About the artist
Ashley Johnson is an American actress and singer whose career spans decades of television, film and video games. Born August 9, 1983, she began performing as a child and became widely recognized for her role as Chrissy Seaver on the sitcom «Growing Pains». As an adult she built a parallel career in voice acting, becoming a familiar presence in animation and video games, including voicing Terra in «Teen Titans Go!» and Patterson in the series «Blindspot».
Johnson is perhaps best known to a global audience for her portrayal of Ellie in the video game «The Last of Us» and its sequel, a performance praised for its emotional depth and motion-capture work. While primarily recognized as an actress, she has also lent her voice to musical performances tied to the game, most notably a haunting rendition of «Through the Valley», written for «The Last of Us Part II» and later adapted for the HBO television series.
Her musical output is intimate and sparse, closer to folk and Americana than mainstream pop, featuring stripped-down covers such as «Wayfaring Stranger» and «The House of the Rising Sun» alongside a cover of a-ha's «Take On Me». These recordings showcase a quiet, atmospheric vocal style that complements her work as a narrative performer, blurring the line between acting and singing in service of storytelling.