Ashlee Simpson
Posted by bensto in ARTIST AND MUSIC on 04 15th, 2008
Ashlee Nicole Simpson is her complete name. was born on October 3, 1984, in Waco, Texas, and raised in Dallas. She’s the younger sister of pop star/reality TV queen Jessica Simpson. From Prairie Creek Elementary School, Ashlee’s talent was apparent early on: At age 4 she started dancing, and by the time she was 11, she was the youngest people that ever be admitted to the prominent School of American Ballet.
She began to dance professionally when Ashlee Simpson was 14, and the Simpson family moved to Los Angeles. Ashlee went on the road, dancing as part of her sister’s stage show. She supported Jessica’s rise to fame from 1999 to 2001, all the while dreaming of acting and pursuing her own music career.
In 2001, Ashlee made her first solo television appearance in a small role on Malcolm in the Middle, and during this time she appeared alongside her more famous sibling on Saved by the Bell, The Donny & Marie Show, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, The View, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and a Disney Christmas show and concert special. Ashlee also took a part in the Rob Schneider comedy The Hot Chick (2002).
Ashlee Simpson signed a recording contract with Geffen Records to make her first album in the late 2003. At the same time, her father, Joe, asked her if she wanted to have a show built around her. Ashlee declined at first, but agreed when Joe Simpson suggested it be about the making of her upcoming album.
The Ashlee Simpson Show premiered on June 16, 2004, on MTV, and the album, Autobiography, was released on July 20th, after the show finished its run. The debut single, “Pieces of Me,” hit No. 1 on the charts.
Later in 2004, Ashlee Simpson was set to perform on Saturday Night Live but a technical mishap caused the cancellation of the performance and a great embarrassment as it proved the starlet was lip-synching.
Ashlee Simpson’s second album, I Am Me, hit music store shelves in the U.S. in October 2005, and the single “Boyfriend” became a top 20 hit on the Billboard Top 100.
After touring in support of her second album, Ashlee hit the stage as Roxy Hart in the London stage production of Chicago.
In 2007, Ashlee Simpson began working on her third album, Bittersweet World, and worked with producers such as Timbaland, Kenna and Will.i.am.
And, in 2008, Ashlee Simpson placed No. 93 on AskMen.com’s Top 99 Most Desirable Women list, showing the world that despite past mishaps she’s still hot stuff and geared to take on her sister and the industry. She also announced her engagement to Pete Wentz from the band Fallout Boy. Just after this, it was speculated that Ashlee Simpson was pregnant.
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