Ashley Judd

She is married to Scottish Indy Racing League driver Dario Franchitti. In 1992, Lange made her Broadway debut opposite Alec Baldwin in A Streetcar Named Desire. 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 was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of actress Frances Farmer in Frances (1982), for Country (1984), for Sweet Dreams (1985) and for Music Box (1989). 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). Jessica Lange has received Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Tootsie (1982) and for Blue Sky (1994). By the end of the 1990s she managed to achieve significant fame and success as an actress. Lange became a star opposite Jack Nicholson in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981).

She found further critical acclaim in Smoke (1995) and publicity in Heat (1995). She disappeared from the screen for a few years, then returned in a small role in All That Jazz (1979). 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. In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis cast her in his motion picture remake King Kong, which received unfavorable press. 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 went to Paris after high school to study drama, then returned to New York, where she became a fashion model. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1990, majoring in French. She was born Jessica Phyllis Lange in Cloquet, Minnesota.

Her mother and sister are country singers, Naomi Judd and Wynonna Judd, respectively. Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American Academy Award winning 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).