Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Nicole Simpson was born in Waco, Texas on October 3, 1984. She is the younger sister of singer and actress Jessica Simpson. Her breakout came following her appearance on the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, broadcast on MTV between 2003 and 2005. She has a daughter with her husband, Evan Ross, and a son with ex-husband Nick Lachey.

About Ashlee Simpson in brief

Summary Ashlee SimpsonAshlee Nicole Simpson was born in Waco, Texas on October 3, 1984. She is the younger sister of singer and actress Jessica Simpson. Her breakout came following her appearance on the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, broadcast on MTV between 2003 and 2005. Her debut single, \”Pieces of Me,\” was released in 2004 and became a top-five hit in the United States. Her second studio album, I Am Me, debuted atop the Billboard 200, becoming her second album to do so. In 2006, Simpson began a relationship with Fall Out Boy member Pete Wentz, which gained much media attention. She announced her separation from Wentz in 2011, citing irreconcilable differences. Simpson announced a fourth studio album that same year, though it failed to have success. She eventually scrapped the album and focused on her child. She began dating actor Evan Ross in 2013, with the couple marrying on August 30, 2014. They have a daughter together, Jagger Snow, born on July 30, 2015. In September of 2018, the couple released their first single as a duo called \”I Do\”, the song debuted at number six on the Billboard Pop Digital Song Sales chart and at number 16 on the Digital Song sales chart. In October they released their debut extended play by Ashlee + Evan through Access Records, and was supported by a tour in select cities across North America in January 2019. The couple announced they are pregnant with their second child together, and third for Simpson. Simpson has one older sister, Jessica Simpson, a former psychologist and youth minister.

She attended Prairie Creek Elementary and North Junior High, where the girls were raised in Richardson, Texas. When Ashlee was three years old, she began studying classical ballet. She was the youngest person ever to be admitted into the American Ballet School in New York City when she was eleven. While Jessica launched her singing career, Ashlee pursued a singing career as a back-up dancer for her sister and appeared in television commercials at the age of 15. She later pursued a career as an actress and had a recurring role on the family drama 7th Heaven. She also starred in a 2-dates special production in Hollywood Bowl in July of 2013 directed by Brooke Shields. Later that year, she made her Broadway debut reprising her role as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway. The following year, Simpson joined the main cast of the Melrose Place revamp, which was met with harsh critical reception. She starred in the West End production of Chicago in 2014, where she reprised her role for the third time in 2- dates special production. Simpson’s father admitted to lying about her age when he was twelve, though the age requirement for the school was twelve. In 1999, Simpson became the youngest ever to attend school. She suffered from an unnamed eating disorder for six months, eventually receiving treatment from her parents for about six months. She has a daughter with her husband, Evan Ross, and a son with ex-husband Nick Lachey.