Ashley Judd
Actor | Director
Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968) is an American television and film actress, who has played lead roles in films including Ruby in Paradise, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, Where the Heart Is and High Crimes. She is active in a number of humanitarian and political causes, including two missions to the Democratic Republic of Congo to campaign against sexual violence against women. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ashley Judd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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A Dog's Way Home (2019)
As: Terri
A Dog’s Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Stars: Chris Bauer | Ashley Judd | Edward James Olmos | Jonah Hauer-King | Alexandra Shipp
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
As: Herself (archive footage)
Examine the rise and fall of Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein following the scandal in 2017. Learn from exclusive interviews with those who knew him in the industry, and a discussion of the start of the #MeToo movement.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Jordan Hill
Stars: Harvey Weinstein | Kristyn Burtt | Caroline Heldman | Ashley Pearson | Marc Malkin
Trafficked (2017)
As: Diane
In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Will Wallace
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery | Kelly Washington | Ashley Judd | Elisabeth Röhm | Amiah Miller
Good Kids (2016)
As: Gabby
Four high school students look to redefine themselves after graduation.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Chris McCoy
Stars: Nicholas Braun | Zoey Deutch | Julia Garner | Israel Broussard | Mateo Arias
Barry (2016)
As: Ann Dunham
A biopic of Barack Obama set during his time as a college student in New York City.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Vikram Gandhi
Stars: Ashley Judd | Jenna Elfman | Jason Mitchell | Anya Taylor-Joy | Devon Terrell
The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
As: Natalie Prior
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Stars: Miles Teller | Zoë Kravitz | Naomi Watts | Theo James | Shailene Woodley
Big Stone Gap (2015)
As: Ave Maria Mulligan
A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Adriana Trigiani
Stars: Patrick Wilson | Whoopi Goldberg | Ashley Judd | Jane Krakowski | Jenna Elfman
Insurgent (2015)
As: Natalie Prior
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Stars: Kate Winslet | Miles Teller | Theo James | Shailene Woodley | Ansel Elgort
A Path Appears (2015)
As: Herself
A Path Appears, from the creative team that brought you the groundbreaking series Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, follows intrepid reporters Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and actor/advocates Malin Akerman, Mia Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Ashley Judd, Blake Lively, Eva Longoria, and Alfre Woodard to Colombia, Haiti, Kenya, and ...
Directed by: Maro Chermayeff
Stars: Malin Åkerman | Ashley Judd | Jennifer Garner | Mia Farrow | Regina Hall
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
As: Lorraine Nelson
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Nathan Gamble | Ashley Judd | Harry Connick Jr. | Cozi Zuehlsdorff
The Identical (2014)
As: Louise Wade
During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him to become a preacher. Finally, Ryan rebels against his parents' wishes and launches his own music career -- performing the hits of Drexel Hemsley. Ryan later learns ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Dustin Marcellino
Stars: Amanda Crew | Ray Liotta | Ashley Judd | Danny Woodburn | Seth Green
Divergent (2014)
As: Natalie Prior
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Neil Burger
Stars: Kate Winslet | Miles Teller | Ray Stevenson | Theo James | Shailene Woodley
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
As: Margaret Asher
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Aaron Eckhart | Gerard Butler | Radha Mitchell | Angela Bassett
A Fierce Green Fire (2013)
As: Narrator
It is the largest movement the world has ever seen, it may also be the most important - in terms of what's at stake. Yet it's not east being green. Environmentalists have been reviled as much as revered, for being killjoys and Cassandras. Every battle begins as a lost cause and even the victories have to be fought for again and again. Still, environmentalism is one of the great social innovations ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Mark Kitchell
Stars: Robert Redford | Ashley Judd | Meryl Streep | Isabel Allende | Van Jones
The Eyes of Thailand (2012)
As: Narrator
Tells the true story of one woman's quest to help two elephant landmine survivors-Motala and Baby Mosha-walk on their own four legs.
Runtime: 62 min.
Directed by: Windy Borman
Stars: Ashley Judd
Dolphin Tale (2011)
As: Lorraine Nelson
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Nathan Gamble | Kris Kristofferson | Ashley Judd | Harry Connick Jr.
