. Getting to work with them was a privilege. Definitely, it has given me my entire history. But leaving the soap opera also greatly aided my ability to progress to better and bigger things. I am, nonetheless, grateful that I was able to appear in a soap drama.

She described working on a film set as "definitely weird" compared to a soap opera set because she would spend days working on one or two scenes while filming two or three episodes a day on Days of Our Lives. She had to go to cheerleading practise for Bring It On: In It to Win It, which was "hard for [her] because [she is] afraid of heights." Even though she "wasn't expecting it to be so hard," she was "glad" to perform her own stunts.

She portrayed head cheerleader Brooke Tippit in the Lifetime original movie Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal in 2008; Karrissa Theret of the Fab Five served as a loose inspiration for the character. The movie is based on a real incident that happened at Texas' McKinney North High School. Tatum O'Neal, who played her mother in the film, became close friends with her and taught her acting. She was additionally thrilled to be cast in a supporting role in Bart Got a Room since it gave her the chance to collaborate with William H. Macy. The movie premiered in 2008 primarily at film festivals before receiving a limited distribution in 2009. In a 2008 episode of The CW's Supernatural, she also had the role of a witch who was passing herself off as a cheerleader.

Benson portrayed the title character in the short-lived supernatural comedy Eastwick on ABC in 2009. The Witches of Eastwick, a book by John Updike, and its 1987 film adaptation served as the inspiration for the television programme. The show only ran for 11 episodes before being dropped by ABC due to poor viewership, but it has since developed a cult following.

Transition to drama and breakthrough in the 2010s

Benson was cast as Hanna Marin in the ABC Family mystery-thriller teen drama series Pretty Little Liars in December 2009. The show is based on the Sara Shepard novel series. In the absence of Alison DiLaurentis, Hanna has assumed Alison's position as the most well-liked student at Rosewood High, making her the "diva" and "It girl" of the gang. 2.47 million people watched the show's premiere, and critics applauded Benson's performance. She was nominated for and won several accolades. In two episodes of the spin-off series Ravenswood, Benson played the part once more.

Benson co-starred in the 2010 ABC Family television movie Christmas Cupid with Christina Milian and Chad Michael Murray. Benson was cast in the movie Spring Breakers in January 2012 after Emma Roberts withdrew for artistic reasons. Four college students who are arrested and released on bail by a drug and weapons dealer are the focus of the movie. He then assigns them to perform some shady tasks while they are on spring break. James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, and Selena Gomez also starred in the movie. The movie was shot in March and April of 2012, and it was released in March of 2013.

Benson played Carly Whittaker, Barney Stinson's half-sister who dated Ted Mosby, in the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother episode airing on January 21, 2013. Benson was chosen to represent eveningwear brand Faviana in that same month.

She played Emma Taylor, a young woman who is stalked through technology, in the independent horror thriller Ratter from 2015. She also made an appearance in Pixels the same year as Lady Lisa, a real-life adaptation of a video game character. Benson had an appearance in the biographical comedy-drama movie in 2016. Nixon and Elvis portray Margaret.

In 2018, it was revealed that Benson would co-star in Alex Ross Perry's music drama film Her Smell with Cara Delevingne and Elisabeth Moss. The movie got generally favourable reviews, and Benson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as a result. Benson performed every vocal recording for the movie's soundtrack alone.

2020s: Music projects, followed by a return to film

Benson appeared on G-Eazy's rendition of the Radiohead song "Creep" in 2020. She previously appeared in the music videos for "That Girl" by NLT, "Black Light" by One Call, and "Honestly" by Hot Chelle Rae.

Private life

Tyler Blackburn, Benson's former co-star and friend, said that the two of them had a brief romance while filming Pretty Little Liars but that they ultimately remained "good friends" in 2019. Benson had a well-publicized romance with English model Cara Delevingne from 2018 to 2020. From 2020 to 2021, she dated rapper G-Eazy. Since February 2023, Benson has been dating Brandon Davis, the grandson of the late billionaire Marvin Davis. She is a Los Angeles resident.

Filmography

Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2004

13 Going on 30

Six Chick


2005

Neighbors

Mindy

Short film

2007

Bring It On: In It to Win It

Carson

Direct-to-video

2008

Bart Got a Room

Alice


2012

Spring Breakers

Brit


2015

Ratter

Emma Taylor

Also camera operator

2015

Pixels

Lady Lisa


2016

Elvis & Nixon

Margaret


2016

Chronically Metropolitan

Jessie


2018

Her Smell

Roxie Rotten


2018

Ask Me If I Care

Alice

Short film

2021

The Birthday Cake

Tracey


2022

Private Property

Kathryn Carlyle


2022

The Loneliest Boy in the World

Margot


2022

Angry Neighbors

Amberson girl


2023

Alone at Night

Vicky

Also producer

2023

American Metal

TBA

Post-production

TBA

Good Side of a Bad Man

Ruby


Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2002

The District

Melissa Howell

Episode: "Explicit Activities"

2002

The West Wing

Girl

Episode: "Game On"

2002

Nikki

Dancer

Episode: "Working Girl" (unaired)

2004

Strong Medicine

April

Episode: "Cape Cancer"

2004–2007

Days of Our Lives

Abigail Deveraux

Role held: November 12, 2004 – May 2, 2007

2005

7th Heaven

Margot

2 episodes

2005

Zoey 101

Candice

Episode: "Quinn's Date"

2006

The O.C.

