Shannon and Jeff Benson welcomed Benson into the world on December 18, 1989, in Anaheim Hills, California. Shaylene is her elder sister.

Benson made her big-screen debut in the 2004 comedy 13 Going on 30 with a small role. Bring It On: In It to Win It, the fourth entry in the Bring It On series, featured her as Carson.

In order to fulfill the part, she had to let go of her contract with Days of our Lives and get over her phobia of heights.

She described working on a film set as “certainly odd” compared to a soap opera set because she would spend days working on one or two scenes while filming two or three episodes a day on Days of Our Lives.

She had to go to cheerleading practice for Bring It On: In It to Win It, which was “challenging for [her] because [she is] frightened of heights.” [

Ashley Benson children: Does Ashley Benson have kids?

She has no kids of her own at the moment.