Ashley Madekwe and Ashley Leggat
Madekwe, a British-Nigerian mixed race child was born into an ethnically diverse family from South London. Her father is Nigerian-Swiss and her mother is English. Her family was raised in the South London council estate and when she was fourteen, she attended The Brit School. In London, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where her acting certificate was earned. She appeared in many stages during her high time at school, including King Henry V and Wuthering Heights.
Madekwe first began her acting career with Storm Damage. Since then, Madekwe has appeared in Teachers and Doctors. Her debut film as a performer came from that of the Woody Allen 2007 movie Cassandra's Dream. She starred alongside Colin Farrell & Ewan MacGregor. After this success, Madekwe played Elisha on her role on the BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN as well as on six of the episodes Trexx as well as Flipside. In the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl was her first appearance in the year 2008 as Bambi. Madekwe also played the main character on How to lose friends & betray people and be apathetic, which premiered on Sony Pictures Entertainment back in 2008. Her theatre credits comprise Little Sweet Thing by Roy Williams as well as Flight Path by David Watson.
Madekwe debuted in the US with The Beautiful Life. The drama series was telecast on The CW for only two episodes, before it was ended. Ashley Davenport was her role in ABC's drama Revenge. Madekwe appeared in all episodes in the series' initial two seasons as an regular. But in May 2013, the announcement was made that she would be departing the show following her guest appearance in the first episode of the series' third season. From 2014 until the year 2016, she appeared on Salem as Tituba. From June to July 2012, she married her long-time boyfriend actor Iddo Goldberg. Alongside Secret Diary of a Call Girl they also appeared in tandem on Salem and also he played part in the show with her. the show on TV.
Ashley Leggat grew up in Hamilton Ontario with a huge family. Her parents Roy and Patty along with her four brothers, Brett, Todd, and Bram who were also present. The brothers of Ashley were extremely athletic and played baseball and hockey in the winter and summer months. They grew up playing baseball and arenas. Ashley couldn't walk, however she was able to dance. As a result, when she turned 2 She discovered Baby Ballet. Ashley discovered her love for dance at this age. Ashley was a competitive dancer throughout the various divisions up until her graduation from high school. She was a competitor in jazz, tap, ballet as well as pointe and Acrobatics. She won the top soloist at each of the most prestigious dance competitions like, International Dance Challenge, Showstoppers, 5-6-7-8 Showtime, Flash Dance, and Dance, Dance, Dance just to mention a few.
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