Ashley Madekwe (born 1981) is an English actress
best known for portraying 'Bambi' on ITV's
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
and the canceled
The CW drama series
The Beautiful Life.
Early years
Madekwe was born December 6th in London, England.
She has a GCSE in Drama and BTec from BRIT School
of Performing Arts as well one year foundation
course at LAMDA. Not only is Madekwe a trained actress but a
flamenco and period dancer as well. Madekwe also attended the
Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art in London. While attending the prestigious 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 by appearing on English police
show,
The Bill. Since then she has
made guest appearances on
Teachers,
Doctors,
Casualty, and
Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Madekwe landed her first motion picture in the Woody Allen film,
Cassandra's Dream.
Madekwe played Lucy opposite
Colin
Farrell and
Ewan McGregor.
Following that success, she played Elisha in the
BBC Three drama pilot
West 10 LDN, and appeared on six episodes
of
Trexx and Flipside as
Ollie. In 2008, she landed the role of Bambi on popular ITV drama
Secret Diary of a Call Girl which eventually was picked up
by
Showtime in the United States. She may
return back for the coming third season but may not due to her new
television series The Beautiful Life. That same year, Madekwe
starred in
How to Lose Friends
& Alienate People. She made her official US debut in
the canceled
The CW drama series
The Beautiful Life.
Filmography
References
- http://ashbee.net/rada/grad05/mad.html
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534772/
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