# Ashley Crow

Ashley Diane Crow (born August 25, 1960) is an American actress. She is best known for her role of Sandra Bennet on the television show Heroes.

## Life and career

Crow was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She moved to Mountain Brook, Alabama at the age of nine. She attended the University of Alabama and then graduated from Auburn University in 1982, where she was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.
Crow first appeared in a minor role on the U.S. soap opera Guiding Light in the 1980s, followed by a longer role as Beatrice McKechnie on As the World Turns. She later co-starred with Parker Stevenson in the short-lived science fiction TV series Probe. Since then, she has appeared in guest roles on various television shows, including Dark Angel, Everybody Loves Raymond, Touched by an Angel, Party of Five, Nip/Tuck, and The Mentalist. She had a major recurring role on Heroes as Sandra Bennet, wife of Primatech operative Noah Bennet (Jack Coleman).
Her roles in film include appearances in Minority Report, Little Big League, and The Good Son, among others.
Crow's first husband was actor Bill Shanks, who was a castmate on As the World Turns. They divorced in 1993. Crow is now married to fellow Heroes cast member Matthew John Armstrong, who played the role of Ted Sprague. She has one son, Pete Crow-Armstrong, who was selected 19th overall in the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets and added to the big league roster of the Chicago Cubs September 11, 2023.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | The Good Son | Janice Evans | |
| 1994 | Little Big League | Jenny Heywood | |
| 1995 | True Crime | Roxanne | Video |
| 1999 | The Cracker Man | Gloria Turner | |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Sarah Marks | |
| 2004 | Catalina View | Susan | Short film |
| 2013 | Little Paradise | Aunt Laura | |
| 2014 | Cake | Stephanie | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986–1987 | As the World Turns | Beatrice McColl | TV series |
| 1987 | The Equalizer | Samantha Chesborough | Episode: "In the Money" |
| 1988 | Probe | Michelle Castle | Main role (7 episodes) |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou | Morgan Fontenot | TV film |
| 1990 | Kojak: None So Blind | Debbie Hogarth | TV film |
| 1991 | A Woman Named Jackie | Lee Bouvier Radziwill | Episode: "The Bouvier Years" |
| 1991 | Final Verdict | Belle Rogers | TV film |
| 1991 | Law & Order | Mrs. Jenna Kealey | Episode: "Renunciation" |
| 1992 | Middle Ages | Cindy Nelson Cooper | Main role (6 episodes) |
| 1993 | Final Appeal | Dolores Brody | TV film |
| 1994 | Because Mommy Works | Claire Forman | TV film |
| 1996 | Champs | Linda McManus | Main role (12 episodes) |
| 1996 | Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story | Pam | TV film |
| 1996 | Dark Angel | Anna St. Cyr | TV film |
| 1996 | Touched by an Angel | Jocelyn | Episode: "Groundrush" |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Nikki Porter | Episode: "Gun" |
| 1999 | Cracker: Mind Over Murder | Linda Benson | Episode: "Best Boys" |
| 1999 | Turks | Ginny | Main role (13 episodes) |
| 1999 | Silk Hope | Natalie | TV film |
| 1999 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Jennifer Whelan | Episode: "The Sister" |
| 2000 | Going Home | Meg | TV film |
| 2000 | Party of Five | Beth Colt | Episode: "All's Well..." |
| 2001 | Dark Angel | Trudy | Episode: "Haven" |
| 2002 | Strong Medicine | Christine Hedley | Episode: "Discharged" |
| 2003 | Dragnet | Alice Kerian | Episode: "The Silver Slayer" |
| 2004 | Nip/Tuck | Judge | Episode: "Joel Gideon" |
| 2004 | American Dreams | Sister Mary Agnes | Episodes: "Long Shots and Short Skirts", "Charade" |
| 2006–2010 | Heroes | Sandra Bennet | Recurring role (41 episodes) |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Chief Elaine Brody | Episode: "Blood Brothers" |
| 2010 | In Plain Sight | Janine | Episode: "No Clemency for Old Men" |
| 2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Linda Cotler | Episode: "Shock to the System" |
| 2011–2012 | The Secret Circle | Jane Blake | Regular role (11 episodes) |
| 2014 | Supernatural | Mama | Episode: "Alex Annie Alexis Ann" |