Personal details
- Birth Date: 1987-02-21
- Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Birth Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Children: (1 child) Kingsley Rainnn Khoury
- Parents: Michele Greene (Tatum)
- Professions: Actress, Additional Crew
Ashley Greene, born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, is the kind of person who was probably climbing trees before she learned to walk. Her mom Michele handled insurance, her dad Joseph was a Marine turned concrete business guy, and Ashley? She was just trying to keep up with her older brother, Joe—taekwondo, trophies, the works. She apparently wasn’t allowed to spar with the girls in class because she’d just wipe the floor with them. Once, she actually managed to bloody up a boy’s nose and lip. Tough crowd. Teenage Ashley had a rough time, though, hanging out with girls she thought were older and prettier, dealing with all the usual self-esteem junk. She calls herself a “hot mess” back then. Her mom, probably hoping for a miracle, tossed her into modeling classes. It helped her confidence, but then she got smacked with the classic “too short to model” line. For a second, she thought about law—seriously, she convinced her parents to let her transfer schools just for a shot at a law and psych program. But acting snagged her heart. After taking a commercial class, she found her real lane. Her parents, the MVPs here, let her graduate early and take off for LA at seventeen. She hustled for years, picking up bit parts on random TV shows and indie flicks. Then came Twilight—she tried for Bella, didn’t work out, but nailed Alice Cullen after a million auditions. Fame hit fast, but she says fans see her more like a buddy than a starlet. Outside of Twilight, she’s aiming for superhero gigs—maybe even Wonder Woman someday.
Ashley always dreamed of owning the runway, but the fashion world slammed the door in her face—too short, they said, like that’s the only thing that matters. So, there she was, left with the classic “Plan B” that everyone and their mom suggests: acting. It’s not like she had a burning passion for the stage at first; it just seemed like the next logical move after the modeling gig fizzled out. Still, she gave it a shot, trading in her high heels for auditions and headshots, hoping this new path might actually let her shine. The funny thing is, all those rejections in modeling kind of toughened her up, so the acting world’s endless “No’s” didn’t hit as hard. Ashley just kept grinding, getting back up every time someone tried to box her into a category she never signed up for. Turns out, sometimes the thing you never planned for ends up being the real story.
So, I grew up bouncing between Middleburg and Jacksonville, which honestly are two pretty different vibes. Started out at University Christian School—yeah, the uniforms, the chapel, the whole thing. Thought that was gonna be my life, but nope, come tenth grade, I switched over to Wolfson High. Talk about a culture shock, man. Suddenly, I’m surrounded by all these new faces, way more diversity, and let’s be real, the cafeteria food was a whole new level of questionable. It wasn’t just about switching schools, though. It felt like jumping into a whole different world where I had to figure out who I was again. New teachers, new friends—some cool, some... not so much. But honestly, looking back, those weird, awkward transitions? They kinda made me who I am now. Wouldn’t trade that chaos for anything. Well, maybe for better school lunches, but you get what I mean.
February 21, 1987
5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Yes, Kingsley Rainnn Khoury
Michele Greene (Tatum) and Surekha
38 years old