Ashley Benson

If online reports are to be believed, Ashley Benson dated a lot of hotties from Hollywood including Justin Thorne, Chord Overstreet, Taylor Lautner, Tyler Blackburn, Keegan Allen and James Franco before finally hitting it off with Ryan Good. The two first started dating in 2011 and ever since have been in an on and off relationship.

Ashley Victoria Benson was born on December 18, 1989, to Shannon and Jeff Benson in Anaheim, Anaheim Hills, California. She has an elder sister, Shaylene.

At an early age, she developed a passion for dancing and singing. She aced all the major forms of dance, be it ballet, jazz, hip hop or even lyrical when quite young. Gifted with a melodious voice, she enjoyed singing and appeared in several musicals. At four, she auditioned to sing solo at four Christmas services at church.

By the age of five, she had modelled for several dance catalogues. Three years later, she began professional modelling under the Ford Modelling Agency in print advertisements. Interestingly, she is still associated with them.

By 1999, Ashley Benson was pretty sure of what she wanted to do in life. She started pursuing acting and began appearing in a number of commercials, films and television projects in minor/guest roles.

After some guest roles in television series ‘Nikki’, ‘The West Wing’ and ‘The District’, she wrapped up 2002 by appearing in a Lil' Romeo music video as a schoolgirl.

In 2004, she signed a three-year contract with NBC daytime soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives.’ Featuring as Abigail ‘Abby’ Deveraux, the oldest child of super couple Jack Deveraux and Jennifer Horton, she was commended for her acting skills. The same year, Benson made her big screen debut for the film ‘13 Going On 30’ as one of the six chicks.

Ashley Benson made a brief appearance in the ‘Zoey 101’ episode ‘Quinn's Date’ in March 2005. She also appeared in the music videos for NLT's ‘That Girl’, One Call's ‘BlackLight’, and Hot Chelle Rae's ‘Honestly.’ In 2007, she appeared in the fourth instalment of the ‘Bring It On’ franchise, ‘Carson in Bring It On: In It to Win It.’

In 2008, she played a witch disguised as a cheerleader in an episode of the CW series ‘Supernatural.’ She also appeared in ‘CSI: Miami’ and ‘Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal.’ As for films, she starred as Alice in ‘Bart Got a Room.’

Though Ashley Benson is most noted for her on-going television series ‘Pretty Little Liars’ wherein she plays the role of Hanna Marin, she first came to limelight with the NBC soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’ as Abigail Deveraux. Her inherent talent in acting and drama is visible in her work which reaffirms her artistic skills. Television apart, Benson’s popularity and fame grew by leaps and bounds with her films, the 2012 crime thriller ‘Spring Breakers’ and the 2015 horror drama ‘Ratter.’