Ashley C. Williams
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Ashley Christina Williams (born January 24, 1984) is an American actress, singer, dancer and producer in both theater and film.
, Massachusetts. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
in New York City in 2005, where she received the Charles Jehlenger Award for excellence in acting.
in an uncredited role as a Nelwyn Villager. Williams is best known for her role as Lindsay in The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
where she is trapped as the middle member of the Human Centipede.
Williams co-founded the company Mind The Art Entertainment
for which she is also Member of The Board.
Early life
Williams was born in BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan, New York City – at 120 Madison Avenue, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club – and in Hollywood, California...
in New York City in 2005, where she received the Charles Jehlenger Award for excellence in acting.
Career
Williams made her film debut in the 1988 film WillowWillow (film)
Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas. Warwick Davis stars in the film, as well as Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Patricia Hayes...
in an uncredited role as a Nelwyn Villager. Williams is best known for her role as Lindsay in The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
The Human Centipede is a 2010 Dutch horror film written and directed by Tom Six. The film tells the story of a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming a "human centipede". It stars Dieter Laser as the villain, Dr. Heiter, with Ashley C. Williams,...
where she is trapped as the middle member of the Human Centipede.
Williams co-founded the company Mind The Art Entertainment
Mind The Art Entertainment
Mind The Art Entertainment is a New York City based Collaborative Arts & Entertainment Company founded by Christian De Gré and Ashley C. Williams in 2007....
for which she is also Member of The Board.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Willow Willow (film) Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas. Warwick Davis stars in the film, as well as Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Patricia Hayes... |
Nelwyn Villager | Film Debut (uncredited) |
| 2009 | The Human Centipede (First Sequence) The Human Centipede (First Sequence) The Human Centipede is a 2010 Dutch horror film written and directed by Tom Six. The film tells the story of a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming a "human centipede". It stars Dieter Laser as the villain, Dr. Heiter, with Ashley C. Williams,... |
Lindsay | Main Role |
| 2010 | Broken Crayons | Associate Producer | Makeup Artist, Costume designer |
| 2011 | Empty | Piper | Main Role |
| Hallow Pointe | Maggie | Supporting | |
| 2012 | Leaving Circadia | Jackie | Supporting |
| Hallows Eve | Ashley | Supporting | |
| A Guy Named Rick | Candace | Main Role | |
Theater credits
- Triangle (Margaret) 59E59 TheaterPlaybill.com
- Bong Bong Bong Against the Walls, Ting Ting Ting in Our Heads (Loga) La MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubLa MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubLa MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is an off-off Broadway theatre founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, and named in reference to her. Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the theatre grew out of Stewart's tiny basement boutique for her fashion designs; the boutique's space acted as a theatre for...
- Spellbound- A Musical Adventure (Herianne) New York International Fringe FestivalNew York International Fringe FestivalThe New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, is a Fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It takes place over the course of two weeks every August, spread across several neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, notably the Lower East Side, the...
- Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
(Juliet) Directed by Dario D'Ambrosi at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubLa MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubLa MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is an off-off Broadway theatre founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, and named in reference to her. Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the theatre grew out of Stewart's tiny basement boutique for her fashion designs; the boutique's space acted as a theatre for... - Under the Veil (Sammia) A Mind The Art Anthology La MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubLa MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubLa MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is an off-off Broadway theatre founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, and named in reference to her. Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the theatre grew out of Stewart's tiny basement boutique for her fashion designs; the boutique's space acted as a theatre for...
- Much Ado About NothingMuch Ado About NothingMuch Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....
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) Milagro Theater NYC - The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne FrankAnne FrankAnnelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
) Four County Players - The Grapes of WrathThe Grapes of WrathThe Grapes of Wrath is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962....
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) Live ArtsLive ArtsLive Arts community theatre, founded in 1990, in Charlottesville, Virginia. It produces and creates theatre that they label "modern, rigorous and risky." They promote themselves as being "committed to being a product of its community as well as a process for creating community."-History:Live Arts...