Ashley Frances Hoffman

Ashley grew up in Willowbrook, Illinois. She was a professional ballet dancer with the Los Angeles Ballet, LA Opera, and other LA dance companies, and performed in music videos such as Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off." She began studying acting with coach Sal Romeo and has continued her training with teachers Deborah Aquila, Stan Kirsch, and at Diana Castle's The Imagined Life. In 2018, she portrayed famed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova in the play "Little Swan" Written by Allie Costa and directed by Andy McQuade. Later that year, she participated in the Block Theater's Monday Night Living Room Series as Sarah in Brent Askari's "Bending Reeds," directed by Tom Lazarus. In 2019, she performed the role of Dr. Hu in the winner of Best Comedy of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, "Olivia Wilde Does Not Survive the Apocalypse," directed by Robby DeVillez.