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Ashlee Nicole Simpson was born on October 3, 1984 in Dallas, Texas. She was raised in a suburb of Dallas. Her father is a former Baptist minister and her mother a former school teacher. She has one sister, Jessica Simpson. She loved dancing as a child and studied ballet from the age of three. At eleven she studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City. She moved with her family to L.A. California after her older sister signed a record contract which required her to be on the West coast.

She began dancing for her sister as one of her back up dancers. She then went on to break into film via television. She had a recurring role on the hit series 7th Heaven and she was a Video Jockey on MTV's show TRL. Later she signed a singing contract with Geffen Records after released a single Just Let Me Cry for the movie Freaky Friday. Her debut CD, Autobiography debuted at number one. It became certified triple platinum in 2004. Later that year she starred in The Ashlee Simpson Show. She released a second number one selling album, I Am Me, in 2005.

She has been harassed in the media for an incident which occurred on Saturday Night Live on October 23, 2004, where it was "accidentally" revealed that she was lip syncing rather than singing live. The incident caused her much embarrassment and was fodder for the media for many months to come.

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