Ashlee Nicole Simpson-Wentz (born October 3, 1984 in Waco, Texas) is an American
pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Simpson-Wentz, who is the younger sister of pop singer
Jessica Simpson, rose to prominence in mid-2004 through the success of her number-one debut album
Autobiography and the accompanying reality series The Ashlee Simpson Show. Simpson received widespread criticism when she used a pre-recorded vocal track on Saturday Night Live in October 2004. Following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Simpson released a second number-one album,
I Am Me, in October 2005.