Ashley Williams Biography

Ashley Churchill Williams (born November 12, 1978) is an American television, movie and Broadway actress. She is known for her roles in Snow, Snow 2: Brain Freeze, and Montana Sky, and for her appearances on How I Met Your Mother.

Early life

Williams was born in Westchester County, New York. Her father, Gurney Williams, is a freelance medical journalist, and her mother, Linda, is a fundraiser for The Michael J. Fox Foundation. She is the younger sister of Kimberly Williams-Paisley, who is also an actress, and sister-in-law to country music star Brad Paisley.

Williams attended Rye High School in Rye, New York. She has a bachelor of fine arts degree from Boston University's theatre conservatory, having graduated in May 2001.

Williams married producer Neal Dodson on May 29, 2011.

Career

Williams made her big-screen acting debut in a non-speaking role in the 1993 ensemble comedy-drama Indian Summer, which also featured her sister. She then spent from 1994 to 1996 playing teenage Danielle Andropoulos on the soap opera As the World Turns.

Williams had a role in the television series Good Morning, Miami (2002"2004). Since then she has also appeared in episodes of Psych, How I Met Your Mother, E-Ring, Huff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Side Order of Life, The Mentalist and Warehouse 13. In May 2003, she had a guest starring role on American Dreams, playing singer Sandie Shaw and performing Shaw's 1964 hit "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on American Bandstand.

In 2006, she starred in the Off Broadway play Burleigh Grime$. and appeared as Victoria, a cupcake baker, on six episodes of the television series How I Met Your Mother.

In 2010, she starred in the made-for-TV Lifetime movie, Patricia Cornwell's The Front, which premiered on the channel on April 17, 2010. She also won an on-line straw poll conducted by the How I Met Your Mother production staff as to which ex-girlfriend of Ted Mosby, the show's main character, is the fans' favorite. Her character, Victoria, won 128 to 117 over "Robin Scherbatsky", with a smattering of votes for other candidates.

In 2011 & 2012, she played the role of Claire in a film adaptation of Something Borrowed and reprised her role as Victoria on How I Met Your Mother.

Ashley is also a doula and is seen in "More Business of Being Born: Episode 3".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Indian Summer	Ida Heinken
2004	'		Short film
2007	Numero Dos	Ashleigh	Short film
2009	'	Laura	Short film
2010	Heterosexuals	Rhonda
2011	Scents and Sensibility	Elinor Dashwood
2011	Margin Call	Heather Burke
2011	Something Borrowed	Claire
2012	Hearing Voices		Short film
2013	Lovesick	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994-1996	As the World Turns	Danielle Andropoulos	Recurring role
2002	Dawson's Creek	Lory Glory	Episode: "Swan Song"
2002-2004	Good Morning, Miami	Dylan Messinger	39 episodes
2003	American Dreams	Sandie Shaw	Episode: "High Hopes"
2004	Snow	Sandy Brooks	TV movie
2005	Monk	Darlene Coolidge/Theresa Scott	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding"
2005-2006	E-Ring	Beth Wilkerson	6 episodes
2006	Amy Coyne	Amy Coyne	TV movie
2006	Huff	Alyssa	8 episodes
2006	Him and Us	Nina	TV movie
2006 / 2011 / 2012	How I Met Your Mother	Victoria	14 episodes
2007	Imperfect Union	Ronnie	TV movie
2007	Making It Legal	Julie	TV movie
2007	Psych	Trish Connors	Episode: "Forget Me Not"
2007	Montana Sky	Willa Mercy	TV movie
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Laura Kozlowski	Episode: "Haystack"
2007	Side Order of Life	Becca	10 episodes
2008	Night Life	Jenny	TV movie
2008	Snow 2: Brain Freeze	Sandy Brooks	TV movie
2008	Novel Adventures	Lizzie McKenzie	8 episodes
2009-2010	Saving Grace	Amanda Dewey	5 episodes
2010	'	Store Clerk Amy	Episode: "Sweet Charity"
2010	At Risk	Stump	TV movie
2010	'	Stump	TV movie
2010	Untitled Adam Carolla Project		TV movie
2011	Retired at 35	Lilah Fabricant	Episode: "Stuck in the Meddle"
2011	Bird Dog	Gail McGrath	TV movie
2011	Love Bites	Bridget	Episode: "Too Much Information"
2011	'		Episode: "Rats"
2011	Warehouse 13	Sally Stukowski	4 episodes
2011	'	Anna Dugan	Episode: "The Redshirt"
2012	'	Denise	Episode: "End of the World as We Know It" Episode: "99 Problems"
2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Debbie Hicks	Episode: "Stealing Home"
2012	Royal Pains	Sydney Bartlett	Episode: "You Give Love a Bad Name" Episode: "About Face"