Flypaper (2011)
As: Kaitlin
A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at a bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Rob Minkoff
Stars: Ashley Judd | Patrick Dempsey | Mekhi Phifer | Tim Blake Nelson | Matt Ryan
Tooth Fairy (2010)
As: Carly
When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson -- who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents' teeth every time he plays -- disillusions a fan, he is sentenced to a stint for one week as a bona fide, tutu-clad, real-life tooth fairy. Soon, Derek is inspired to rekindle his youthful dreams.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Michael Lembeck
Stars: Julie Andrews | Dwayne Johnson | Ashley Judd | Stephen Merchant | Ryan Sheckler
Crossing Over (2009)
As: Denise Frankel
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Wayne Kramer
Stars: Harrison Ford | Ray Liotta | Cliff Curtis | Jim Sturgess | Ashley Judd
Helen (2009)
As: Helen
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Sandra Nettelbeck
Stars: Alexia Fast | Ashley Judd | Lauren Lee Smith | David Nykl | Goran Visnjic
Bug (2006)
As: Agnes White
A lonely waitress with a tragic past, Agnes rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband. But when Agnes begins a tentative romance with Peter, an eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again - until the first bugs arrive...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: William Friedkin
Stars: Michael Shannon | Ashley Judd | Lynn Collins | Brían F. O'Byrne | Harry Connick Jr.
Come Early Morning (2006)
As: Lucy Fowler
Lucy wakes up in bed with a stranger and obviously from a night of drinking. She checks out and pays for the motel room on her account. Through her grandmother, she finds out her father is in town and pays him a visit. She agrees to go to his new church.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Joey Lauren Adams
Stars: Stacy Keach | Scott Wilson | Ashley Judd | Jeffrey Donovan | Laura Prepon
De-Lovely (2004)
As: Linda Porter
From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest sons of the twentieth century.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Stars: Kevin Kline | Ashley Judd | Jonathan Pryce | Kevin McNally | Sandra Nelson
Twisted (2004)
As: Jessica Shepard
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon discover, the victim shared a romantic connection to her. As more of Shepard's ex-lovers turn up dead, her mind starts to become unstable, and she begins to ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson | David Strathairn | Ashley Judd | Russell Wong | Andy García
Frida (2002)
As: Tina Modotti
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a ...
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Julie Taymor
Stars: Diego Luna | Mía Maestro | Alfred Molina | Salma Hayek | Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
As: Younger Vivi Abbott Walker
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Callie Khouri
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Fionnula Flanagan | Sandra Bullock | Cherry Jones | James Garner
High Crimes (2002)
As: Claire Kubik
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Carl Franklin
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Jim Caviezel | Adam Scott | Amanda Peet | Ashley Judd
Someone Like You (2001)
As: Jane Goodale
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Stars: Ellen Barkin | Greg Kinnear | Ashley Judd | Marisa Tomei | Hugh Jackman
Killing Priscilla (2000)
As: Herself
Lizzie Gardiner, Oscar-winning costume designer and long-standing friend of Stephan Elliott (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) was given permission to document the whole filming process of Eye Of The Beholder. Through the eyes of Gardiner, we are taken on a personal and intimate journey with Elliott and the cast and crew, witnessing the frustration and exhilaration of film making first hand.
Runtime: 55 min.
Directed by: Lizzy Gardiner
Stars: Ewan McGregor | Ashley Judd | Stephan Elliott
Where The Heart Is (2000)
As: Lexie Coop
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside in Sequoyah, Okla., and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. In short order, some eccentric, kindly strangers "adopt" Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Matt Williams
Stars: Natalie Portman | Sally Field | Stockard Channing | Ashley Judd | Joan Cusack
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
As: Joanna Eris
A reclusive surveillance expert is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer, who just may be a serial killer.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Stephan Elliott
Stars: Ewan McGregor | Ashley Judd | Geneviève Bujold | Patrick Bergin | k.d. lang
Double Jeopardy (1999)
As: Elizabeth "Libby" Parsons
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Stars: Bruce Greenwood | Tommy Lee Jones | Ashley Judd | Annabeth Gish | Benjamin Weir
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
As: Mrs. Dale (voice)
What begins as a routine class project for a diverse group of sixth-graders turns into a magical, time-traveling adventure they'll never forget! Authentic historical footage of Martin Luther King Jr. is blended with colorful animation as the students learn about - and actually meet - the civil rights leader who challenged all Americans to turn his dream of freedom into reality. Produced in association with ...
