Ashley Laurence
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Ashley Laurence is an American
film and television actress. She is noted for her appearances in horror films, particularly the Hellraiser series
.
movie (1987), then reprised her role in the sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II
(1988) and had a cameo appearance in Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
(1992). The only other entry in the series to feature Laurence is Hellraiser: Hellseeker
(2002).
Laurence has also starred in The Lurking Fear
(1994) (an adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft
story "The Lurking Fear
") and Savate (1995)
. She was featured in the 2004 E! True Hollywood Story
episode "Scream Queens".
In 2004, she took a role in Lightning Bug
. She plays the mother of a teenage boy who wants to become a special makeup effects artist (a fictionalized version of the director's own life). In a homage to her Hellraiser films, she is seen picking up a copy of Fangoria
magazine with Pinhead
on the cover.
Though most of her work has been in film, during the course of her career she has appeared in episodes of television series such as Suddenly Susan
, ER
and Beverly Hills, 90210
, and has been featured in national television commercials for Geico
as well as having been the sexy Coors Light
"Beerman" in one of the company's national ad campaigns. She was also featured in the Hallmark television movies Gentle Ben
and Gentle Ben: Danger on the Mountain.
In 2008, she appeared in the movie Red
, based on the novel by Jack Ketchum
. She also appeared in Slipknot
's short film for their song Snuff
, which was released in December 2009.
, from Hellbound: Hellraiser II, and when Hope fought in the 2002 British judo
Championship, Ashley was among those present to encourage him (besides being an actor, Hope is dedicated to judo and in said championship went on to fight - and defeat - one of judo's most difficult champions, Mark Huizinga
, after a particularly brutal, long grueling match).
|1984 || Capitol
|| Brenda Clegg #2 || (1984–1985)
|-
|1986 || Highway to Heaven
|| Gemma || 1 episode - Sail Away
|-
|1987 || Hellraiser
|| Kirsty Cotton
||
|-
|1988 || Hellbound: Hellraiser II
|| Kirsty Cotton ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1989 || Monsters
|| Jodie || 1 episode - The Match Game
|-
| Hunter || Erica || 1 episode - Investment in Death
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1990 || Face the Edge || Jane || other title - One Last Run
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1992 || Mikey
|| Shawn Gilder ||
|-
| Deuce Coupe || Marie Vitelli || (credited as Ashley Lauren)
|-
| Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
|| Kirsty Cotton || (Special Apperarance)
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1994 || Amerikanskiy Blyuz || Gina || TV Movie
|-
| The Lurking Fear
|| Cathryn Farrell || other title - H.P. Lovecraft's Lurking Fear
|-
| Blood Run || Paige || other title - Outside the Law, TV Movie
|-
| Felony || Laura Bryant ||
|-
| Stranger by Night || Nicole Miller || (credited as Ashley R. Lauren)
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1995 || Legend
|| Libbie Custer || 1 episode - Custer's Next to Last Stand
|-
| Triplecross || Julia Summers || TV Movie
|-
| Savate || Mary Parker ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1996 || Livers Ain't Cheap || Carla || other title - The Real Thing
|-
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
|| Daniela || 1 episode - Protean Challenge
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997 || Suddenly Susan
|| Pam || 1 episode - The Ways and Means
|-
| Cupid || Jennifer Taylor ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1998 || The Murder of Crows || Janine DeVrie ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1999 || Beverly Hills, 90210
|| Ashley Reese || 1 episode - Fortune Cookie
|-
| Warlock III: The End of Innocence || Kris Miller ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2000 || Cypress Edge || Brittany Trummel ||
|-
| Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
|| Sandy || 1 episode - Damsel
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2002 || Gentle Ben
|| Dakota || other title - Terror on the Mountain, TV Movie
|-
| Hellraiser: Hellseeker
|| Kirsty Cotton Gooden ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2003 || Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain || Dakota || other title - Black Gold, TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004 || Lightning Bug
|| Jenny Graves ||
|-
| ER || Campbell || 1 episode - Just a Touch
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005 || Pomegranate || Harem Girl ||
|-
| Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
|| Francine || TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2006 || Hollywood Dreams
|| Young Woman at Cafe ||
|-
| Hellraiser: Prophecy || - || (Special Thanks)
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2007 || Chill
|| Maria ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2008 || Red
|| Mrs. McCormack ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010 || Memories of Murder || Clair Pruitt ||
|-
| Bump || Elaine ||
|}
Laurence has also appeared as herself on shows such as E! True Hollywood Story
in a 2004 episode - Scream Queens and The 100 Greatest Scary Moments. She has been in several Hellraiser, behind-the-scenes documentries: Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Lost in the Labyrinth, Hellraiser: Resurrection and Demons to Others: The Making of 'Hellraiser Prophecy.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film and television actress. She is noted for her appearances in horror films, particularly the Hellraiser series
Hellraiser (film series)
Hellraiser is a British horror franchise that consists of nine films, a series of comic books, and merchandise based on the series. The franchise is based on the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who would go on to write and direct the adaptation of his story, titled Hellraiser...
