Ashley Holliday

Background

Holliday, born Ashley Popelka, was born in Burbank, California and is of Cape Verdean & Czechoslovakian Republic descent. Her father, "Butch" Feliciano Vierra Tavares, Junior. is one of five Cape Verdean-American brothers who formed the Grammy winning Rhythm & Blues, funk and soul music group Tavares, (also known as The Tavares Brothers) who were featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and had such hits as "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" and "lieutenant Only Takes a Minute".

Career

Holliday began her career at an early age, as the daughter of Stanley Tucci"s character on the Miami Vice episode "Baby Blues" in 1986. Her breakout role came in 2010, when Holliday booked a leading role in the American Broadcasting Company Family series Huge. In 2013, she appeared in two episodes of the Pretty Little Liars spin-off, Ravenswood.

Achievements

• In 2012, she played quirky Melissa Sanders on TeenNick"s Hollywood Heights, followed by Rita in the film The Manitoba Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez and a cameo in Team Unicorn"s latest music video "Foreign the Win".