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Ashley Fink
Fink at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Struck by Lightning
Born
Ashley Rae Fink

(1986-11-20) November 20, 1986 (age 37)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1990–present

Ashley Rae Fink[1] (born November 20, 1986)[2] is an American actress and singer. She is known for roles such as Lauren Zizes in the television series Glee and as Carter McMahon in Huge.

Personal life

Ashley Rae Fink was born in Houston, Texas. She has an older sister, Stephanie, and two younger sisters, Amanda and Amy.[3] She began acting at the age of four after playing the lead role in her school's holiday play. After moving to Los Angeles with her family, Fink studied acting at an arts high school, where she performed in adaptations including The Wizard of Oz (as the Lion) and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (as Lucy).

Career

One of Fink's early roles was in the Tribeca Film Festival hit Fat Girls.[4] She appeared on the family drama Make It or Break It, was the recurring character Lauren Zizes on Fox's Glee,[5] and starred as Carter McMahon on the ABC Family show Huge.[6] She also appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures film You Again starring Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Sigourney Weaver[7] and in All About Evil alongside Mink Stole, Cassandra Peterson, Natasha Lyonne and Thomas Dekker. Fink produced her first short film starring Camille Winbush titled "Olivia," which had its premiere at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco.

Fink was cast as Lauren Zizes on the Fox television series Glee, making her initial appearance in the first season episode "Wheels" as a champion high school wrestler and cheerleader tryout candidate. She made occasional appearances until the ninth episode of the second season, "Special Education," when she became the glee club's twelfth member. She joined after Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) transferred to another school. Fink stated in an interview that "I was obsessed with Glee before I was a big part of it, and I’ve steadily been on it for a while. When I got the script where I joined the glee Club, I texted Chris Colfer and said, 'I think I just joined the Glee club?' I didn’t quite believe it at first; I thought I was getting 'Punk'd.'"[8]

She remained in the glee club for the rest of the season and was given her own storylines. Robert Canning of IGN praised Fink's performance as Lauren and said of the "Silly Love Songs" episode where Puck (Mark Salling) falls in love with her, "I can't decide if I want to root for this couple, but I certainly know I'm going to be rooting for Lauren."[9] Fink received several positive reviews for her performance in "Comeback," in which she sang her first—and only—solo on the show, a cover of "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses. The song was released as a single.

Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club found Lauren's relationship with Puck in "Comeback" "a lot less assured" than in the previous episode, "Silly Love Songs."[10] Sandra Gonzalez of Entertainment Weekly deemed their scenes "as endearing as they are unrealistic."[11] CNN's Lisa Respers France commented that she was beginning to like Lauren and noted that "for me, Lauren represents how Ryan Murphy is able to take the concept of the outcast, flip it on its ear, and shove it back in our faces with a side order of fabulousness."[12] Despite the positive critical response, Fink's character quit the glee club in the series season 3 premiere, "The Purple Piano Project." While she appeared in a non-speaking capacity in the Season 3 episode "Asian F" and series creator Murphy alluded to her character's reentry into the plot through interactions with Kurt Hummel, Fink confirmed later that season that she would not be returning to the series.[13] However, she subsequently reprised her role in the season 4 episode "Sadie Hawkins"[14] and the season 6 series finale, "Dreams Come True".

Fink also appears in the music video for's 2004 hit "I Could Be the One."[15]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Wedding Video Cinnamon
2006 Fat Girls Sabrina Thomas
2008 Hacket Grace Television film
2010 All About Evil Lolita
You Again Sunday
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie Lauren Zizes
2016 Accidentally Engaged Melody
2019 The Turkey Bowl Cammie Newton
2019 A Merry Christmas Match Mindy Movie
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 ER Margo Episode: "Wake Up"
2006 Gilmore Girls Artsy girl Uncredited; episode: "'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous"
2007 Blue Beatrice 1 episode
2009 Make It or Break It Herself 1 episode
2009–2010 Warren the Great Ashley, the Barista 2 episodes
2010 Huge Carter McMahon 6 episodes
2009–2011,
2013, 2015 		Glee Lauren Zizes Recurring; 25 episodes
2011 The Glee Project Herself 1 episode
2012 Austin & Ally Mindy 2 episodes
2013 Anger Management Donna Episode: "Charlie and Kate's Dirty Pictures"
2015 K.C. Undercover Reena Episode: "Pilot"
Criminal Minds Dana Seavers Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part"
Music videos
Year Artist Song Notes
2004 Stacie Orrico "I Could Be the One" Background girl

Discography

Main article: Glee discography

Singles

Single Year Peak chart positions Album
US AUS CAN IRL UK
"I Know What Boys Like" 2011 — — — — — Glee: The Music, Dance Party
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ^ According to the State of Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1926-1995. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txbirths
  2. ^ When I was 17| episode 17: Jeremih, Shay Mitchell, Ashley Fink
  3. ^ "When I was 17" April 2011 episode; ep. 17
  4. ^ "Fat Girls Movie Review". Rotten Tomatoes. April 26, 2006. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  5. ^ Wetzel, Jerome (December 1, 2010). "TV Review: Glee - "Special Education". Blog critics.org. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Huge Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  7. ^ "Ashley Fink Credits". Hollywood.com. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  8. ^ "Glee News- Ashley Fink: "I'm the Luckiest Girl in the World"". Celebbuzz.net. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  9. ^ Canning, Robert (February 8, 2011). "Glee: "Silly Love Songs" Review". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  10. ^ VanDerWerff, Emily (February 16, 2011). "TV Review: Glee - "Comeback"". The Orange Press. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  11. ^ Gonzales, Sandra (February 16, 2011). "Glee recap: Don't stop Beliebing". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  12. ^ Respers France, Lisa (February 16, 2011). "'Glee' makes a 'Comeback'". CNN. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  13. ^ Corneau, Allison (April 23, 2012). "Ashley Fink Dropped from Glee Cast". Us Weekly. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  14. ^ "Glee Bringing Back Ashley Fink — Who Will Be Zizes' Dance Partner?". Leesville Daily Leader. December 20, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  15. ^ "I Could Be The One Music Video". Retrieved February 22, 2011 – via YouTube.

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