Riley

Episode: "The Summer Bummer"

2008

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

Brooke Tippit

Television film

2008

CSI: Miami

Amy Beck

Episode: "Bombshell"

2008

Supernatural

Tracy Davis

Episode: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester"

2009

Eastwick

Mia Torcoletti

Main role

2010

Christmas Cupid

Caitlin Quinn

Television film

2010–2017

Pretty Little Liars

Hanna Marin

Main role, 160 episodes

2012

Punk'd

Herself

Episode: "Heather Morris"

2013

How I Met Your Mother

Carly Whittaker

Episode: "Ring Up!"

2013–2014

Ravenswood

Hanna Marin

Special guest star, 2 episodes

2014

Family Guy

Dakota (voice)

Episode: "Brian's a Bad Father"

2015

Barely Famous

Herself

Episode: "Bananas Foster"

2023

Wilderness

Cara

Post-production

Web

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2011

CollegeHumor Originals

Ashley

Episode: "Secret Girl Language"

2020

Lady Parts

Herself

Episode: "How to Survive Puberty"

2021

Sorry Charlie Miller

Charlie Miller

Voice role; podcast series

Music videos

Year

Title

Artist(s)

Role

Ref.

2002

"True Love"

Lil' Romeo featuring Solange Knowles

Girl #1


2007

"That Girl"

NLT

Love Interest


2008

"We Don't Have to Look Back Now"

Puddle of Mudd

The Girlfriend


2010

"Black Light"

One Call

Love Interest


2012

"Honestly"

Hot Chelle Rae

Girl


2019

"Can't Wait"

The Akergirls

Roxie Rotten


2020

"Imagine"

Gal Gadot & Friends

Herself


Discography

Title

Year

Other artist(s)

Album

"Stars Go Out" (as Cindy Ultra)

2017

None

None

"Breathe"

2019

Elisabeth Moss, Agyness Deyn,
Gayle Rankin, Cara Delevingne,
Dylan Gelula and Amber Heard

Her Smell

"Can't Wait"

Cara Delevingne and Dylan Gelula

"Creep"

2020

G-Eazy

None

"All the Things You're Searching For"

G-Eazy and Kossisko

Everything's Strange Here

Songwriting credits

Title

Year

Artist(s)

Album

Credits

Written with

"Every Night of the Year"

2020

G-Eazy

Everything's Strange Here

Co-writer

Gerald Gillum, Dakarai Gwitira, John Michael Rouchell

Awards and nominations

Year

Award

Category

Work

Result

2011

Young Hollywood Awards

Cast to Watch (with Troian Bellisario, Lucy Hale and Shay Mitchell)

Pretty Little Liars

Won

Youth Rock Awards

Rockin' TV Actress

Won

2013

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

Actress Most in Need of a New Agent (with Rachel Korine, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens)

Spring Breakers

Nominated

Capricho Awards

Best Make Out (with James Franco and Vanessa Hudgens)

Nominated

Best International Actress

Pretty Little Liars

Nominated

2014

MTV Movie Awards

Best Kiss (with James Franco and Vanessa Hudgens)

Spring Breakers

Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Summer TV Star – Female

Pretty Little Liars

Won

Candie's Choice Style Icon

Herself

Nominated

2015

People's Choice Awards

Favorite Cable TV Actress

Pretty Little Liars

Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Summer TV Star: Female

Won

2016

People's Choice Awards

Favorite Cable TV Actress

Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Choice TV Actress: Drama

Won

Choice TV: Chemistry (with Tyler Blackburn)

Won

2017

People's Choice Awards

Favorite Cable TV Actress

Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Choice TV Actress: Drama

Nominated

Quick Bio

Gender

Female

Age

33 years old (in 2023)

Date of Birth

December 18, 1989

Full Name

Ashley Victoria Benson

Profession

Actress

Nationality

American

Birthplace

Anaheim Hills, California, United States

Religion

Christianity

Zodiac Sign

Sagittarius

College

Didnot Attend
High School Graduate

Profession

Actress

Net Worth

$6 million

Family & Relatives

Father

Jeff Benson

Mother

Shannon harte

Brother

None

Sister

Shaylene Benson

Marital Status

Single

Past Relationships

Justin Thorne

Chord Overstreet

Taylor Lautner

Tyler Blackburn

Keegan Allen

Ryan Good

Ashley Benson Favorites

Hobbies

Dancing (Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop), Singing, Partying, Travelling

Favorite TV shows

Broad City

Favorite Destination

Cabo San Lucas

Favorite Color

Black

Facts

  • Guardians of Ashley Benson Shannon and Jeff Benson raised her in Anaheim, California.
  • Ashley Benson only has one older sister, Shaylene.
  • Ashley Benson describes a solo performance in the neighborhood church when she was 4 years old.
  • Ashley Benson was born two weeks early, weighing two pounds and eight ounces. Ashley spent a month in the hospital's intensive care unit as a result.
  • While Ashley's father has German and English ancestry, her mother is Irish.

Ashley Benson and co-star Shay Mitchell, with whom she appeared in the Pretty Little Liars series, are good friends.

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