Ashlee Keating — Exclusive Portraits

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September 30, 2019 4:21PM EDT

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Ashlee Keating — Pics

Ashlee Keating — Pics — Hit up the club and what do you hear? It’s likely Ashlee Keating. The Southern New Jersey native is an actress, songwriter, dancer, model and rising pop dance singer. Her love of performing came early. She started off her career at four-years-old, appearing in a local production of Annie. From there, she pursued a life on the stage, landing roles in The Sound Of Music and, in 2003-04, the lead in a record-breaking Philadelphia production of Annie. From there, she turned to television, appearing on iCarly and Victorious. She was selected as a Radio Disney up-and-coming arits and was part of the Incubator Program, which gave her music a platform on Radio Disney. The opportunity also afforded her a chance to open for such stars like Raven Symone, Keke Palmer and Demi Lovato. As she continued to act, Ashlee followed her love of music, releasing tracks that topped the Billboard Dance/Club Play charts.

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Ashlee Keating Poses At PMC Studios In 2019

Ashlee Keating Poses At PMC Studios In 2019 — “While I’m always changing and evolving, [dance music] kind of goes with my mood of how I’m feeling when I’m in the studio. I never want it to be like not authentic to who I am,” she told HollywoodLife in 2019. “But it’s always going to be pop because I love pop.”

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Ashlee Keating Smiles

Ashlee Keating Smiles — “I have a lot of collaborations that I want to make happen, one being Cardi B because I feel like our vibe and our energy would be super cool.”

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Ashlee Keating Can Be Serious

Ashlee Keating Can Be Serious — “With the streaming services, I think it’s really cool how you can kind of get out there on your own. You just really gotta hustle hard.”

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Ashlee Keating Just Looks Happy

Ashlee Keating Just Looks Happy — “My advice to everyone too is just to never give up and just keep working hard. And I feel like a lot of artists and people that I’ve talked to all say the same thing, you know? It’s very hard, but you just got to keep pushing.”

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Ashlee Keating Ponders

Ashlee Keating Ponders — “When you’re on set, you do multiple takes, but when you’re performing on a stage live in front of thousands of people, you got to make that happen even if there’s like a sound problem or something. You just kind of got to go with it.”

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Ashlee Keating Is A Badass

Ashlee Keating Is A Badass — “My therapy is my writing. And I wrote Bad Mistake and it’s an uptempo, empowering pop dance song, you know, has some like swag elements to it.”

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