Ashley
Judd had always been a sensitive and intelligent child with an active imagination
(which she needed to get by). When the family finally had some cash, Ashley was
able to attend the University of Kentucky, where she studied French and graduated
with honors in 1990. Even today, Ashley has the reputation of an intelligent and
verbose celebrity with just the right dash of southern charm.
Since
then, Ashley has continued to impress, taking roles selectively and carefully
managing her career. She has turned down roles in films starring her mom and sister
in order to distance herself from their fame, but has earned it in her own right.
Judd has quickly become both a darling of the critics and of audiences after roles
in films like Smoke and Heat . She also won an Independent Spirit Award for her
role in 1993's Ruby in Paradise .
A
romantic at heart, she has already purchased her dream house. It is an old home
which she intends to remodel with C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia as her inspiration;
in other words, full of cubby holes and secret nooks and crannies. So far, she
hasn't found that special someone to settle down with, but Ashley has been romantically
linked with everyone from Robert De Niro to Michael Bolton - with a high profile
tryst with Matthew McConaughey somewhere in between.