Biography

Denise Ashlynd brings over 30 years of professional experience to her work in theatre, film, television, commercials, and voice-over. A native of Florida, she made her television debut on "Romper Room" at the age of 5. By age 13, she performed on stage in her first Equity production of "Fiddler on the Roof." Denise graduated magna cum laude from Florida State University with a B.F.A. degree in Music Theatre. While at FSU, she worked and studied with Joseph Papp, Roger Rees, Raul Julia, Nigel Rideout, and Neal Kenyon. She also had the privilege of working with Academy Award winning director, Jonathan Demme, on his film "Something Wild," which was shooting in Tallahassee at the time.

Just after graduation, Denise earned her Equity card and moved to NYC, where she continued her training at Circle in the Square. On stage, she has performed Off-Broadway, in U.S. tours, regionally, and throughout 13 countries in Europe in productions of  "Man of La Mancha" (starring John Raitt), "Hair," "Jesus Christ Superstar" and Alan Johnson's "West Side Story" to name just a few. Most recently, she shared the "Swamp Radio" stage with Emmy Award winning actor, Michael Emerson.

Denise has acted in and voiced numerous television and radio commercials, and has appeared on film and T.V. in projects starring Christopher Walken, "One More Time," Kathy Najimy, Richard Burgi & Alysia Reiner "No Letting Go," Meryl Streep "Music of the Heart," and Andy Samberg/The Lonely Island "The Comedy Awards 2011." She regularly recurs on SNL and has performed with Alec Baldwin and Melissa McCarthy.  

She had the honor of studying with Grammy and Audie award winning director/producer of audiobooks, Paul Ruben, and can be heard narrating Melissa Gilbert's children's book "Daisy and Josephine" as well as other titles from Simon & Schuster and HighBridge Audio.

Denise has a passion and a gift for working with children, and brings that passion to her work in commercials, television, film and audiobooks. She has a home voice-over studio and shares her workspace and home with her husband and son.