.
Career
Laurence first appeared as Kirsty Cotton, the protagonist of the first HellraiserHellraiser
Hellraiser is a 1987 British and American horror film based upon the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. Hellraiser explores themes of sadomasochism and morality under duress and fear. The film spawned a series of sequels...
movie (1987), then reprised her role in the sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a 1988 horror film directed by Tony Randel. It draws heavily upon, and was made by much of the same cast and crew as its precursor, Hellraiser.-Summary:...
(1988) and had a cameo appearance in Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a 1992 American horror film and third installment in the Hellraiser series, directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Paula Marshall and Kevin Bernhardt...
(1992). The only other entry in the series to feature Laurence is Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellseeker is a 2002 horror film, directed by Rick Bota. It is the sixth film in the Hellraiser series. It also features the return of Kirsty Cotton, the heroine from Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II...
(2002).
Laurence has also starred in The Lurking Fear
The Lurking Fear (film)
The Lurking Fear is a 1994 horror film, loosely based on the H. P. Lovecraft short story The Lurking Fear. It was produced by Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment and written and directed by C. Courtney Joyner.-Plot:...
(1994) (an adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
story "The Lurking Fear
The Lurking Fear
"The Lurking Fear" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft in the horror fiction genre. Written in November 1922, it was first published in the January through April 1923 issues of Home Brew.-Origin:...
") and Savate (1995)
Savate (1995 film)
Savate - is a martial arts film starring Olivier Gruner, promoted as the allegedly true story of the world's first kickboxer.-Plot:...
. She was featured in the 2004 E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and well-known public figures...
episode "Scream Queens".
In 2004, she took a role in Lightning Bug
Lightning Bug (film)
Lightning Bug is a 2004 horror film. It is the debut film by writer/director Robert Green Hall, an SFX makeup artist known primarily for his work on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the films, Laid to Rest and its sequel, ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2.It is a fictionalized account of Hall's...
. She plays the mother of a teenage boy who wants to become a special makeup effects artist (a fictionalized version of the director's own life). In a homage to her Hellraiser films, she is seen picking up a copy of Fangoria
Fangoria
Fangoria is an American magazine devoted to horror and exploitation films, which has a number of associated brands:* Fangoria Comics* Fangoria Films* Fangoria RadioFangoria may also refer to:* Fangoria , a Spanish electro pop band...
magazine with Pinhead
Pinhead
A pinhead is the head of a pin.Pinhead may also refer to:* A telemark skier* A juvenile cricket* Pinhead; A very dull or stupid person according to the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary...
on the cover.
Though most of her work has been in film, during the course of her career she has appeared in episodes of television series such as Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The show takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane , who always has been cared for by someone else...
, ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
and Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...
, and has been featured in national television commercials for Geico
GEICO
The Government Employees Insurance Company is an auto insurance company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that as of 2007 provided coverage for more than 10 million motor vehicles owned by more than 9 million policy holders. GEICO writes private passenger automobile insurance...
as well as having been the sexy Coors Light
Coors Light
Coors Light is a light beer produced by the Coors Brewing Company. It was first produced in 1978.The beer has a "Cold Certified" label which turns the mountains on the label from white to blue when the beer's temperature is lowered to 4 degrees Celsius .- Promotions :In 2008, Coors Light became...
