Ashton Swinford

Ashton Swinford is a Chicago-based actress, comedian, producer, and writer who trained at the Stella Adler Studio in New York and graduated from Second City's Improv and Musical Improv Conservatory Programs. Her on-camera credits include FOX's New Girl opposite Zooey Deschanel and NBC's Chicago P.D. She wrote, produced, and starred in the media literacy web series Miss Information, which was featured by the United Nations for International Media Literacy Week. Ashton is currently the writer and creator of Wizdom, a sci-fi anti-hero drama in which she stars as Eos, a professional thief — a project being produced at Cinespace Chicago. This branding portrait by Michael Schacht — soft studio light, auburn curls, seated confidence — captures the creative energy of someone who writes the roles she wants to play and then produces them herself.