Ashlyn Sanchez became interested in acting since she viewed
The Lion King on Broadway. She then was in commercials for Cannon, GMC, Life Cereal, McDonald's, MCI and Comedy Central. In 2004, she played Lara in the Oscar award winning movie
Crash. According to critics, Ashlyn was "the heart and soul" of the movie. In 2005, she guest starred on
Alias and
CSI. In 2006, she was in the movies
Marrying God,
Kill Your Darlings, and
Vanished. She had a recurring role on
The West Wing. In 2007, she was in the film
Universal Signs and the
… More television show Elena Delgado. In 2008, she is to be in the film The Happening.