Paton Ashbrook
Today
Paton Ashbrook is an actress, singer, and writer bouncing back and forth between Los Angeles and New York City.
While primarily pursuing an acting career, Paton also sings and plays guitar, and is starting to write her own music. Writing has always been something she's loved to do, and continues to write poetry, short stories, and scripts to this day; soon, she'll be finished with her first feature length screenplay. She recently just completed filming her short film, "In A Box" and the 1st episode of her webseries, "Mad Mission".
Growing Up
From an early age, Paton got the acting bug. Maybe it had to do with being raised around the business-- Her mother Daphne Ashbrook has been an actress for years and brought Paton on her first film set at the age of three. There was never a moment where she doubted that this was truly the life she wanted; what she was meant to do.
Then it got serious. Paton was performing and writing her own projects by the age of 10. Craving an intense conservatory-like environment, she applied and got accepted into the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts where she received advanced training in theatre and film-making, including Suzuki and Viewpoints, Commedia dell'arte, Musical Theatre, Stage Combat, Improvisation, Film as Art, Foreign Cinema, and much more.
For a long time, even with never having been there before, Paton wanted to be a trained New York City actor. Thus, upon graduating from LACHSA, she flew to New York and spent two more years within the walls of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, teaching her discipline, patience, and self-confidence.
Most of all, Paton has learned honesty from her mother.
"A lot of people think actors make good liars, but really, they have to be the most honest people in the world. It's their job."
-Daphne Ashbrook
