 Ashley Tisdale was born on July 2, 1985 in a small town in Monmouth County, New Jersey to Lisa and Mike Tisdale. She has an older sister named Jennifer (who is also an actress). Ashley has always been interested in singing and acting. She was first "discovered" by Bill Perlman when she was only three years old. Perlman became her manager and remains as such today. He quickly put her to work doing commercials and she has appeared in over one hundred commercials during her career. At eight, she was starring on Broadway (in Les Miserables) and followed up by touring with the international cast of Annie. In 1997, at the age of 12, she was invited to, and sang songs at the White House. During the same year she made her first appearances on television. She appeared on an episode of 7th Heaven and did a voice-over on the Smart Guy. Since then she has appeared on over a dozen other television series, including a 2000 episode of Boston Public in which she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress. |
