Ashley Darby is an entrepreneur with a passion for hospitality, philanthropy, and holistic health. As a Maryland native with a spicy personality, Ashley has been instilled with tenacity and an unmatched drive to succeed. The oldest child in her family, Ashley grew up juggling multiple jobs to help support her single mom and younger siblings. When she turned 18, she attended the University of Maryland and bartended on the side to keep both herself and her family financially stable. While bartending, Ashley was scouted by the Miss District of Columbia Pageant and went on to take the crown in 2011.
Soon thereafter, Ashley met Michael Darby, an Australian real estate millionaire who's 29 years her senior. Sparks flew and Ashley was introduced to a world she never knew existed. Ashley and Michael were married and became the proud parents of Dean Michael in 2019 and Dylan Matthew in 2021. While the two shared eight years together, they officially separated in 2022.
Ashley is a certified yoga instructor and advocates that balance is about inner peace and outer physicality. Although she's having the time of her life, Ashley is working on how to balance love, family, business and motherhood.
Appearances
The Real Housewives of Potomac
Main cast, played by Ashley Darby
- Episode 1x01: Mind Your Manners (Jan 17, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Divas, Queens and Bubalas (Jan 24, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: What a Little Whiskey Can Do (Jan 31, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Desperately Seeking Marriage (Feb 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Error on the High Seas (Feb 21, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Beach Session (Mar 6, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: Reading Is Fundamental (Mar 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: All Shades of Shade (Mar 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: Fifty Sense (Mar 27, 2016)
- Episode 1x10: Rules of Enragement (Apr 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x11: Reunion Part 1 (Apr 10, 2016)
- Episode 1x12: Reunion Part 2 (Apr 17, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Don't Let the Zip Code Fool Ya (Apr 2, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: All Tea, All Shade (Apr 9, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: Hold Your Horses (Apr 16, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Mother Knows Best (Apr 23, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Kick the Trick Out (Apr 30, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: Messy Games (May 7, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: Over the River and Thru the Woods (May 21, 2017)
- Episode 2x08: War of the Darbys (May 28, 2017)
- Episode 2x09: A Host of Issues (Jun 4, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: Welcome to the Bermuda Triangle (Jun 11, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: The Grand Dame Sham (Jun 18, 2017)
- Episode 2x12: Home Is Where the Truth Is (Jul 2, 2017)
- Episode 2x13: Reunion Part 1 (Jul 9, 2017)
- Episode 2x14: Reunion Part 2 (Jul 16, 2017)
- Episode 3x01: You Gotta Make Millions to Owe Millions (Apr 1, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: Meet the Press (Apr 8, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: Meme Your Own Business (Apr 15, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: First Ladies and Second Chances (Apr 22, 2018)
- Episode 3x05: Shade in a Bubble (Apr 29, 2018)
- Episode 3x06: I Came From Jesus (May 6, 2018)
- Episode 3x07: Blue Skies and Blue Eyes (May 13, 2018)
- Episode 3x08: That's Scentertainment (May 20, 2018)
- Episode 3x09: A Happy Medium (May 27, 2018)
- Episode 3x10: RSVPlease! (Jun 3, 2018)
- Episode 3x11: Ex's and Oh No's (Jun 10, 2018)
- Episode 3x12: Can't Hide from These Green Eyes (Jun 17, 2018)
- Episode 3x13: Mime Your Own Business (Jul 1, 2018)
- Episode 3x14: Cannes We All Just Get Along (Jul 8, 2018)
- Episode 3x15: Turm-Oil in France (Jul 15, 2018)
- Episode 3x16: Au Revoir Drama (Jul 22, 2018)
- Episode 3x17: Hot Gossip, Cold Pizza (Jul 29, 2018)
- Episode 3x18: Unsolved Mystery (Aug 5, 2018)
- Episode 3x19: Reunion Part 1 (Aug 12, 2018)
- Episode 3x20: Reunion Part 2 (Aug 19, 2018)
- Episode 4x01: That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles (May 5, 2019)
- Episode 4x02: Here Comes the Bride (May 12, 2019)
- Episode 4x03: Hot Mike (May 19, 2019)
- Episode 4x04: The Wig Easy (May 26, 2019)
- Episode 4x05: The Big Easy Show Down (Jun 2, 2019)
- Episode 4x06: Boundaries, Bayous and Beignets (Jun 9, 2019)
- Episode 4x07: Salty Behavior (Jun 16, 2019)
- Episode 4x08: Sex, Lies and Butter Knives (Jun 30, 2019)
- Episode 4x09: Days of Our Knives (Jul 7, 2019)
- Episode 4x10: Showdown at the Hoedown (Jul 14, 2019)
- Episode 4x11: Can I Get a Witness? (Jul 21, 2019)
- Episode 4x12: Good Will Haunting (Jul 28, 2019)
- Episode 4x13: Opening Old Wounds (Aug 4, 2019)
- Episode 4x14: Open House and Closed Doors (Aug 11, 2019)
- Episode 4x15: Cayman We Get Along? (Aug 18, 2019)
- Episode 4x16: Trouble in Paradise (Aug 25, 2019)
- Episode 4x17: Unanswered Questions (Sep 1, 2019)
- Episode 4x18: Mom's the Word (Sep 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x19: Reunion Part 1 (Sep 15, 2019)
- Episode 4x20: Reunion Part 2 (Sep 22, 2019)
- Episode 4x21: Reunion Part 3 (Sep 29, 2019)
- Episode 8x01: Projections and Deflections (Nov 5, 2023)