Ashlie Atkinson was born and raised in Little Rock and graduated from Pulaski Academy, Hendrix College and New York's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

A 2004 Theatre World Award winner for her New York theatre debut, she has  since amassed a pile of over 100 credits spread between film (BlacKkKlansman, Wolf Of Wall Street, Bridge Of Spies, Inside Man, Compliance, Juanita), TV (Mr. Robot, And Just Like That, American Crime Story: Impeachment, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Rescue Me, Crashing, Blue Bloods, Bull), and theatre (Roundabout's "The Ritz" on Broadway; Yale Rep's "Imogen Says Nothing"; BAM / Old Vic London "The Tempest / As You Like It," directed by Sam Mendes; SecondStage "Butcher of Baraboo," directed by Judith Ivey).

She is also a writer and director, and a member of the industry activist collective Room Tone. She plays X-Man Kitty Pryde in Marvel's brand-new audiodrama Wastelanders : Wolverine and just wrapped her second season as 1880s New York high society "fun-maker" Mamie Fish on HBOs The Gilded Age. She is currently filming the latest season of American Horror Story.