Ashley Victoria Benson (born December 18, 1989) is an American actress, singer and model, known for her role as Hanna Marin on the mystery-thriller television series Pretty Little Liars. She has also portrayed Abigail Deveraux on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, Mia Torcoletti on the supernatural television series Eastwick, and Brit in the 2012 crime thriller film Spring Breakers, and as well as having nominations for various accolades.
The actress was born and raised in Anaheim Hills, California to parents Jeff Benson and Shannon Harte. She has an older sister, Shaylene and at just the age of three, participated in competitive dance, taking classes in jazz, hip hop, ballet, and tap and sung in the choir at her local church at just 4 years old, signed with a modeling agency four years later.
Benson and oil tycoon Brandon Davis tied the knot in October 2023 and have a daughter, Aspen born in February 2024
Filmography[]
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Six Chick | |
| 2005 | Neighbors | Mindy | Short film |
| 2007 | Bring It On: In It to Win It | Carson | Direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Bart Got a Room | Alice | |
| 2012 | Spring Breakers | Brit | |
| 2015 | Ratter | Emma Taylor | Also camera operator |
| 2015 | Pixels | Lady Lisa | |
| 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Margaret | |
| 2016 | Chronically Metropolitan | Jessie | |
| 2018 | Her Smell | Roxie Rotten | |
| 2018 | Ask Me If I Care | Alice | Short film |
| 2021 | The Birthday Cake | Tracey | |
| 2022 | Private Property | Kathryn Carlyle | |
| 2022 | The Loneliest Boy in the World | Margot | |
| 2022 | Angry Neighbors | Amberson girl | |
| 2023 | Alone at Night | Vicky | Also producer |
| 2023 | Mob Land | Caroline Conners | |
| TBA | Good Side of a Bad Man | Ruby |
TV[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The District | Melissa Howell | Episode: "Explicit Activities" |
| 2002 | The West Wing | Girl | Episode: "Game On" |
| 2002 | Nikki | Dancer | Episode: "Working Girl" (unaired) |
| 2004 | Strong Medicine | April | Episode: "Cape Cancer" |
| 2004–2007 | Days of Our Lives | Abigail Deveraux | Role held: November 12, 2004 – May 2, 2007 |
| 2005 | 7th Heaven | Margot | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Zoey 101 | Candice | Episode: "Quinn's Date" |
| 2006 | The O.C. | Riley | Episode: "The Summer Bummer" |
| 2008 | Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal | Brooke Tippit | Television film |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami | Amy Beck | Episode: "Bombshell" |
| 2008 | Supernatural | Tracy Davis | Episode: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester" |
| 2009 | Eastwick | Mia Torcoletti | Main role |
| 2010 | Christmas Cupid | Caitlin Quinn | Television film |
| 2010–2017 | Pretty Little Liars | Hanna Marin | Main role, 160 episodes |
| 2012 | Punk'd | Herself | Episode: "Heather Morris" |
| 2013 | How I Met Your Mother | Carly Whittaker | Episode: "Ring Up!" |
| 2013–2014 | Ravenswood | Hanna Marin | Special guest star, 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Family Guy | Dakota (voice) | Episode: "Brian's a Bad Father" |
| 2015 | Barely Famous | Herself | Episode: "Bananas Foster" |
| 2023 | Wilderness | Cara Parker | Main role, 4 episodes |
Behind the Camera[]
Benson and co-star Tyler Blackburn dated for a brief period of time during the run of PLL, and still remain close friends. She was romantically linked with English actress and model Cara Delevingne from 2018-2020, rapper G-Eazy from 2020-2021, and is currently in a relationship with Brandon Davis since January of 2023, and in July of 2023, she announced via her Instagram story that she was engaged and resides in Los Angeles. In that same year, they were wed and is expecting her first child with Davis as of November 2023 through her Instagram stories and revealed that they were having a baby girl and in February 2024, revealed that she had given birth.