Ashley Tesoro | |
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Tesoro at 2008 Malibu, CA charity event
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Background information | |
Birth name | Ashley Lyn Cafagna |
Born |
Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
February 15, 1983
Genres | Christian, gospel, country |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress, model, Christian minister, executive |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels | Tesoro Records (2007-present) |
Website | http://www.ashleytesoro.tv |
Ashley Tesoro | |
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Style | Karate, tangsoodo, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu. |
Rank |
red belt in Combat Karate red belt in tangsoodo |
Notable school(s) | Anthony J. Tesoro's Combat Karate Club |
Ashley Tesoro (born Ashley Lyn Cafagna; February 15, 1983) is an American actress, model, and singer. She is known for her starring roles in NBC’s Saved by the Bell: The New Class (as Liz Miller) and CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful (as Kimberly Fairchild). In 2007 she released a self-titled country music EP. In 2010 she released a country gospel EP titled Oh You Angel. In 2012 she released a gospel EP titled Simply Worship.
Ashley Lyn Cafagna was born in Iowa City, Iowa, the first of three children. She was raised in Escondido, California. At the age of six she began entering beauty pageants, and won several local pageants from ages six through eight. She was crowned "Little Miss California" at the age of eight. She then started acting in a theater company called Christian Youth Theater. At the age of ten she entered a local talent contest in San Diego, California. After a long process of acting, modeling, and interviews, she took first place out of three hundred contestants. Her win placed her with an acting agent and manager.
As a television actress Ashley Tesoro has appeared in NBC’s Saved by the Bell: The New Class (as Liz Miller) for three seasons and CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful (as Kimberly Fairchild) for three years. She has had other roles in 7th Heaven, Valley of the Dolls, Hey Arnold!, CBS Morning News, and has been a guest host for E!. She has presented the Daytime Emmy Awards, the Soap Opera Digest Awards, and was awarded "Best Newcomer on a Daytime Television Show" in Australia. She was also named one of the "Fifty most Beautiful People" on television by Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly. She has also starred in eight films during her career, including; The Skulls II, Lord of Illusions playing Famke Janssen's younger self, and Mr. Murder with Stephen Baldwin, Thomas Haden Church, and James Coburn.