"Beerman" in one of the company's national ad campaigns. She was also featured in the Hallmark television movies Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a children's novel by author Walt Morey, first published in 1965. The book concerns the friendship between the title character, a bear, and a young boy named Mark...
and Gentle Ben: Danger on the Mountain.
In 2008, she appeared in the movie Red
Red (2008 film)
Red is a 2008 thriller film about a couple of kids who kill a dog named 'Red' during an attempted robbery. The dog's owner finds out who they are, and tries to bring them to justice by informing the authorities. However, this amounts to nothing, so he decides to dish out his own brand of...
, based on the novel by Jack Ketchum
Jack Ketchum
Jack Ketchum is the pseudonym for American author Dallas Mayr . He is the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, including The Girl Next Door and Red...
. She also appeared in Slipknot
Slipknot (band)
Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Formed in 1995, the group was founded by percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray...
's short film for their song Snuff
Snuff (song)
"Snuff" is a power ballad by American heavy metal band Slipknot, Released as the fifth single from their fourth album All Hope Is Gone on September 28, 2009, the song charted at number two on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their highest charted single to date, surpassing "Dead...
, which was released in December 2009.
Personal life
From 1997 to 1999, she put her career on hold in order to focus on her family's and friends' needs. She remained best friends with actor William HopeWilliam Hope (actor)
William "Bill" Hope is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actor.-Career:Most of Hope's stage work has been leading roles in a wide variety of regional, touring and West End theatres in England....
, from Hellbound: Hellraiser II, and when Hope fought in the 2002 British judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
Championship, Ashley was among those present to encourage him (besides being an actor, Hope is dedicated to judo and in said championship went on to fight - and defeat - one of judo's most difficult champions, Mark Huizinga
Mark Huizinga
Mark Huizinga is a Dutch judoka and Olympic champion.Huizinga was born in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland in Netherlands in 1973. He won the gold medal in the men's under 90 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics by defeating Brazil's Carlos Honorato by ippon. He took bronze at the 1996 and 2004...
, after a particularly brutal, long grueling match).
Filmography
|-|1984 || Capitol
Capitol (TV series)
Capitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1,270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usually revolved around the political intrigues of people whose lives intertwined in Washington D.C....
|| Brenda Clegg #2 || (1984–1985)
|-
|1986 || Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...
|| Gemma || 1 episode - Sail Away
|-
|1987 || Hellraiser
Hellraiser
Hellraiser is a 1987 British and American horror film based upon the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. Hellraiser explores themes of sadomasochism and morality under duress and fear. The film spawned a series of sequels...
|| Kirsty Cotton
Kirsty Cotton
For the EastEnders character, see Dotty CottonKirsty Cotton is a fictional character from the Hellraiser series of films. Created by writer Clive Barker, the character first appears in the 1987 film Hellraiser and is based upon the character of the same name from the novel The Hellbound Heart...
||
|-
|1988 || Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a 1988 horror film directed by Tony Randel. It draws heavily upon, and was made by much of the same cast and crew as its precursor, Hellraiser.-Summary:...
|| Kirsty Cotton ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1989 || Monsters
Monsters (TV series)
Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller in sporadic weekday marathons.In a similar vein to Tales from the...
|| Jodie || 1 episode - The Match Game
|-
| Hunter || Erica || 1 episode - Investment in Death
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1990 || Face the Edge || Jane || other title - One Last Run
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1992 || Mikey
Mikey (film)
Mikey is a 1992 horror film directed by Dennis Dimster and starring Brian Bonsall. The film centers on the character of Mikey Holt, a young boy who is adopted by a family after his previous adoptive family dies...
|| Shawn Gilder ||
|-
| Deuce Coupe || Marie Vitelli || (credited as Ashley Lauren)
|-
| Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a 1992 American horror film and third installment in the Hellraiser series, directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Paula Marshall and Kevin Bernhardt...
