Ashley Madekwe

Ashley Madekwe
File:Ashley Madekwe PaleyFest 12.jpg Madekwe at the PaleyFest 2012
Born	(1983-12-06) 6 December 1983 London, England
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Iddo Goldberg (m. 2012)

Ashley Madekwe (born 6 December 1983) is an English actress, best known for her role as social climber Ashley Davenport on the ABC drama series Revenge. As of 2014, she stars as Tituba in the WGN America series Salem.

Early life

Madekwe was born in East London, England to a Nigerian-Swiss father and an English mother. She grew up on a south London council estate and attended The Brit School at age 14. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where she gained a BA in acting. While attending the school, she appeared in numerous stage productions including King Henry V as Princess Katherine and Wuthering Heights as Catherine Earnshaw.

Career

Madekwe started her acting career with a film titled Storm Damage. Since then, she has made guest appearances on Teachers, Doctors, Casualty, and Drop Dead Gorgeous. Madekwe landed her first motion picture in the 2007 Woody Allen film Cassandra's Dream, opposite Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor. Following that success, she played Elisha in the one-off BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN, and appeared in six episodes of Trexx and Flipside as Ollie. In 2008, she landed the role of Bambi on the ITV2 drama series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, appearing in series two and three. Madekwe starred in the 2008 comedy film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. Her theatre credits include Little Sweet Thing by Roy Williams and Flight Path by David Watson.

Madekwe made her official US debut in the 2009 drama series The Beautiful Life which aired on The CW. In February 2011, she was cast as Ashley Davenport in the ABC drama series Revenge. After being a regular for the first two seasons, it was reported in late May 2013 that Madekwe would depart the series following a guest appearance in the first episode of the third season.

She starred in the television series Salem from 2014 - 2015, which her husband also stars in.

In addition to her acting career Madekwe runs a successful fashion blog called Ring My Bell.

Personal life

In June 2012, Madekwe married her long-time boyfriend, actor Iddo Goldberg. He also stars on the TV series Salem.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Venus	Royal Court actress
2007	Cassandra's Dream	Lucy
2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Vicky
2011	Victim	Tia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Bill	Janie Newton	Episode: "Badlands"
2000	Hope and Glory	Dawn	Episode: "2.4"
2000	Down to Earth	Julie	Episode: "O Best Beloved"
2000	Storm Damage	Annalise	Television film
2001–2002	Teachers	Bev	9 episodes
2006	Vital Signs	Tart	Episode: "1.5"
2006	Doctors	Sophie Wells	Episode: "A Mother's Love"
2006	Casualty	Jade Clark	Episode: "Worlds Apart"
2006	Prime Suspect	Tanya	Episode: "The Final Act, Part 1"
2007	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Brogan Tully	3 episodes
2008	West 10 LDN	Elisha	Unsold TV pilot
2008	Trial & Retribution	Maria	Episode: "Tracks: Part 1"
2008–2010	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	Bambi/Gloria White	13 episodes
2008	Trexx and Flipside	Ollie	8 episodes
2008	Wallander	Dolores Maria Santana	Episode: "Sidetracked"
2009	The Beautiful Life: TBL	Marissa Delfina	4 episodes
2009	Coming Up	Shanna	Episode: "Raising Baby Rio"
2010	Above Their Station	Kelly Eve	Unsold TV pilot
2011	Bedlam	Molly Lucas	6 episodes
2011–2013	Revenge	Ashley Davenport	43 episodes
2014–2015	Salem	Tituba	24 episodes

External links

• Ashley Madekwe at the Internet Movie Database
• Ashley Madekwe on Twitter
• Ashley Madekwe's blog