Ashley Victoria Benson (born December 18,1989) is an American actress, model, and singer who portrayed Mia Torcoletti on Eastwick. She's best-known as Hanna Marin in Pretty Little Liars.
Born and raised in Anaheim Hills, California to Shannon and Jeff Benson and has an older sister named Shaylene, a former Lakers Girl. She began competitive dancing at the age of 3 and also began singing in choirs by age four, and at age eight, she signed with Ford Models. She appeared in many print ads and commercials as a child.
Benson transitioned to acting in her teens in guest appearances in shows such as The District, The West Wing, Nikki (all 2002), Strong Medicine (2004) and played one of the Six Chicks in 13 Going on 30 (2004) and a year later, had a role in the short film Neighbors (2005), first gaining recognition for her role as Abigail Deveraux in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives. She would play the role from 2004-2007. Other early credits include as guest roles in 7th Heaven (2005), Zoey 101 (2005), The O.C (2006). Shortly after ending her contract with Days of Our Lives in May 2007, she portrayed Carson in the teen cheerleading comedy telefilm Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007) and portrayed head cheerleader Brooke Tippit in the Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008), as well as guest starred in Supernatural (2008), CSI: Miami (2008). Benson had a supporting role in Bart Got a Room (2009) and also starred in the fantasy-comedy drama series Eastwick (2009). In December 2009, Benson was cast as Hanna Marin in the teen mystery thriller Pretty Little Liars. In January 2010, when the show was picked up by ABC Family/Freeform and received positive feedback from the general public and gained popularity and ran for seven seasons and the series premiered to 2.47 million viewers with Benson's performance being praised by critics. She also received a number of awards and nominations and would reprise the role for the spinoff series Ravenswood. During her time filming Pretty Little Liars, she would star in films including as Caitlin Quinn in Christmas Cupid (2010), Spring Breakers (2012) as Brit, Ratter (2015) as Emma Taylor, Pixels (2015) as Lady Lisa, Elvis & Nixon (2016) as Margaret, Chronically Metropolitan (2016) as Jessie. After the conclusion of PLL, Benson would star in the drama film Her Smell (2018) as Roxie Rotten, the short film Ask Me If I Care (2018) as Alice. Other film projects include The Birthday Cake (2021) as Tracey, Private Property (2022) as Kathryn Carlyle, The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022) as Margot, Angry Neighbors (2022) as Amberson girl, Alone at Night (2023) as Vicky. More recently, Benson starred in the crime thriller Mob Land (2023) as Caroline Conners, and the American drama film McVeigh (2024) as Cindy.
She currently lives in Los Angeles with partner Brandon Davis and their daughter Aspen, born in February 2024