Cindy Busby (born March 18, 1983) is a Canadian actress. She is best
known for her role as Ashley Stanton on Heartland.Born and raised in
Montreal, Quebec, Busby always dreamed of becoming an actress. From
the time she was a child, she loved performing for an audience and
throughout her elementary school and high school years, she devoted
herself to every theater school production. Upon graduating from high
school, Busby was accepted into the Professional Theater Program at
Dawson College in Montreal and was admitted from among hundreds of
applicants.Starting out in theater, in 2005, she crossed into
television and film and was given her first lead in the story of the
Canadian medical hero Norman Bethune in the television series Bethune,
which filmed in rural China for two and a half months and attracted
several million viewers. In 2006, Busby played a supporting lead in
the Lifetime original film A Life Interrupted opposite Lea Thompson
and also landed a series regular role on the series Heartland when she
was cast as Ashley Stanton, a rich, self-righteous, competitive
horseback rider. The series has been nominated for several Gemini
Awards as well as winning a Director's Guild of Canada prize and
became one of the most popular shows on Canadian television.In 2008
and 2009, Busby first landed the lead antagonist in the film Picture
This alongside Ashley Tisdale, Shenae Grimes, and Kevin Pollak and
appeared on the hit CW series The Vampire Diaries. In 2011, she
appeared on the big screen in Fox 2000 Pictures' The Big Year, in
which she was seen opposite Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson.
known for her role as Ashley Stanton on Heartland.Born and raised in
Montreal, Quebec, Busby always dreamed of becoming an actress. From
the time she was a child, she loved performing for an audience and
throughout her elementary school and high school years, she devoted
herself to every theater school production. Upon graduating from high
school, Busby was accepted into the Professional Theater Program at
Dawson College in Montreal and was admitted from among hundreds of
applicants.Starting out in theater, in 2005, she crossed into
television and film and was given her first lead in the story of the
Canadian medical hero Norman Bethune in the television series Bethune,
which filmed in rural China for two and a half months and attracted
several million viewers. In 2006, Busby played a supporting lead in
the Lifetime original film A Life Interrupted opposite Lea Thompson
and also landed a series regular role on the series Heartland when she
was cast as Ashley Stanton, a rich, self-righteous, competitive
horseback rider. The series has been nominated for several Gemini
Awards as well as winning a Director's Guild of Canada prize and
became one of the most popular shows on Canadian television.In 2008
and 2009, Busby first landed the lead antagonist in the film Picture
This alongside Ashley Tisdale, Shenae Grimes, and Kevin Pollak and
appeared on the hit CW series The Vampire Diaries. In 2011, she
appeared on the big screen in Fox 2000 Pictures' The Big Year, in
which she was seen opposite Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson.
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