![]() ![]() Ashley is famous for having starred in movies such as “Kiss the Girls” (1997) and TV shows like “Star Trek – The Next Generation” (1991), but her complete filmography counts many successful movies and TV shows. It took a few years to get the first important roles in TV and on the movies, but, in the end, Ashley had, and she’s still having, a brilliant career. When she finished the college, Ashley went to Hollywood, where she studied acting with the teacher Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West. Ashley also graduated from the UK Honors Program, but she hasn’t been able to graduate with her class. She finally majored in French and minored in anthropology at the University of Kentucky. ![]() She led the life of a typical troubled person: she went to 12 different schools in 13 years, because she was constantly being bounced around. Being the child of a country star who divorced from her father when she was very young, Ashley always felt that she wasn’t good enough, and she attempted to display this in compulsive acts of cleaning and perfectionism. Daughter of the famous country singer Naomi Judd, and of Michael Charles Ciminella, a marketing analyst, Ashely’s family has Italian descent from the paternal side. She is a TV and movies actor, and also a human rights ambassador for many different organizations. Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella) was born on Apin Granada Hills, California. Clark was happy to hear Jim Nabors sing “Back Home Again in Indiana,” even if it was a telecast after open-heart surgery. – “April in Glenwood” appears every Wednesday. It’s very old school that way, and that helps with the imagination.Įspecially when Helio wins and climbs the Motor Speedway’s fence. Not that I minded the radio version of the race. Maybe I’ll meet an Indycar driver at a wedding someday and be able to go as his date to the banquet.Įven though I’m not in Indy, technology can bring the race to me these days, instead of just listening to it on the radio. One day maybe I’ll actually attend the banquet in person, and see the celebrities myself. This year, she’ll have to give me a play-by-play of what people are wearing and how big the teams’ checks are. My mom and I have always made the awards banquet a tradition to watch together. The event airs on the local channel and is one of Indy’s biggest red carpet affairs. This is a formal, black-tie affair where all the drivers, teams, and their owners receive their awards and checks. My mom is great at relaying the scoop as well, especially the goings-on at the annual Indianapolis 500 Victory Banquet. Luckily news spreads fast these days, so I’ve been able to see and hear all kinds of headlines and coverage of the race.Ī quick visit to, and I almost feel like I’m there. Since I’m here in Colorado, watching the Indy 500 action, post- and pre-race, is limited to TV and what I read on the Internet. They even had Dario’s winning portrait taken on Sunday with their two dogs. This power couple reportedly met at a wedding in 1999 and have been the fresh faces of Indycar racing since. Sunday’s big winner and milk drinker in Victory Lane – also an Indy 500 tradition – was none other than a driver with an A-list celebrity Ashley Judd wife, Dario Franchitti. Helio did not win Sunday’s race, but he gave it a great shot and stayed clear of some of the crashes that caused some disappointment Sunday. The drivers are celebrities themselves, in their own right.īrazilian-born driver Helio Castroneves is not only a three-time Indy 500 champion, making him uber-famous in my mind, but he’s also a household name, thanks to winning “Dancing With the Stars,” one of my guilty primetime TV pleasures. There’s also Carburetion Day on the Friday before the race, with more parties that I can count and a parade that shows the spirit of the city and the excitement for having the Indycar drivers, and sometimes their celebrity wives, in town. ![]()
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