Ashley Gardner is an actress who, among other things, worked on King of the Hill as the voice of Nancy Gribble, Reverend Karen Stroup of the Arlen First Methodist Church, and Didi Hill. A product of New York and regional theatres, Ashley Gardner earned her bachelor's degree from the North Carolina School of the Arts before heading north to begin her career. Appearances in the Delaware Theatre Company's production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and the Pioneer Theatre production of "Of Mice and Men" led to Off-Broadway. There, Gardner appeared in "Come, September," "The Prettiest Girl in Lafayette County," "Albert Teaches Zelda" and "Cherokee County," then moved to Broadway for the role of Jackie in "Hay Fever" at the Music Box.
King of the Hill[]
Besides Nancy Gribble, Reverend Stroup and Didi Hill, Gardner has voiced various characters in the series, including the following:
- Joan (in "Peggy the Boggle Champ")
- Chiffon (in "The Company Man")
- Nurse Jennings (Seasons 2 and 5)
- Cathy Shears (in "Peggy's Pageant Fever")
- Ms. Ayres (in "To Spank, with Love")
- Blond Stik-Tek employee (in "The Exterminator")
- Mrs. Chapman (in "Board Games")
- Mrs. Soto (in "Ho Yeah!")
- Unnamed Instructor (in "Bobby Goes Nuts")
- Sunny Edmunds (in "The Fat and the Furious")
- Candi (Seasons 11 and 12)
- Heavyset house resident (in "Six Characters in Search of a House")