Ashley Judd

Personal context

Summary

Ashley Judd is an actor known for independent drama including Ruby in Paradise and for mainstream thrillers such as Kiss the Girls and Double Jeopardy, often playing determined women facing personal or institutional threats. Since 2004, she has advocated internationally on gender violence, sex trafficking, and women’s and girls’ rights, and has served as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. She was a prominent public voice in #MeToo, co-founded Time’s Up, and has campaigned against online abuse of women; at the 2017 Women’s March she delivered a poem criticizing sexism, racism, and Donald Trump. She has also publicly supported Democratic candidates and urged Joe Biden to leave the 2024 presidential race.