Ashlee Nicole Wentz, better known by her former stage name
Ashlee Simpson and now professionally known as
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz (born October 3, 1984 as
Ashley Nicole Simpson), is an American
pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional
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
début 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. 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.
Early life
Simpson was born in
Waco, Texas,
[State of Texas. Texas Birth Index (1903 - 1997). Texas Department of State Health Services. Lists daughters of Joe Truett Simpson as Jessica Ann (born July 10, 1980, Taylor County, Texas) and Ashley Nicole (born October 3, 1984, McLennan County, Texas).] and raised in
Richardson, Texas. She is the daughter of
Joe Truett Simpson (a former
Baptist youth minister who is now her
manager) and Tina Ann Drew.
