Ashley Nicole Baptiste is an actor & teaching artist working and living in New York/Jersey City, and is the Associate Artistic Director of Jersey City Theater Center
As an actor I have had the opportunity to use my artistic talents through Theater, Television and Film. I have also started working on using my creative talents in new directions to help produce, and create space for stories that are under-represented. It was during my work on the production of HANDS UP in Portland, Oregon (during the summer of 2015) that helped inspire me to expand my voice as an artist and activist. Having the opportunity to work in two August Wilson plays, Jitney & Seven Guitars, helped influence my inspiration to mix arts with activism which later led to the immeasurable opportunity to work with Anna Deavere Smith on her HBO special, Notes From The Field.
I am a proud graduate from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts M.F.A Acting program (2020), and I spent six months training/performing at Shakespeare's Globe in London. While transitioning after my studies, I have had the opportunity to work in diverse communities as a Teaching Artist at MAST High School, RSAC and Greenville Stories with JCTC. I am excited and appreciative for the opportunity to do some meaningful work , and continue to lay a foundation for social justice through the arts. To help with this endeavor, I have taken on the responsibility as the new Associate Artistic Director of Jersey City Theater Center.
Representation
New York, NY
Height
5' 1"
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Brown