Bridgit Mendler Joins Nashville Season 5 in Recurring Role

Bridgit Mendler is heading back to TV!

The 23-year-old actress and singer will be starring on Nashville in the upcoming season on CMT, as Ashley Wilkenson.

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Ashley is described as “very pretty and sexy and an internet sensation, with 30 million views, about to record her first album. Self-assured, stubborn, she is extremely talented. But underneath her certainty is a well of vulnerability.”

Nashville will return with a special two-hour premiere on Thursday, January 5th at 9pm ET/PT on CMT.