Ashley Liao
Ashley Liao is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the series Fuller House and The Kicks. She has since appeared in the Apple TV+ series Physical. Her films include Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, Love in Taipei, and The Hunger Games: [The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes].
Early life and education
Liao was born in Orange County, California, United States on 21 October 2001 into a Taiwanese family. She began acting in local musical theater productions when she was in fifth grade, landing the role of Dorothy in Adaptations of [The Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz] in her second ever production. She graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's degree in communications.Career
After signing with an agent in 2013, Liao began her professional career with a guest appearances in Bad Teacher, followed by guest appearances in Fresh Off the Boat and Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn.In 2016, she landed the role of Mandy in Debby Ryan produced Disney XD film Jessica Darling's It List. Liao played the role of Lola Wong in the Netflix spin-off of Full House, Fuller House for its first three seasons. She was promoted to series regular for season two. She also had a recurring role as Parker Zhao in season one of the Amazon Prime Video series The Kicks.
In 2019, she appeared in the Netflix film Always Be My Maybe as a younger version of Ali Wong's character.
She also starred in the 2020 Disney+ film Secret Society of [Second Born Royals] as Princess Eleanor.
Liao played Simone in the 2021 Apple TV+ series Physical.
Between 2021 and 2023, she voiced Jun Wong in the DreamWorks Peacock series DreamWorks Dragons: [The Nine Realms|Dragons: The Nine Realms].
In 2023, Liao had her first breakout movie role as Ever Wong in Love in Taipei. Within the same year, she starred as Clemensia Dovecote in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a movie adaptation of the Hunger Games (series)|Hunger Games] prequel by the same name. She stated to be an avid fan of the franchise in her adolescence.