Ashlee Simpson-Wentz - singer, actress steps onto Melrose Place

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz                                           (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

No matter what people say, your fans are the ones that come to watch the movie or come to your shows and that`s the most important thing." - Simpson-Wentz

Ashlee Nicole Simpson-Wentz  is an American pop rock singer-songwriter, and actress. Simpson-Wentz, who is the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson, rose to prominence in mid-2004 through the success of her number-one debut album Autobiography and the accompanying reality series The Ashlee Simpson Show.

Simpson received widespread criticism when she used a pre-recorded vocal track on Saturday Night Live in October 2004.  But she had throat issues, thus the reason for using the track.  None-the-less "discussion" ensued.

Following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Simpson released a second number-one album, I Am Me, in October 2005. Her third album, Bittersweet World, was released in April 2008.

At a young age and already an accomplished dancer, Simpson began studying classical ballet at the age of three, and was admitted to the School of American Ballet in New York City at the age of eleven.

After her sister, Jessica Simpson, landed a record deal, the Simpson family decided to move to Los Angeles, California, where Ashlee began appearing in television commercials.

Simpson-Wentz (wife to musician Pete Wentz) occasionally appeared on Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, a reality show about the married life of Jessica and her then-husband Nick Lachey.

Simpson had a supporting role as an aspiring actress named Clea in Undiscovered, originally titled Wannabe, an independent film that was released in theaters in August 2005.

Simpson's performance was met with acceptable reviews, the film itself was trashed by critics and placed outside of the top ten in its opening weekend. 

Simpson began appearing in commercials for Canadian retailer Zellers to promote their independent clothing line, Request, in mid-2008.

Simpson is scheduled for a television return in the acting role of Violet Foster in Melrose Place, the CW's revamp of the '90s series Melrose Place.

 I`ve always loved rock music. I went to ballet school and had orange hair. I`ve always been out there." Simpson-Wentz