Ashley Michele Greene born February 21, 1987 is an American film and television actress, best known for playing Alice Cullen in the Twilight film series.

Ashley was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Michele, who works in insurance, and Joe Greene, a U.S. Marine who now owns his own concrete business. She grew up in Middleburg and Jacksonville, and went to University Christian School before transferring to Wolfson High School when she was in tenth grade. She moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. Ashley has one sibling, an older brother named Joe, who still resides in Jacksonville with his parents.

Ashley initially planned to become a model, but was told that she was not tall enough at 5'5" to be a runway model and should instead focus on commercials. After taking commercial and acting classes, she fell in love with acting and realized that she preferred it over modeling. She graduated from high school early at the age of 17 and moved to L.A. to pursue an acting career.