Ashanti
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Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
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
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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52% | Stuck |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | A Christmas Winter Song |
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— | 2019 |
18% | Mothers and Daughters |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Mutant World |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Mayflower! |
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— | 2009 |
24% | Resident Evil: Extinction |
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$50.7M | 2007 |
27% | John Tucker Must Die |
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$41M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Island Def Jam Recording Presents: #1 Spot |
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— | 2005 |
30% | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz |
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— | 2005 |
64% | Coach Carter |
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$67.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Ja Rule: 2005 |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Disneymania 3 In Concert |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Grrrl Power |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Ashanti: Princess of Hip Hop/Soul |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Ashanti: Princess Of Hip Hop/soul |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Apollo At 70: A Hot Night in Harlem |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Fat Joe: Follow the Don |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Karaoke - Pop R&B |
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— | 2003 |
50% | Who's the Man? |
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— | 1993 |
89% | Malcolm X |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Polly |
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— | 1989 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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The Dr. Oz Show
2009
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
Army Wives
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Chew
2011-2018
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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83% |
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
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No Score Yet |
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
2004
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No Score Yet |
The Biggest Loser
2004-2020
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Las Vegas
2003-2008
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83% |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-2003
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No Score Yet |
Punk'd (2003)
2003-2012
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No Score Yet |
The Proud Family
2001-2005
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85% |
American Dreams
2002-2005
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No Score Yet |
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996-2003
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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