Ashley Judd Archives

Ashley Judd has enrolled in Harvard University’s public policy and public administration school, her publicist tells The Harvard Crimson.

The 41-year-old actress will participate in at Harvard Kennedy School’s Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) program, which often attracts public officials and non-profit activists.

Ashley, 41, is active in humanitarian and political causes. She has testified about the need to fund measures to safeguard natural resources and is a Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS, which promotes AIDS prevention and treatment.

Ashley Judd is all smiles in a beautiful Monique Lhuillier gown at the Inaugural Purple Ball at the Fairmont Hotel on Tuesday (January 20) in Washington, D.C.

The 40-year-old actress selected a mist grey crinkle gazar one shoulder gown, which features an asymmetrically draped bodice and soft bubble tier skirt.

A few hours earlier, Ashley stood in the chilly stands below the inauguration podium where President Barack Obama took his oath.

“I did layer,” Ashley said of her long underwear and blanket wrapped around her. “And I did get cold, but I expected that. It was all part of the experience.”

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Ashley Judd looks stunning as usual, whie rocking out a pair of sunglasses at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Saturday.

The 40-year-old actress is best known for her roles in thriller films, including: Double Jeopardy, High Crimes and Kiss the Girls. Ash is the daughter of country-music singer, Naomi Judd and is also the sister of country-music singer, Wynonna Judd. She is married to Scottish race car driver, Dario Franchitti.

Ashley is at Sundance to promote her new film, Helen, which explores depression and leads her character to push away her husband and unable to care for her 13-year-old daughter.

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Ashley Judd attends the special thematic debate to focus global attention on human trafficking held by the UN General Assembly at New York City’s United Nations on Tuesday.

The 40-year-old Hollywood beauty appeared on The Today Show on Tuesday and spoke about her recent three week humanitarian mission to Rwanda and the Congo. Ashley works for Youth Aids in the position of global ambassador.

At a news conference on Tuesday, she said, “I know that the unheard are helped when they are heard. I know that compassionate listening helps me, and my goal was to help the U.N. help them!”

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Ashley Judd dons a purple-licious sari at the YouthAIDS Benefit Gala on Friday at the Ritz Carlton in Mclean, Virginia.

The 39-year-old actress is a “global ambassador” for YouthAIDS, a worldwide HIV/AIDS education and prevention effort. Ashley recently told press, “There is an extraordinary, compelling, urgent problem.”

On Nov. 30, the National Geographic Channel and nonprofit organization Cable Positive will premiere a new film India’s Hidden Plague, which features Judd. The special will be available nationally via video on demand.

Pictured below: U2 frontman Bono, YouthAIDS Founder and President Kate Roberts, Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi and Dutch supermodel Frederique van der Wal.

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To the left, Ashley Judd is photographed in a halter gown by Christian Dior (Spring 2007) at Pier 59 in New York City on April 12 for the June/July 2007 issue of C Magazine.

To the right, Ukrainian-Canadian supermodel Daria Werbowy.

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Cover girl Ashley Judd takes the June/July 2007 issue of C Magazine on newsstands nationwide May 23rd.

On her stay at a co-dependency treatment center last year in Texas to sort out issues of anxiety and depression: “I wanted to clean out the wreckage of my past. It used to be that every time I made a movie, I had to deal with gut-wrenching anxiety. Now I feel that I have the tools to be creative and nurture myself at the same time.”

On her international charity work ranging from family planning to AIDS and malaria prevention: “Service work is my highest purpose. When I travel, I get to see poverty reduction strategies in action. I am particularly committed to the empowerment of girls and women, but my experience has shown that problems don’t exist in isolation. Gender inequality is linked to poverty, which is in turn linked to lack of education, lack of infrastructure, and so on. It’s so fortunate that people are interested in my movies, but when I talk to someone, all I want to do is discuss social justice and changing the world.”

On her new, very unglamorous role in Bug:”When I’m considering a part, a key factor is spending as little time as possible in hair and makeup, and I certainly didn’t need much of that for this movie.” (laughed) Lately I’m very picky when it comes to movies. I don’t do as many as I used to since I married my husband [racecar driver Dario Franchitti] five years ago. Bug was a truly out-there experience. The script put me in a ‘bet-you-can’t-do-this’ situation, so I wanted to prove that I could. I like projects that provoke me as an artist.”

The cover of Ashley (in Christian Dior) pictured below was shot at Pier 59 in New York City on April 12th. Pictured in Roberto Cavalli above.

Below is Ashley Judd and co-star Michael Shannon of William Friedkin’s new film Bug at a press conference at the Regency Hotel in New York City on Thursday. Out May 25th.

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Hollywood beauty Ashley Judd goes au naturel as she serves a community based women’s organization, Apne Aap, in New Delhi, India, on Monday morning.

Ashley, 38, is helping Apne Aap Women Worldwide, a community-based initiative of women in prostitution in the Khetwadi/ Kamatipura red light area of Mumbai in 1998.

Said Ashley, “I was emotionally, physically and sexually harassed in my youth and I can say truthfully that I’m grateful for my past experiences as I can now understand the problems of women better. Every time I reach out to another woman and try and do something for her, I heal that much more.”

Currently, Ashley has no filming projects on the horizon.