Ashley Tesoro
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Ashley Tesoro is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actress, model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

, and singer. She is known for her starring roles in NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

’s Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise...

(as Liz Miller) and CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

’s The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....

(as Kimberly Fairchild
Kimberly Fairchild
Kimberly Fairchild is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She was portrayed by Ashley Lyn Cafagna from October 21, 1998 to January 26, 2001.-Introduction:Kimberly Fairchild is the daughter of Myles Fairchild...

). In 2007 she released a self-titled country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

. In 2010 she released a Country Gospel
Christian country music
Christian country music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...

 EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 titled "Oh You Angel."

Youth

Ashley Lyn Cafagna was born in Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

, the first of three children. She was raised in Escondido, California. At the age of six she began entering beauty pageants, and won several local pageants from ages six through eight. She was crowned "Little Miss California” at the age of eight. She then started acting in a theater company called Christian Youth Theater
Christian Youth Theater
Christian Youth Theater is an American-Canadian after-school theater arts program for children ages 4–18. CYT offers classes in areas such as drama, dance, and singing and performs 3 productions a year...

. At the age of ten she entered a local talent contest in San Diego, California. After a long process of acting, modeling, and interviews, she took first place out of three hundred contestants. Her win placed her with an acting agent and manager.

Acting

As a television actress Ashley Tesoro has appeared in NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

’s Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise...

(as Liz Miller) for three seasons and CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

’s The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....

(as Kimberly Fairchild
Kimberly Fairchild
Kimberly Fairchild is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She was portrayed by Ashley Lyn Cafagna from October 21, 1998 to January 26, 2001.-Introduction:Kimberly Fairchild is the daughter of Myles Fairchild...

) for three years. She has had other roles in 7th Heaven
7th Heaven
7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...

, Valley of the Dolls, Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. The show's premise focuses on a fourth grader named Arnold who lives with his grandparents. Episodes center on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends...

, CBS Morning News
CBS Morning News
For CBS's main morning news program, formerly known as CBS Morning News, see The Early Show.CBS Morning News is the half-hour daily television broadcast from CBS News that airs following Up to the Minute and features late-breaking news stories, weather forecasts, and sports scores...

, and has been a guest host for E!
E!
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...

. She has presented the Daytime Emmy Awards, the Soap Opera Digest Awards
Soap Opera Digest Awards
The Soap Opera Digest Awards were an awards show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. The awards were founded in 1984 to replace the less-lavish Soapy Award; those awards shows had run since 1977. The Soap Opera Digest Awards are meant to promote excellence in the soap opera...

, and was awarded "Best Newcomer on a Daytime Television Show" in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. She was also named one of the "Fifty most Beautiful People" on television by Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly. She has also starred in eight films during her career, including The Skulls II.

Modeling

As a model Ashley Tesoro has worked for companies such as Radiosa Gowns, Levi's and Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and founder of the premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger.-Early life:...

 to name a few. She has starred in commercial ads, and has been featured on the cover of magazines such as; Teen
Teen (magazine)
Teen was an American teen lifestyle magazine for preteen and early teenage girls, ages 10 to 15. The content of Teen included advice, entertainment news, quizzes, fashion, beauty, celebrity role models, and "real-girl stories".-Content:...

(Teen Beauty Guide), Soap Opera Digest
Soap Opera Digest
Soap Opera Digest is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information...

, Soap Opera Weekly
Soap Opera Weekly
Soap Opera Weekly is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information...

, CBS Soaps In Depth
Soaps In Depth
Soaps In Depth is a series of magazines created in 1997 by Bauer Publications to give American soap opera viewers more variety in their soap-related magazine purchases...

, and Cross Point.

Music career

While starring on The Bold and the Beautiful, executive-producer Bradley Bell
Bradley Bell
Bradley Bell is an American television writer and producer. Bell is a six-time Daytime Emmy Award winner and is executive producer and head writer for The Bold and the Beautiful, an American soap opera.-Career:...

 incorporated singing into her character of Kimberly Fairchild
Kimberly Fairchild
Kimberly Fairchild is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She was portrayed by Ashley Lyn Cafagna from October 21, 1998 to January 26, 2001.-Introduction:Kimberly Fairchild is the daughter of Myles Fairchild...

. She recorded several original songs and music videos for the show. One of these songs was premiered on KIIS-FM
KIIS-FM
KIIS-FM is a Los Angeles, California, USA-based radio station with a partial Top 40 musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KIIS is also simulcasted on KVVS in Rosamond, at 105.5 MHz...

