Ashanti
- Highest Rated: Malcolm X (1992)
- Lowest Rated: Mothers and Daughters (2016)
- Birthday: Oct 13, 1980
- Birthplace: Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
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Widely hailed as one of the greatest urban music discoveries of the new millennium, glamorous R&B recording sensation Ashanti entered the public eye thanks, in large part, to the efforts of record mogul Irv Gotti, the powerhouse also responsible for launching Ja Rule's career. Such albums as Chapter II, Concrete Rose, and The Declaration sold an unholy number of copies in a brief span of time, ensuring superstardom for the ascendant diva. In actuality, however, the young woman -- born Ashanti S. Douglas -- had already established a viable presence in a key number of theatrically released feature films and telemovies long prior to her 2002 debut album. She received her formal training in dance at the Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center, and made one of her earliest television appearances as a dancer, at age nine, in the Phylicia Rashad-headlined musical update of Pollyanna, Polly (1989). Bit parts in feature films ensued, including Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992) and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? (1993). Unsurprisingly, Ashanti's acting career received a boost from musical stardom; she landed small roles in the quasi-Bollywood comedy Bride and Prejudice (2004) and the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer before tackling her first lead, as Dorothy Gale, in the made-for-television special The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005). Ashanti then rose to higher billing with plum roles in the teen sex comedy John Tucker Must Die (2006) and the action-filled video-game adaptation Resident Evil: Extinction (2007).
Highest Rated Movies
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Malcolm X
88% -
Coach Carter
64% -
Stuck
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Who's the Man?
50%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | Stuck | Actor | — | 2019 |
| 18% | Mothers and Daughters | Kelly | — | 2016 |
| Mutant World | The Preacher | — | 2014 | |
| Mayflower! | Actor | — | 2009 | |
| 23% | Resident Evil: Extinction | Nurse Betty | $50.7M | 2007 |
| 28% | John Tucker Must Die | Heather | $41M | 2006 |
| Island Def Jam Recording Presents: #1 Spot | Actor | — | 2005 | |
| 38% | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | Dorothy Gale | — | 2005 |
| 64% | Coach Carter | Kyra | $67.2M | 2005 |
| Ja Rule: 2005 | Actor | — | 2005 | |
| Disneymania 3 In Concert | Actor | — | 2005 | |
| Grrrl Power | Actor | — | 2004 | |
| Ashanti: Princess of Hip Hop/Soul | Actor | — | 2004 | |
| Ashanti: Princess Of Hip Hop/soul | Actor | — | 2004 | |
| Apollo At 70: A Hot Night in Harlem | Actor | — | 2004 | |
| Fat Joe: Follow the Don | Actor | — | 2003 | |
| Karaoke - Pop R&B | Actor | — | 2003 | |
| 50% | Who's the Man? | Actor | — | 1993 |
| 88% | Malcolm X | Student in Harlem Classroom (uncredited) | — | 1992 |
| Polly | Actor | — | 1989 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83% |
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
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The Dr. Oz Show
2009
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The View
1997
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Army Wives
2007-2014
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Latasha Montclair |
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The Chew
2011-2018
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Reality-Show Judge |
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
2004-2012
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Appearing |
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The Biggest Loser
2004-2016
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Performer |
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Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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Guest |
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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Performer |
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Las Vegas
2003-2008
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Herself |
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| 81% |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-2003
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Lissa |
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Punk'd
2003-2012
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The Proud Family
2001-2005
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Voice |
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| 84% |
American Dreams
2002-2005
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Dionne Warwick |
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996-2003
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Herself |
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The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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