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Robert Brousseau | Vincenzo Trippetti
Stars: LeVar Burton | Lucas Black | Angela Bassett | Ed Asner | Theodore Borders
Simon Birch (1998)
As: Rebecca Wenteworth
Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way for a reason and highly believes in God. Together, Joe and Simon go on a journey of trust and friendship to find the answers to many things. Their friendship is put ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Stars: Oliver Platt | Joseph Mazzello | David Strathairn | Ashley Judd | Ian Michael Smith
Kiss the Girls (1997)
As: Kate McTiernan
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Cary Elwes | Ashley Judd | Tony Goldwyn | Alex McArthur
The Locusts (1997)
As: Kitty
A drifter enters a small town looking for employment. While working at the local cattle ranch, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Kitty and becomes involved in a deadly yet erotic love triangle.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: John Patrick Kelley
Stars: Jeremy Davies | Ashley Judd | Kate Capshaw | Jessica Capshaw | Daniel Meyer
A Time to Kill (1996)
As: Carla Brigance
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Runtime: 149 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Oliver Platt | Samuel L. Jackson | Sandra Bullock | Matthew McConaughey
Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
As: Norma Jean Dougherty
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Tim Fywell
Stars: Mira Sorvino | Ron Rifkin | Ashley Judd | Josh Charles | David Dukes
Normal Life (1996)
As: Pam Anderson
Chris Anderson and his wife Pam live a fairly normal life until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upon discovering his secret, she joins his deadly crime wave and together they terrorize an unsuspecting suburban town.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: John McNaughton
Stars: Luke Perry | Jim True-Frost | Bruce A. Young | Ashley Judd | Edmund Wyson
Heat (1995)
As: Charlene Shiherlis
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Runtime: 170 min.
Directed by: Michael Mann
Stars: Tom Sizemore | Val Kilmer | Robert De Niro | Al Pacino | Jon Voight
Smoke (1995)
As: Felicity
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Paul Auster | Wayne Wang
Stars: Giancarlo Esposito | William Hurt | Harvey Keitel | Stephen Gevedon | José Zúñiga
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (1995)
As: Narrator (voice)
This is a true story about the relationship between a mother and her daughter, and their struggle to make it to the top in the music world. It is about hopes and dreams... about relationships and about growing up.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Bobby Roth
Stars: Bruce Greenwood | Viveka Davis | Megan Ward | Kathleen York | Melinda Dillon
The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
As: Callie
Desire torments a former cultist taking refuge at the home of a scantily clad woman whose husband is away.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Philip Ridley
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | Ashley Judd | Lou Myers | Brendan Fraser | Loren Dean
Ruby in Paradise (1993)
As: Ruby Lee Gissing
Reeling from her mother's recent death, Ruby Lee Gissing relocates to Florida to start anew. After finding a job at a souvenir store, Ruby becomes friends with the shop's owner, Mildred Chambers, and slowly acclimates to her new surroundings. Before long, she's juggling the affections of Mildred's Lothario son, Ricky, and the good-natured Mike. As she wavers between Ricky and Mike, Ruby also tries to ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Victor Nunez
Stars: Ashley Judd | Dorothy Lyman | Todd Field | Bentley Mitchum | Allison Dean
Till Death Us Do Part (1992)
As: Gwen Fox
This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Charles Manson away.) On December 11, 1966, a murder occurs in a small neighborhood of El Sereno, CA. In the middle of the night, Henry Stockton is shot three times in the head and twice in the chest and then his house is set on fire. The murderer left no ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Vincent Bugliosi | Yves Simoneau
Stars: Treat Williams | Rebecca Jenkins | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Arliss Howard | Dean Norris
Kuffs (1992)
As: Wife of Paint Store Owner
George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is pregnant. To top it off, George's brother Brad is killed and George inherits Brad's "patrol special" privatized police district and all the problems that come with it.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Bruce A. Evans
Stars: Milla Jovovich | Bruce Boxleitner | Troy Evans | Christian Slater | Tony Goldwyn