Ashley Margaret Anne Leggat (born September 26, 1986) is a Canadian actress who is known for her roles as "Casey MacDonald" in the series Life with Derek,"Brittany MacMillan" in the Discovery Kids series Darcy`s Wild Life and as "Kelly" in the CBC series 11 Cameras.

Career
A student of ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, acro, musical theatre and hip hop, she has been honoured with awards and accolades at several prestigious North American competitions. In 2004, she garnered the senior title of Miss Dance at the Dance, Dance, Dance competition; top senior dancer at Flash Dance, and Senior Title and Dancer of the Year at 5-6-7-8 Showtime, as well as being named the top senior dancer at the Can Dance competition.

When she was just five years old, the Hamilton, Ontario native began her theatrical training with Theatre Aquarius’ Performing Arts Program under the direction of Lou Zamprogna. That same year, Ashley made her professional theatre debut playing “Marta” in Theatre Aquarius’ production of The Sound of Music. She went on to perform in several of the company’s productions including The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Cinderella, Anne of Green Gables, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, Jekyll And Hyde and The Wizard of Oz. She also performed the role of “Clara” in The Nutcracker at Hamilton Place.

Ashley also has amassed an impressive list of credits on the big and small screens. She appeared in the Disney feature Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen, starring Lindsay Lohan, the television movie A Very Married Christmas, with Joe Mantegna and Jean Smart and played series lead “Kat Adams” in Ace Lightning.

Ashley performed concurrent recurring roles on the series I Was A Sixth Grade Alien for Fox and YTV, and In A Heartbeat for Disney. She performed a guest lead role on the popular series Real Kids, Real Adventures, and a lead role on the CBC Radio drama Articles of Faith. As well, she appeared in the cable feature What Girls Learn, starring Elizabeth Perkins and Scott Bakula; the Disney television movies The Music Man, starring Matthew Broderick, and Cadet Kelly, with Hilary Duff, the comedy series The Blobheads, and the fantasy sci-fi series The Zack Files. In 2005 Ashley performed in Moze Mossanen`s short film Roxana as part of CBC`s "Opening Night" series.

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