Ashley Monique Clark (born December 1, 1988)[2] is an American actress best known for her role as Sydney Hughley (D. L. Hughley's TV daughter) on the ABC and UPN television sitcom, The Hughleys.[3] She has received two NAACP Image Award nominations throughout her career and won a Young Artist Award in 1999.
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.[4]
In 1998, she was cast as Sydney Hughley, the daughter of D. L. Hughley's character,[5] in sitcom The Hughleys.[6] 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.[7][8] Clark also won the Young Artist Award in 1999 for best performance in a TV comedy series (supporting young actress).[9]
Shortly after The Hughleys ended in 2002, with a total of four seasons and 89 episodes, Clark appeared in Zoey 101 and Still Standing.[6] She also had a supporting role in the movie Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003) as Aretha Johnson,[10] in addition to a recurring role on The Bernie Mac Show as Teri, one of Vanessa's friends, from 2003 to 2006.[6] She has also appeared on Hollywood Squares. Clark portrayed Kee Kee in the action film Domino (2005).[11]
