American actress (born 1981)

Ashley Eckstein (née Drane; born September 22, 1981) is an American actress and fashion designer. She is the founder of the fashion label Her Universe. She is best known for voicing the role of Ahsoka Tano throughout the Star Wars franchise, beginning with Star Wars: The Clone Wars in 2008.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Film
  • 4.2 Television
  • 4.3 Video games
• 5 Audiobooks
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Eckstein was born on September 22, 1981 in Louisville, Kentucky. Eckstein was raised in Orlando, Florida, where her first job was as a cast member at Disney-MGM Studios.

Career

Eckstein began as a child actress under her birth name, Ashley Drane. At age 12, she played the real-life disability advocate Helen Keller in a community-theater production of The Miracle Worker. Following more stage as well and television and TV-commercial work in her native Orlando, Florida, she relocated to Los Angeles, where an early role was that of Admiral Chegwidden's goddaughter, Lisa Rossbach, on the military-justice drama series JAG. In 2002, she became the latest in a line of actresses to play Jan Brady, essaying the role in the TV-movie The Brady Bunch in the White House. She played the recurring role of Muffy on the Disney Channel sitcom That's So Raven. She also played a small role as Alicia in the film Sydney White and Ms. Cole in the film Alice Upside Down (both 2007).

Most prominently, she provides the voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Forces of Destiny, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Eckstein reprised her role as Ahsoka for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for a short voice cameo.

In addition to her screen and voice work, Eckstein in 2010 started Her Universe, a fashion brand producing science-fiction-themed clothing targeted specifically for girls and women. In 2012, Disney began selling Her Universe products at both Disneyland and Disney world.

As for charity and partnerships, Eckstein joined UNICEF Kid Power, along with Aly Raisman and David Ortiz as a brand amb*ador Kid Power Champion.

Alongside E. K. Johnston, Eckstein wrote the short story "By Whatever Sun," which appeared in From a Certain Point of View.

Personal life

She married former Major League Baseball player and 2006 World Series MVP David Eckstein on November 26, 2005, in his hometown of Sanford, Florida, followed by a reception at Walt Disney World.

Filmography

Eckstein at the June 2011 Star Wars Weekends

Film

Television

Video games

Audiobooks

• 2016: E. K. Johnston: Star Wars: Ahsoka

References

External links

• Official website
• Ashley Eckstein at IMDb