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Ashley Judd was born in Granada Hills, California. She is an American actress and political activist. While she is best known for an ongoing acting career spanning more than two decades, she has increasingly become involved in global humanitarian efforts and political activism. Judd has had leading roles in such films as Ruby in Paradise, Norma Jean & Marilyn, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, Where the Heart Is, High Crimes Dolphin Tale, Divergent, and Dolphin Tale 2. She starred as Rebecca Winstone in the 2012 television series Missing, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. In 2010, she received a Mid-Career master's degree in public administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, a one-year degree rather than the two-year MPA. She briefly tried modeling in Japan during a school break. Judd was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky on May 9, 2009.