Ashleigh Rubenach

Musical theatre Leading Lady Ashleigh Rubenach was born and raised in Sydney and is a graduate of the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She most recently starred as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Australian premiere of Back To The Future: The Musical for Crossroads Live. Prior to that, Ashleigh toured Australia, Singapore, China and Taiwan as Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard for Opera Australia and GWB Productions, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Sydney Theatre Awards.

Ashleigh starred as Nancy in the Australian premiere of Groundhog Day at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne for GWB Productions, Johanna in Sweeney Todd at the Sydney Opera House (Victorian Opera), Milo Davenport in the Broadway-hit musical An American In Paris (GWB/Australian Ballet), and was much-lauded for her performance as Billie Bendix in the classic Gershwin musical Nice Work If You Can Get It (Hayes Theatre Company). One of her most notable accomplishments came with the role of Allison in Cry-Baby (Hayes Theatre Company) with her exceptional performance earning her the Best Female Actor award at the Sydney Theatre Awards. Other theatre credits include Muriel’s Wedding (Global Creatures), Anything Goes and My Fair Lady (GFO/Opera Australia), Funny Girl (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) and The Sound of Music (GFO).

On screen Ashleigh has appeared as Lissa on Home and Away.