's Valentine Show. In 2007 Ashley Tesoro made her country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 debut with a self-titled EP on Tesoro Records. The album was produced by Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello is an American; Grammy Award nominated, multi-award–winning, multi-platinum record producer. Some of the noteworthy artists that he has worked with include; Lifehouse, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Jars of Clay, Days of the New, Sixpence None the Richer, Leigh Nash, Ashley Tesoro, Patti...

 and mixed by Mike Shipley
Mike Shipley
Mike Shipley is a Grammy Award–winning mix engineer who has been prominent in the global music industry for several decades, having worked on projects with combined sales in the hundreds of millions....

. Larry Eagle, drummer and percussionist on Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

's We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
-Personnel:* Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, B-3 organ, and percussion* Sam Bardfeld – violin* Art Baron – tuba* Frank Bruno – guitar* Jeremy Chatzky – upright bass* Mark Clifford – banjo...

, played drums on two of the EP's tracks. In 2010 she released her second EP on Tesoro Records titled "Oh You Angel." This Country Gospel
Christian country music
Christian country music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...

 album was produced by Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello is an American; Grammy Award nominated, multi-award–winning, multi-platinum record producer. Some of the noteworthy artists that he has worked with include; Lifehouse, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Jars of Clay, Days of the New, Sixpence None the Richer, Leigh Nash, Ashley Tesoro, Patti...

 and mixed by Clif Norrell. In August 2010 Ashley Tesoro opened for Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

 at a private event in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

. Supported by the Abiders
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart....

 she performed the song "Heaven Let Me Know" from her EP "Oh You Angel."

Marriage

On September 30, 2001 Ashley Cafagna married Anthony Tesoro
Anthony Tesoro
Anthony Tesoro is an American Business executive and Christian Minister. He is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Tesoro Ministry Foundation; a 5013 non-profit charity/ministry organization. He is also the co-founder, with his wife Ashley Tesoro, of Tesoro Entertainment; a multimedia production...

, a Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 minister and former stock market investor
Investor
An investor is a party that makes an investment into one or more categories of assets --- equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc...

. In 2005 she and her husband founded Tesoro Entertainment, a production company; and in 2007 they launched Tesoro Entertainment's music label division, Tesoro Records.

Ministry

Ashley Tesoro grew up singing in the Church
Christian Church
The Christian Church is the assembly or association of followers of Jesus Christ. The Greek term ἐκκλησία that in its appearances in the New Testament is usually translated as "church" basically means "assembly"...

 and performing in the theater company Christian Youth Theater
Christian Youth Theater
Christian Youth Theater is an American-Canadian after-school theater arts program for children ages 4–18. CYT offers classes in areas such as drama, dance, and singing and performs 3 productions a year...

. She and her husband are both Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 ministers and run the Tesoro Ministry Foundation
Tesoro Ministry Foundation
The Tesoro Ministry Foundation is an American, Christian, faith based organization with both ministerial and charitable outreach divisions. TMF was founded by businessman and Christian minister Anthony Tesoro and his wife, singer and Christian minister, Ashley Tesoro...

, a non-profit charity/ministry foundation.

Martial Arts

Ashley enjoys training in the martial arts and has earned blue belts in karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

 and tangsoodo from her husband Anthony Tesoro
Anthony Tesoro
Anthony Tesoro is an American Business executive and Christian Minister. He is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Tesoro Ministry Foundation; a 5013 non-profit charity/ministry organization. He is also the co-founder, with his wife Ashley Tesoro, of Tesoro Entertainment; a multimedia production...

. She has trained in Boxing, Karate, and Tangsoodo, as well as in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.

Albums

Year Name Label Producer Executive Producer
2010 Oh You Angel EP Tesoro Records Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello is an American; Grammy Award nominated, multi-award–winning, multi-platinum record producer. Some of the noteworthy artists that he has worked with include; Lifehouse, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Jars of Clay, Days of the New, Sixpence None the Richer, Leigh Nash, Ashley Tesoro, Patti...

Anthony Tesoro
Anthony Tesoro
Anthony Tesoro is an American Business executive and Christian Minister. He is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Tesoro Ministry Foundation; a 5013 non-profit charity/ministry organization. He is also the co-founder, with his wife Ashley Tesoro, of Tesoro Entertainment; a multimedia production...

