Ashlee Simpson (born October 3, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. The younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson, she rose to prominence in the latter’s MTV reality show, and starred in her own spin-off The Ashlee Simpson Show which followed her creating her debut album, Autobiography, with the media noting her “punk-rock” image as a contrast to her sister. The album was released after the show’s first season in 2004 and became a big success, debuting at number one on the US albums chart being certified Triple Platinum. Following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Ashlee released her second Platinum number-one album, I Am Me (2005). Ashlee assumed creative control over her less successful but well-received third album, Bittersweet World (2008), which differed from the pop-rock music of her previous efforts and featured a dance-pop, 1980s themed sound. In following years, she focused more on her acting career, scoring television and theatre roles while also starting her own family. In 2016, Simpson revealed she was working on new music with her husband Evan Ross and, in late 2018, they begun releasing music as a duo and called the project ASHLEE + EVAN.