Acting

Ashley Wren Collins

Biography

Ashley Wren Collins received her BA in English and Theatre Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, and her MFA in Acting from the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. Strikingly beautiful with piercing blue eyes, fair complexion and naturally wavy hair, Ashley is an accomplished film, television and theatre actress, as well as an award-winning producer, choreographer and director of stage and film. Ashley received "Outstanding Leading Actress" for her role in Mother Eve's Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood, which she also co-created, produced and choreographed. She produced and acted in the feature film, Chasing Taste, the "Best Comedy" winner of the 2014 Manhattan Film Festival and 2013 Burbank International Film Festival. Ashley is the author of several books and the recipient of a writing fellowship from The Edward F. Albee Foundation. She directed and co-produced the short film, i only miss you when i'm breathing, starring Lori Fischer and country star Phil Vassar.