YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU's Annaleigh Ashford Wins Tony for Best Actress Featured Role Play

Annaleigh Ashford has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role of Essie Carmichael in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.

Ashford's Broadway credits include her Tony® nominated for her role in Kinky Boots (Lauren), Hair(Jeannie), Wicked (Glinda), Legally Blonde-original cast (Margot).

Off-Broadway credits include Dogfight (Marcy), Rent (Maureen). Chicago: Kinky Boots(Lauren), Wicked (Glinda). Workshops/Readings: Kinky Boots, All New People, Carrie, Bring It On, Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel, Catch Me If You Can, Pal Joey, Black Suits. National Tours include Wicked. New York:Feeling Electric, NYMTF '05.

Feature Film work includes Sex and the City, Rachel Getting Married. On TV she appeared in Masters of Sex (series reg.), Made In Jersey,Smash, The Big C, Nurse Jackie, Law & Order, Legally Blonde: The Musical (MTV). Annaleigh was also nominated for Drama League and Clive Barnes Awards for her performance as "Maureen" in Rent. Graduate of Marymount Manhattan College.