Ashley Monique Clark
{{short description|American actress (born 1988)}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ashley Monique Clark
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|12|1}}
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1996–present
| spouse = {{marriage|John Ivy|2015}}
}}
Ashley Monique Clark (born December 1, 1988){{cite news|date=November 26, 2000|title=Celebrities celebrate birthdays|page=9C|newspaper=The Robesonian}} is an American actress best known for her role as Sydney Hughley (D. L. Hughley's TV daughter) on the ABC and UPN television sitcom, The Hughleys.{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|pages=559}} She has received two NAACP Image Award nominations throughout her career and won a Young Artist Award in 1999.
Career
Clark made her professional television debut in 1996 as a member of a Bluebird troop in an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The following year, she played a young version of Brandy Norwood's titular character on the sitcom, Moesha. Clark had a recurring role as Jaleen on the soap opera Sunset Beach where she appeared in eight episodes. She had a minor role in the 1997 film Liar Liar as a child at a party.{{cite book|page=1271|title=Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Filmography|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|date=2001|publisher=McFarland & Company}}
In 1998, she was cast as Sydney Hughley, the daughter of D. L. Hughley's character,{{cite news|last=McDonough|first=Kevin|date=September 22, 1998|title='Encore, Encore' is terrible, terrible|page=10C|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner}} in sitcom The Hughleys.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ashley-monique-clark/credits/3030102556/|title=Ashley Monique Clark| website=TVGuide.com|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=1 December 2021}} The series aired on both ABC and UPN from 1998 to 2002. She received two NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Youth Actor in 1999 and 2001 for portraying Sydney.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Ashley+Clark%22+actress+-wikipedia&pg=PA28-IA3|title=Image 2000: Visions for a New Millennium|magazine=The Crisis|date=1999|publisher=National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|volume=107|number=6|issn=0011-1422}}{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2kIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Ashley+Monique+Clark+-wikipedia&pg=PA38-IA2|title=33rd NAACP Image Awards Official Ballot|magazine=The Crisis|date=2001|publisher=National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|volume=108|number=6|issn=0011-1422}} Clark also won the Young Artist Award in 1999 for best performance in a TV comedy series (supporting young actress).{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms20.htm|title=20th Annual Awards|website=Young Artist Awards|access-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128203408/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms20.htm|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}
Shortly after The Hughleys ended in 2002, with a total of four seasons and 89 episodes, Clark appeared in Zoey 101 and Still Standing. She also had a supporting role in the movie Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003) as Aretha Johnson,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-vJw1PuV1vcC&dq=Ashley+Monique+Clark+-wikipedia&pg=PA207|page=207|title=Screen World: 2004 Film Annual|volume=55|last1=Monush|first1=Barry|last2=Willis|first2=John|date=June 2005|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557836397}} in addition to a recurring role on The Bernie Mac Show as Teri, one of Vanessa's friends, from 2003 to 2006. She has also appeared on Hollywood Squares. Clark portrayed Kee Kee in the action film Domino (2005).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlKW5X7vccgC&dq=Ashley+Monique+Clark+-wikipedia&pg=PA362|page=362|title=Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen|last1=Mainon|first1=Dominique|last2=Ursini|first2=James|date=2006|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879103279|access-date=2024-08-16|archive-date=2024-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816015854/https://books.google.com/books?id=AlKW5X7vccgC&dq=Ashley+Monique+Clark+-wikipedia&pg=PA362#v=onepage&q=Ashley%20Monique%20Clark%20-wikipedia&f=false|url-status=live}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+ Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1997 | Liar Liar | Child at Party and School | |
| 2000 | Bruno | Girl #2 | uncredited; directed by Shirley MacLaine |
| 2003 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | Aretha Johnson | |
| 2005 | Domino | Kee Kee Rodriguez |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1996 | The Parent 'Hood | Angela Davis | Episode: "I'm O'Tay, You're O-Tay" |
| 1996 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Blue Bird #3 | Episode: "I, Bowl Buster" |
| 1996 | Encino Woman | Kindergartner | Television film{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phOBCgAAQBAJ&dq=Ashley+Monique+Clark+-wikipedia&pg=PA63|page=63|title=Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television|last=Sherman|first=Fraser A.|date=September 3, 2015|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9781476611013}} |
| 1997 | Sunset Beach | Jaleen Muhammad | 8 episodes |
| 1997 | Moesha | Young Moesha | Episode: "My Mom's Not an Ottoman" |
| 1998–2002 | The Hughleys | Sydney Hughley | 4 seasons; 89 episodes |
| 2001 | Hollywood Squares | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2003–2005 | Still Standing | Kristin | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Zoey 101 | Karen | 2 episodes |
| 2003–2006 | The Bernie Mac Show | Teri | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | ER | Keisha | Episode: "Believe the Unseen" |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy | Eviqua Michaels | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Big Time Rush | Soda Girl | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Angel from Hell | Waitress | Episode: "Practice Guy" |
| 2022 | All American: Homecoming | Maxine Vaughn | Episode: "Confessions" |
| 2022 | Family Reunion | Jillian Edwards | Episode: "Remember When Elvis Broke Jesus?" |
| 2023
|Martha Wakeley |2 episodes | |||
| 2024 | The Upshaws | Stephanie | Episode: "Do I?" |
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