Ashley Judd

She is married to Scottish Indy Racing League driver Dario Franchitti. She had a recurring role in the television series Twin Peaks. Whenever her schedule allows, she is regularly at UK basketball games, and is frequently sought out for celebrity camera shots during televised games (much like Jack Nicholson with the Los Angeles Lakers or Spike Lee with the New York Knicks). She received another Supporting Actress nomination in 1987 for Children of a Lesser God. As a result she could play leading roles in films that were bound to be successful at the box office, but still required acting skills, like Double Jeopardy (1999) and Someone Like You (2001). She appeared in the Australian film Tim opposite a very young Mel Gibson, but perhaps her most famous role in her later career was as the fanatically religious mother in Carrie, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. By the end of the 1990s she managed to achieve significant fame and success as an actress. Once again disenchanted with the work available, Laurie returned to semi-retirement to raise a family.

She found further critical acclaim in Smoke (1995) and publicity in Heat (1995). In 1961 she returned to Hollywood to star opposite Paul Newman in The Hustler, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She had a role in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, but all the scenes she played in were cut from the final version of the film. Dissatisfied with the work she was being offered in Hollywood, Laurie went to New York City in 1955 to work on the live television programs of the 1950s, in such productions as Twelfth Night and Days of Wine and Roses. Her film debut was a small part in Kuffs (1992) and the first major role was in Ruby in Paradise (1993), a hit independent drama. She signed a contract with Universal Studios when she was 17, co-starring with Ronald Reagan in Louisa. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1990, majoring in French. Born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young.

Her mother and sister are country singers, Naomi Judd and Wynonna Judd, respectively. Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932) is an American actress. Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968 in Granada Hills, California) is an American actress. Kuffs (1992). Ruby in Paradise (1993).

Smoke (1995). Heat (1995). The Passion of Darkly Noon (aka Darkly Noon) (1995). A Time to Kill (1996).

Normal Life (1996). The Locusts (aka A Secret Sin) (1997). Kiss the Girls (1997). Simon Birch (aka Angels and Armadillos) (1998).

Eye of the Beholder (1999). Double Jeopardy (1999). Where the Heart Is (2000). Someone Like You (aka Animal Attraction) (2001).

High Crimes (2002). The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002). Frida (2002). De-Lovely (2004).