Ashley Monique Clark


Ashley Monique Clark is an American actress best known for her role as Sydney Hughley on the ABC and UPN television sitcom, The Hughleys. She has received two NAACP Image Award nominations throughout her career and won a Young Artist Award in 1999.
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Career

Clark made her professional television debut in 1996 as a member of a Bluebird troop in an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The following year, she played a young version of Brandy Norwood's titular character on the sitcom, Moesha. Clark had a recurring role as Jaleen on the soap opera Sunset Beach where she appeared in eight episodes. She had a minor role in the 1997 film Liar Liar as a child at a party.
In 1998, she was cast as Sydney Hughley, the daughter of D. L. Hughley's character, in sitcom The Hughleys. The series aired on both ABC and UPN from 1998 to 2002. She received two NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Youth Actor in 1999 and 2001 for portraying Sydney. Clark also won the Young Artist Award in 1999 for best performance in a TV comedy series.
Shortly after The Hughleys ended in 2002, with a total of four seasons and 89 episodes, Clark appeared in Zoey 101 and Still Standing. She also had a supporting role in the movie Love Don't Cost a Thing as Aretha Johnson, in addition to a recurring role on The Bernie Mac Show as Teri, one of Vanessa's friends, from 2003 to 2006. She has also appeared on Hollywood Squares. Clark portrayed Kee Kee in the action film Domino.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996The Parent 'HoodAngela DavisEpisode: "I'm O'Tay, You're O-Tay"
1996The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirBlue Bird #3Episode: "I, Bowl Buster"
1996Encino WomanKindergartnerTelevision film
1997Sunset BeachJaleen Muhammad8 episodes
1997MoeshaYoung MoeshaEpisode: "My Mom's Not an Ottoman"
1998–2002The HughleysSydney Hughley4 seasons; 89 episodes
2001Hollywood SquaresHerself2 episodes
2003–2005Still StandingKristin3 episodes
2005Zoey 101Karen2 episodes
2003–2006The Bernie Mac ShowTeri6 episodes
2008ERKeishaEpisode: "Believe the Unseen"
2008Sons of AnarchyEviqua Michaels4 episodes
2010Big Time RushSoda Girl2 episodes
2016Angel from HellWaitressEpisode: "Practice Guy"
2022All American: HomecomingMaxine VaughnEpisode: "Confessions"
2022Family ReunionJillian EdwardsEpisode: "Remember When Elvis Broke Jesus?"
2023Lessons in ChemistryMartha Wakeley2 episodes
2024The UpshawsStephanieEpisode: "Do I?"