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Someone Like You... (2001): $4,000,000
Eye of the Beholder (1999): $1,000,000
Kiss the Girls (1997): $450,000

Turned down a larger role in Kuffs (1992) because she was asked to do nude scenes. She responded, "My mother worked too hard for me to take my clothes off in my first movie." She attended 12 schools in 13 years before college. She was a sister of the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Kentucky, where she majored in French and minored in cultural anthropology, art history, theater, and women's studies. She left a few credits shy of graduating in 1990, when she decided to drive cross-country to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. Her father, Michael Ciminella, a marketing specialist in the horseracing industry, divorced Naomi Judd in 1972. Known to be a avid fan of the University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, once not showering because she felt it would jinx them. For a cheerleading scene in her movie Someone Like You... (2001), she uses the Wildcats' cheerleaders' cheer routine, and thanks them in the credits. Dated Matthew McConaughey Was named after Ashland, Kentucky, and is an eighth-generation Kentuckian Is fluent in French. She had a role in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994), but it was left on the cutting room floor. Fractured her right ankle when she was thrown from a horse's saddle in Franklin, Tennessee. She was hospitalized for two days. [23 November 1993] A self-proclaimed feminist Ranked #20 in FHM Magazine's 100 "Sexiest Women in the World." (2002) Measurements: 34B-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Modeled her "This is What a Feminist Looks Like" t-shirt for the Ms. Foundation and Ms. Online (ms.magazine.com), as have Whoopi Goldberg, Camryn Manheim and Margaret Cho. Turned down the role of Catwoman in Catwoman (2004) so she could star as Maggie in 'Tennesse Williams'' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway. Her first screen kiss was with Wil Wheaton on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987). Drove from Memphis to L.A. at the age of 22 to begin her rise to fame. Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. (Her name was misspelled on the ballot as "Ashey Judd" by the way.) She was suggested in the Worst Actress category for her performance in the film Twisted (2004/I), she did not receive a nomination however. Is an enthusiast of the 'cockapoo' breed of dog (cross-bred cocker spaniels and poodles). Has a dog named 'Buttermilk' and a tabby named 'Buttercup'. Good friends with Salma Hayek and Joey Lauren Adams. Worldwide Spokesperson for Youth AIDS International. Though she only did two episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), her character was loved by fans. Her image even appears on the Star Trek book 'End Game' (Star Trek New Frontier, No 4) by Peter David. Presented all the clues on the 'The World AIDS Crisis' category on the 12/2/2005 episode of the "Jeopardy!" (1984) TV show. Named #77 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006). Her husband, Indy car racer Dario Franchitti, won the 2007 Indianapolis 500, the 66th winner of the race, in the #27 Canadian Club car for Andretti Green Racing in the Indy Racing League. Franchitti is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the "Not My Job" contestant for October 9, 2009 on the National Public Radio program "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!".