ABOUT

ASHLEY KATE ADAMS is an award-winning Actress, Producer, #1 Best-selling Author, Educator, and Director originally hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, who made her Broadway Debut at the age of 23 in the Tony Award-winning revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. Her debut novel, #BYOP: Be Your Own Producer, which pairs with her creative consulting brand, debuted as the #1 Book in the Performing Arts Industry.  She has appeared on television in UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT (NETFLIX), ROYAL PAINS (USA), RULES OF COOL (FULLSCREEN), can be heard in TRUE DETECTIVE (HBO), THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES (HBO), LOGAN LUCKY, GEMINI MAN, HILLBILLY ELEGY & seen in films PITCHING TENTS (Hulu), 1 Message (Dish) & LOVE (Best Actress 2018 NYTF). She filmed the phenomenon RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 for over 5 years, doubling in the role of Sadie.

Ashley began her Production Company, AKA Studio Productions, in 2011, and their work has been selected for 200+ film festivals. TV Properties: MULLIGAN (2018 LA Film Festival, 1st Place Flickers RIIFF), RULES OF COOL (FULLSCREEN), CAPITAL ADVICE (ITV Fest) & Films: ACE starring Lukas Gage (Toronto Inside Out Fest), photo op (Winner SENE Film), BLINDSIGHT (LA Shorts), ABSENT MIND (Toronto International Shorts) & FANATIC written by Andrew Chappelle & directed by SNL’s Taran Killam. She inspired and co-produced the feature film BEAUTY MARK (2018 LA FILM FESTIVAL), which filmed in her home state of Kentucky. 

She is the Co-Founder & Producer of NO REVERSE RECORDS, LLC, where artists include Billboard Charting Composers Blake Allen & Elise Marra. Podcast Development: Murder She Told. She is the proud Visiting Assistant Professor of Teaching in “Music & Entertainment” at the University of Memphis-Lambuth in Jackson, TN, and a frequent Educator at Fordham University, East Tennessee State University, and at her alma mater, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She holds a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from the University of Memphis, focusing on Creativity, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and is the 2025 recipient of the Alma Bucovaz Award.  www.ashleykateadams.com @ashleykateadams @byop_nyc