Ashley Benson

Ashley Victoria Benson (born December 18, 1989) is an American actress, singer, model and dancer, best known for her role as Hanna Marin in the ABC Family/Freeform teen series Pretty Little Liars 
A native of Anaheim Hills, California, Benson was born and raised to Jeff and Shannon Benson and has an older sister, Shaylene, a former Lakers Girl and began completive dancing at the young age of 3 in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and lyrical. 
Benson's career began in 2001 by appearing in a Fashion Polly! Hip Stylin' Stage Polly Pocket commercial and in 2002, made guest appearances in shows such as The District as Melissa Howell, The West Wing as Girl, Nikki as Dancer in an unaired episode, and had a role in a Salon Surprise Barbie commercial. In 2004, Benson can be seen as April in Strong Medicine and as Abigail "Abby" Deveraux in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives and by 2005, Benson could be seen in guest roles in shows including 7th Heaven as Margot for two episodes and as Candice in an episode of Zoey 101. In 2006, she appeared in an episode of the teen drama series The O.C as Riley. In 2007, Benson ended her contract with Days of Our Lives and starred as Carson in the teen comedy film Bring It On: In It to Win It and in 2008, she can be seen as Tracy Davis in an episode of the CW series Supernatural and in the cheerleading teen telefilm Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleading Scandal as Brooke Tippit, and as Alice in the comedy film Bart Got a Room. In 2009, she landed a main role in the fantasy comedy-drama series Eastwick as Mia Torcoletti. Benson's breakout role came in December of that same year when she was cast as Rosewood High School's "diva" and "it girl", Hanna Marin in the ABC Family/Freeform mystery teen-thriller series Pretty Little Liars, a role that earned her worldwide recognition and multiple awards and nominations. During that time, Ashley starred in movies such as Christmas Cupid as Caitlin Quinn in 2010, Spring Breakers as Brit in 2012 opposite Selena Gomez, and guest starred as herself on the show Punk'd. In January 2013, Benson portrayed Carly Whittaker on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and reprised her role as Hanna Marin in the spinoff series Ravenswood for two episodes. 
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Category:American actresses
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Category:Voice actresses
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