2007 Ashley Tesoro EP Tesoro Records Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello is an American; Grammy Award nominated, multi-award–winning, multi-platinum record producer. Some of the noteworthy artists that he has worked with include; Lifehouse, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Jars of Clay, Days of the New, Sixpence None the Richer, Leigh Nash, Ashley Tesoro, Patti...

Anthony Tesoro
Anthony Tesoro
Anthony Tesoro is an American Business executive and Christian Minister. He is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Tesoro Ministry Foundation; a 5013 non-profit charity/ministry organization. He is also the co-founder, with his wife Ashley Tesoro, of Tesoro Entertainment; a multimedia production...


Film

Year Film Role Other notes
2002 The Skulls II
The Skulls II
The Skulls II is the 2002 American thriller film sequel to The Skulls and was released direct-to-video. It is directed by Joe Chappelle and it stars Robin Dunne, Ashley Cafagna-Tesoro, Nathan West, Lindy Booth and James Gallenders....

Ali Lead
2000 Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!
Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!
Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn! is a 2000 horror film directed by Jeff Burr. It stars Jaason Simmons and Ben Gould. It contains edited versions of both, Frankenstein Reborn! and The Werewolf Reborn!....

Eleanore Crane Lead
1998 The Werewolf Reborn!
The Werewolf Reborn!
The Werewolf Reborn! is a 1998 horror film directed by Jeff Burr. It stars Ashley Cafagna-Tesoro and Robin Atkin Downes. A sequel titled Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn! was released in 2000....

Eleanore Crane Lead
1997 Mystery Monsters
Mystery Monsters
-Plot:Tommy has just joined the cast of the top-rated kids' show, "Captain Mike's Mystery Monsters," and is anxious to find out just how the special effects crew gets the monsters to work...

Susie Lead
The Midas Touch
The Midas Touch
The Midas Touch is a 1940 British thriller film directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Judy Kelly, Frank Cellier and Bertha Belmore.-Cast:* Barry K...

Hannah Lead
1996 Demon in the Bottle Lead
1995 Lord of Illusions aka Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions
Lord of Illusions
Lord of Illusions is a 1995 American horror film, written and directed by the British author, filmmaker and artist Clive Barker. The film is based on his earlier short story, The Last Illusion , and it presents Barker's signature character Harry D'Amour onscreen for the first time. It stars Scott...

Young Dorothea Supporting
1994 Lost Island Shelley Lead

Television

Year Title Role Other notes
2002 FYE! Herself Guest Host- E!
1998-2001 The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....

Kimberly Fairchild Series Regular
1997-2000 Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise...

Liz Miller Series Regular
1998 Mr. Murder
Mr. Murder
Mr. Murder is a horror novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 1993.-Plot:This story has two intervening plots occurring throughout. One of an assassin, who is a clone....

Girl at Airport TV Movie
1997 7th Heaven
7th Heaven
7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...

Joanne Guest Star
1997 Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. The show's premise focuses on a fourth grader named Arnold who lives with his grandparents. Episodes center on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends...

Older Girl on Bus Voice
1994 Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls is a novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann, published in 1966. The "dolls" within the title is a slang term for downers, barbiturates used as sleep aids....

Young Anne Guest Star

Honors

  • The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
    Kentucky colonel
    Kentucky colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Commissions for Kentucky colonels are given by the Governor and the Secretary of State to individuals in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to a community, state or the nation...

    • 2009 - Honorary Kentucky Colonel for service and contributions to the global community - Honoree

  • Soap Opera Digest
    Soap Opera Digest
    Soap Opera Digest is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information...

    • 1999 - Soap Opera's 50 Most Beautiful People - Recipient

  • Soap Opera Weekly
    Soap Opera Weekly
    Soap Opera Weekly is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information...

    • 1999 - Soap Opera's 50 Most Beautiful People - Recipient

Awards

  • Young Artist Awards
    • 2002 - Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actress for "The Bold and the Beautiful" - Nominated
    • 2001 - Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress for "The Bold and the Beautiful" - Nominated
    • 2000 - Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Supporting Young Actress for "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" - Nominated

  • YoungStar Awards (The Hollywood Reporter's Annual YoungStar Awards)
    • 2000 - Best Young Actress/Performance in a Saturday Morning TV Series for "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" - Nominated
    • 2000 - Best Young Actress/Performance in a Daytime TV Series for "The Bold and the Beautiful" - Nominated
    • 1999 - Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program for "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" - Nominated
    • 1999 - Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program for "The Bold and the Beautiful" - Nominated

  • Inside Soap Awards
    • 1999 - Best Newcomer for "The Bold and the Beautiful" - Winner

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