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Ashley Sugarman (born April 20, 1987) is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her YouTube series, "LOST at da Jersey Shore" where she portrays Snooki in a mash up of the shows Jersey Shore and LOST. She is currently starring in an epsiode of the webseries "Miss Casting" as well as being a guest on the The John Kerwin Show featuring up and coming actors in Los Angeles.

[edit] Dance Career Ashley started dancing at the age of 3 and was a professional back up dancer for the singer Alex Jasin from 2000-2009. She toured with him nationally and internationally, opening up for such artists as Corbin Bleu and Aly & AJ. She performed at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, The Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and the Breezes Resort in Curacao and Jamaica.

Most notably, she danced for Michael Jackson at a private party in Miami. Alex Jasin was asked to sing and Ashley as well as her sister Brittny Sugarman were back up dancers.

[edit] Acting Career Ashley went to college in NYC at The Fashion Institute of Technology where she studied Marketing and Public Relations. She used her degree to help land an internship at Barden/Schnee casting to get a feel of the entertainment industry. She took acting classes throughout her 5 years living in New York and performed in plays such as Spoon River Anthology and Hurley Burley. She took scene study classes, improv and dance classes.

In January 2010, she moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her career in film and television. Immediatley, she landed two starring roles in webseries. "LOST at da Jersey Shore" has been getting lots of press since Snooki and Pauly D have been constantly tweeting about how the series is their favorite.

Currently, Ashley is writing and performing sketch comedy at Improv Olympic in Hollywood, CA with her group 3rd City.