Line #37 Creator/AshleyJohnson


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3	A long time ago, Ashley Suzanne Johnson (born August 9, 1983) was best known for her two-season role as Chrissy Seaver on the sitcom ''Series/GrowingPains''.
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5	Once she started voice acting, she became a lot more popular. Her roles include her [[StarMakingRole star-making]] turn as Ellie in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' and [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsII its sequel]], but also Terra in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Gretchen Grundler in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', Gwen Tennyson in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', Petra in ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'' and Tulip Olsen/MT in ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain''. Often paired with Creator/GregCipes, leading him to call her his "cartoon girlfriend" as their characters are frequently lovers.
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7	On TV, she played the forensics scientist Patterson for five seasons of the Creator/{{NBC}} series ''Series/{{Blindspot}}''. She's part of Creator/JossWhedon's ProductionPosse, having appeared in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'', and (most infamously) ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' as the waitress who gets saved by Captain America. Reportedly, her character was set to have bigger role in the MCU, but this was ultimately scrapped. And, when her filming schedule allows, she appears alongside several voice actor friends in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', a weekly ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign streamed live. She takes on the role of the gnome cleric Pike Trickfoot in the first campaign, the [[FallenAngel fallen aasimar]] barbarian Yasha Nydoorin in the second, and the faun druid Fearne Calloway in the third.
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9	She attends the International School of Music, where she studies Violin and Piano; and also plays guitar and cello. When not acting or studying music, Johnson co-runs the photography company Infinity Pictures, with her friend, production assistant Mila Shah. She loves to snowboard and surf, was taught to sail by her father, and she is an avid video game player. She was formerly in a relationship with Brian Wayne Foster, former host of Critical Role's CompanionShow Talks Machina.
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11	Her older sister [[Creator/HaylieJohnson Haylie]] is also a former actress.
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15	!!Ashley Johnson's Roles
16	!!!Live-Action Film
17	* ''Film/AnnieARoyalAdventure'' - Annie
18	* ''Film/TheBrothersSolomon'' - Patricia
19	* ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' - Beth the Waitress
20	* ''Film/{{Lionheart}}'' - Nicole Gaultier
21	* ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' - Alex Marshall
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23	!!!Live-Action Television
24	* ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'' - FBI Agent Patterson
25	* ''Series/ColdCase'' - Grace Stearns '66
26	* ''Series/GrowingPains'' - Christine Ellen "Chrissy" Seaver
27	* ''Series/LieToMe'' - Valerie
28	* ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'' - Anna Williams
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30	!!!Video Games
31	* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''/''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' - Ellie Williams
32	* ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' - Gortys
33	* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'' - Petra
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35	!!!Web Video
36	* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' - Pike Trickfoot (Campaign 1), Yasha Nydoorin (Campaign 2), and Fearne Calloway (Exandria Unlimited/Campaign 3)
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38	!!!Western Animation
39	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''/''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''/''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' - Gwen Tennyson (teenager; also adult form in the latter series), Sunny
40	* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' - Tulip Olsen, MT
41	* ''WesternAnimation/JumanjiTheAnimatedSeries'' - Peter Shepherd
42	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' - Emily the hall monitor
43	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' - Pike Trickfoot
44	* ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount'' - Mina (pilot only)
45	* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'' - Toyokoshimo, Amelia, Giblet
46	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' - Gretchen Grundler, Ashley T.
47	* ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo'' - Jinmay
48	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' - Renet
49	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''/''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' - Terra
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54	!!Johnson's career provides examples of:
55	* FieryRedhead: For some reason, [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce she]] [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs voices]] [[VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode a lot]] [[WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain of these]], even though she isn't a redhead herself.
56	* RemakeCameo: In ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'', she plays Ellie's mother, Anna.
57	* RoleReprise: In ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers'', Ashley not only reprises her brief ''Avengers'' role as Beth the Waitress, she even gets her own stash of sub-quests for the player, in part to scoring a voiceover pro like Johnson in the game's cast.
58	* ThoseTwoActors: She has been in many works with actor Creator/GregCipes, often being cast as his character's love interest.
59	* TomboyishVoice As noted above, she can make her voice sound deeper to suit her more tomboy characters.
60	* TomHanksSyndrome: She started out acting and voicing sitcom characters, but after [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Terra]] and ''especially'' [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs Ellie]], she is a serious contender for the #1 ''"Voice Actor to Make You Cry"''.
61	* WomanOfAThousandVoices: As her roles in cartoons show, she is capable of changing her voice to suit her characters well.

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