|| Kirsty Cotton || (Special Apperarance)
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1994 || Amerikanskiy Blyuz || Gina || TV Movie
|-
| The Lurking Fear
The Lurking Fear (film)
The Lurking Fear is a 1994 horror film, loosely based on the H. P. Lovecraft short story The Lurking Fear. It was produced by Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment and written and directed by C. Courtney Joyner.-Plot:...
|| Cathryn Farrell || other title - H.P. Lovecraft's Lurking Fear
|-
| Blood Run || Paige || other title - Outside the Law, TV Movie
|-
| Felony || Laura Bryant ||
|-
| Stranger by Night || Nicole Miller || (credited as Ashley R. Lauren)
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1995 || Legend
Legend (TV series)
Legend was a science fiction Western television show that ran on UPN from April 18, 1995 until August 22, 1995, with one final re-airing of the pilot on July 3, 1996. It was Richard Dean Anderson's first major role after the successful MacGyver series, and also starred John de Lancie, best known...
|| Libbie Custer || 1 episode - Custer's Next to Last Stand
|-
| Triplecross || Julia Summers || TV Movie
|-
| Savate || Mary Parker ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1996 || Livers Ain't Cheap || Carla || other title - The Real Thing
|-
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...
|| Daniela || 1 episode - Protean Challenge
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997 || Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The show takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane , who always has been cared for by someone else...
|| Pam || 1 episode - The Ways and Means
|-
| Cupid || Jennifer Taylor ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1998 || The Murder of Crows || Janine DeVrie ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1999 || Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...
|| Ashley Reese || 1 episode - Fortune Cookie
|-
| Warlock III: The End of Innocence || Kris Miller ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2000 || Cypress Edge || Brittany Trummel ||
|-
| Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were...
|| Sandy || 1 episode - Damsel
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2002 || Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a children's novel by author Walt Morey, first published in 1965. The book concerns the friendship between the title character, a bear, and a young boy named Mark...
|| Dakota || other title - Terror on the Mountain, TV Movie
|-
| Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellseeker is a 2002 horror film, directed by Rick Bota. It is the sixth film in the Hellraiser series. It also features the return of Kirsty Cotton, the heroine from Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II...
|| Kirsty Cotton Gooden ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2003 || Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain || Dakota || other title - Black Gold, TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004 || Lightning Bug
Lightning Bug (film)
Lightning Bug is a 2004 horror film. It is the debut film by writer/director Robert Green Hall, an SFX makeup artist known primarily for his work on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the films, Laid to Rest and its sequel, ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2.It is a fictionalized account of Hall's...
|| Jenny Graves ||
|-
| ER || Campbell || 1 episode - Just a Touch
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005 || Pomegranate || Harem Girl ||
|-
| Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Mystery Woman
Mystery Woman is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel since 2003, starring Emmy-nominated actress Kellie Martin as Samantha Kinsey, proprietor of a bookstore specializing in mystery books who gets involved in solving real-life mysteries...
|| Francine || TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2006 || Hollywood Dreams
Hollywood Dreams
Hollywood Dreams is an American film starring Tanna Frederick, Justin Kirk, David Proval, Karen Black, Eric Roberts, Seymour Cassel and written and directed by Henry Jaglom.-Plot:...
|| Young Woman at Cafe ||
|-
| Hellraiser: Prophecy || - || (Special Thanks)
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2007 || Chill
Chill (film)
Chill is an award-winning 2007 horror film written and directed by Serge Rudnunsky that stars Thomas Calabro, Ashley Laurence, and James Russo.-Plot:...
|| Maria ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2008 || Red
Red (2008 film)
Red is a 2008 thriller film about a couple of kids who kill a dog named 'Red' during an attempted robbery. The dog's owner finds out who they are, and tries to bring them to justice by informing the authorities. However, this amounts to nothing, so he decides to dish out his own brand of...
|| Mrs. McCormack ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010 || Memories of Murder || Clair Pruitt ||
|-
| Bump || Elaine ||
|}
Laurence has also appeared as herself on shows such as E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and well-known public figures...
in a 2004 episode - Scream Queens and The 100 Greatest Scary Moments. She has been in several Hellraiser, behind-the-scenes documentries: Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Lost in the Labyrinth, Hellraiser: Resurrection and Demons to Others: The Making of 'Hellraiser Prophecy.