Annaleigh Ashford

Annaleigh Ashford (née Swanson; born June 25, 1985) is a Tony Award-winning, Grammy and Emmy-nominated actress, singer, dancer, and producer, known for work on film, television, and Broadway. She received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for playing Essie Carmichael in You Can't Take It with You (2014–2015). Her other Tony-nominated roles are Lauren in Kinky Boots (2013) and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023). She also starred in the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George (2017). Her early roles on Broadway include in the musicals Wicked (2007), Legally Blonde (2007), and Hair (2010).