The UB Interview: Ashley Olivia Fisher Talks ‘Average Joe’

The new series “Average Joe” airs weekly until August 10th, with a new episode today on BET+.

Inspired by the life of creator Robb Cullen, “Average Joe” is a darkly comedic, intense one-hour drama set in “The Hill” district of Pittsburgh.

Blue-collar plumber, Joe Washington discovers his recently deceased father lived a secret second life and stole millions of dollars from dangerous people just before he died. Now those people think Joe knows where the money is.

A bloody and violent confrontation triggers a chain of events that force Joe and his close-knit circle of family and friends out of their very average and mundane lives into a life-or-death race against time to find the truth and the millions.

Cast includes; Deon Cole, Tammy Townsend, Malcolm Barrett, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Michael Trucco, Ashley Olivia Fisher and Pasha Lychnikoff.

Ashley Olivia Fisher is a NY actor born and raised in Queens. Ever since she was a child, acting was in her blood, creating scenarios with dolls and writing scripts with her sister and cousin to perform at family gatherings. She began acting lessons at age 11 and landed her first job at age 12 for Cap 21, portraying a young Madam CJ Walker.

She later auditioned for a coveted spot and graduated from the prestigious LaGuardia High School in NYC. Ashley appeared in the New York production of “I’M AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE,” co-directed by Eve Ensler and Rosario Dawson.

In 2012, she attended the “Creatives Minds in Cannes” at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, and trained at the Actors Studio and with Anthony Abeson at The Producers Club in NYC. Ashley has worked multiple commercial, print and modeling jobs as well.

Most recently, she won the Best Actress Award at the 202O LA Film Awards for the award winning pilot The System. Ashley, with her vibrant, bubbly and uplifting personality, embraces her Jamaican culture and has volunteered in Nairobi, Kenya.

Aries from UB, spoke to the talented Ashley Olivia Fisher about the new series “Average Joe.”

Ashley shares her experience working alongside TV icons Deon Cole and Tammy Townsend as their daughter, and the best part for her filming the series.

Plus she tells us what we all can take away from “Average Joe” and what’s her ideal role!