Aya Cash began her acting career on stage until she built up a repertoire strong enough to bring her to the big screen. But even after she breaks on the big screen, the actress continued to appear in several off-Broadway productions.
The actress has starred in films like Spellbound, Off Jackson Avenue, Sleepwalk with Me, and Mary Goes Round. Cash’s television film engagements include productions such as In Men We Trust, Brotherhood, The Newsroom, and American Dad! Her biggest project came when she joined the cast of the FX Network series You’re The Worst in 2014. She was praised by fans and critics alike for her role in the series.
Aya Cash Bio, Age
The actress was born on July 13, 1982, as Aya Rachel Cash in San Francisco, California. She may not have got her acting genes from her parents or anyone else in her gene pool, but she was born to two creative people. Her mother, Kim Addonizio, who is Catholic, is both a poet and a writer. Her father, Eugene Cash, whose family is Jewish, earns his living as a Buddhist teacher. Aya also comes from the sports kingdom; her maternal grandparents are Bob Addie, who is a sports journalist, and Pauline Betz, who won Wimbledon in 1946.
In recognition of her acting talent, Cash studied at the San Francisco School of Arts. After her time there she spent some time at the Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program at the University of Minnesota. At both institutions and afterward the actress recorded some stage credits. These included the 2014 off-Broadway production of Trudy And Max In Love, written by playwright Zoe Kazan.
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Television and Movie Roles
The actress debuted on the big screen in 2006 when she appeared as Janine Lesko in an episode of Law & Order. In the same year, she appeared as Lori in an episode of the sister series of the series, Law & Order: Criminal Intentions. Until the end of 2009, Aya appeared in television shows and films such as In Men We Trust (2006), Spellbound (2007), Off Jackson Avenue (2008), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009), and The Bits in Between (2009).
Her biggest role to date came when she joined the cast of the television series Traffic Lights in 2011. She played the character, Callie, in 13 episodes of the series. She also had another recurring role two years later in The Newsroom and We Are Men. In 2013 she was cast alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, and Margot Robbie on the set of the infamous The Wolf of Wall Street. She played a supporting role as Janet, the assistant to the main character Jordan Belfort, played by the man from Titanic.
In 2014 Aya Cash became part of the You’re the Worst family in the role of Gretchen Cutler. This became her longest project in which she usurped the traffic lights. By the end of 2017, the graduate of the San Francisco School of Arts was featured in 49 episodes of the series. In 2015 Aya was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actress in the Comedy Series category.
From 2015 to 2018 Aya Cash has done much more work on many series and films. She was Vanessa and Amber Audrey in one episode each of Modern Family and The Good Wife. She has also appeared in American Dad!, 10 Crosby, Loitering with Intention, Big Brother Volcano, and Brand New Old Love.
Aya Cash Husband
Born in San Francisco, he is married to Josh Alexander. The couple went to the altar in 2012. Aya and her husband work in the same industry, Josh works as an actor, producer, and writer. Josh, who is a twin brother, completed high school at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, and then moved on to Vassar College.
Josh Alexander is known for his role in films such as Contestant, Hey Joel, My Best Friend’s Girl, Law & Order, and Vamperifica. He has also written and produced documentaries such as Pretty Old, Southern Rites, The Reagan Show, I’m Leaving Now, and Prescription Thugs, where he was a writer and co-director.
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Her Height and Other Interesting Facts
- The actress stands at a dainty height of 154.9 cm (5 feet 1 inch).
- Aya Cash, who is of Jewish descent, tattooed a falcon on her back because she was told her first name meant “falcon” in Hebrew. Years later she found out that it actually means “honey buzzard”.
- Cash appeared on Law & Order a year before her husband joined the show as an actor.
- She also worked with Josh on The Bits in Between three years before her wedding. Josh played the role of Griffin Klein, while Aya played Suzy.
- In 2015 the actress was praised by the A.V. Club. The online publication described her performance in You’re the Worst as “the best performance of 2015”.
