Ashley Leggat

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Leggat traces her Scottish and Irish ancestry through her mother's side. At age 12, she began theatrical training with Theatre Aquarius's Performing Arts Program under Lou Zamprogna, and that same year she made her professional debut as Marta in The Sound of Music. Her early theater work includes performances in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Cinderella, Anne of Green Gables, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, Jekyll & Hyde, and The Wizard of Oz, plus a turn as Clara in The Nutcracker at the Hamilton Place Theatre.

Leggat's screen career took off in the early 2000s. She appeared in the Disney feature Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen as Marcia, alongside Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox, and starred as lead Kat Adams in Ace Lightning. She also held recurring roles on I Was a Sixth Grade Alien and In a Heartbeat, and appeared in numerous TV movies, including A Very Married Christmas, What Girls Learn, and The Music Man. In 2005, she was cast in Life with Derek, which ran for four seasons, and later reprised her role in the 2010 movie Vacation with Derek. She starred as Baby in the Toronto production of Dirty Dancing in 2008, and in 2010 she played the antagonist Tiffany in Made... The Movie. She also starred in the Lifetime movie The Perfect Roommate and the independent film People Hold On, directed by her Life with Derek co-star Michael Seater.

Outside of acting, Leggat is a supporter of Count Me In, a youth volunteerism movement, which she helped host conferences for in 2012 and 2014. In 2011, she married longtime boyfriend and hockey player Jeremy Williams; they have three daughters, born in 2017, 2019, and 2022. She has four older brothers and remains close friends with Michael Seater. As of 2026, she has a slim build, blonde hair, and blue eyes, and is 39 years old.