ASHLEY BENSON

Ashley Benson was born and raised in Anaheim Hills, California.[1] She has an older sister, Shaylene (a Laker Girl) and her parents are Shannon and Jeff Benson. She started dancing competitively in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and lyrical at age 4. She also enjoys singing, and has appeared in several choir groups and musicals. At age 4, she was asked to audition to sing solo at four Christmas services for her 2,500 member church. At 5 years old, she modeled in dance catalogs, and at age 8 was pursued by The Ford Modeling Agency and worked steadily in print. She made a very small appearance in Zoey 101 in the episode Quinn's Date. She has also performed in NLT's music video "That Girl", One Call's music video "BlackLight" and Hot Chelle Rae's music video "Honestly." She dated Ryan Good, who is Justin Bieber's Stylist "Swag Coach"

In December 2009, Benson was cast as Hanna Marin in the ABC Family Teen Drama television series Pretty Little Liars based on the book series by Sara Shepard. The series premiered to a successful 2.47 million viewers with Benson's performance being praised by critics. The series third season premiered on June 5, 2012. The role is considered Ashley's breakout role. In 2010 Benson starred in the Made-for-Television film Christmas Cupid with Christina Milian and Chad Michael Murray which also aired on ABC Family.[8] In January 2012 Benson replaced Actress Emma Roberts in the Drama Comedy film Spring Breakers after Roberts dropped out due to creative reasons.[9] The film centers on four college students who are arrested and bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who sends them out to do some dirty work on Spring Break.[10] The film stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and James Franco. Filming took place in March and April 2012.[11]

Born: December 18, 1989 (age 23), Long Beach Height: 1.62 m Nationality: American Siblings: Shaylene Benson Upcoming movies: Spring Breakers, Paranoia