- Born
- Birth nameAshley Ifeoma Madekwe
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Ashley Madekwe (born 6 December 1981) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as call girl Bambi in the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, social climber Ashley Davenport on the ABC drama series Revenge and the witch Tituba in the WGN America series Salem.
Madekwe was born in South London, England into a mixed family. Her father is Nigerian-Swiss and her mother is English. She grew up on a south London council estate and attended The Brit School at age 14. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where she gained a BA in acting. While attending the school, she appeared in numerous stage productions including King Henry V as Princess Katherine and Wuthering Heights as Catherine Earnshaw.
Madekwe started her acting career with a film titled Storm Damage. Since then, she has made guest appearances on Teachers, Doctors, Casualty, and Drop Dead Gorgeous. Madekwe landed her first motion picture in the 2007 Woody Allen film Cassandra's Dream, opposite Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor. Following that success, she played Elisha in the one-off BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN, and appeared in six episodes of Trexx and Flipside as Ollie. In 2008, she landed the role of Bambi on the ITV2 drama series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, appearing in series two and three. Madekwe starred in the 2008 comedy film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. Her theatre credits include Little Sweet Thing by Roy Williams and Flight Path by David Watson.
Madekwe made her official US debut in the 2009 drama series The Beautiful Life, which only aired two episodes on The CW before being cancelled. In February 2011, she was cast as Ashley Davenport in the ABC drama series Revenge. After being a regular for the first two seasons, it was reported in late May 2013 that Madekwe would depart the series following a guest appearance in the first episode of the third season. She starred as Tituba in the television series Salem from 2014 to 2016.
In June 2012, Madekwe married her long-time boyfriend, actor Iddo Goldberg. They have worked together on Secret Diary of a Call Girl and he also had a role alongside her on the TV series Salem.- IMDb mini biography by: ahmetkozan
- SpouseIddo Goldberg(June 17, 2012 - present) (1 child)
- ParentsTracy MansfieldPeter Madekwe
- RelativesArchie Madekwe(Cousin)
- Ashley was born in London. Her father is of half Nigerian and half Swiss (Swiss-German) descent. Her mother is of English background.
- (June 17, 2012) Married her boyfriend of 4 years Iddo Goldberg following a 3-month-long engagement.
- She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
- Cousin of Archie Madekwe.
- She starred in Secret Diary of a Call Girl from 2007 to 2010.
- I think the best way to keep a relationship hot is to simply try to make time for each other. That's it.
- When I first started working on 'Secret Diary,' I definitely felt like I needed to shape up. The idea of being in my knickers on TV was a great incentive! Now I try to eat right, and I go to Bikram yoga three or four times a week. I have my 'naughty' days, and I indulge in pizza and cake, but so what!
- A colorful Chanel bag is a way to mix up anything.
- I love tea.
- I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal.
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