# Whitney Able

Whitney Nees Able (born June 2, 1982) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) and Monsters (2010), and has been featured in Maxim magazine.

## Early life

Whitney Able was born in Houston, Texas. She has two brothers. She has lived in Spain and Mexico and is fond of the Spanish language.

## Career

Able's acting career started with a role in the low-budget film Age of Kali in 2005. She then portrayed Eve in the film Dead Lenny, which was released direct-to-DVD in 2006. She then gained a role in the pilot of the TV show Secrets of a Small Town; however the show was not picked up by American Broadcasting Company. She also had a role on the ABC show Rodney.
Able's breakout role was in the 2006 horror film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, portraying the bitchy but also sympathetic cheerleader Chloe. The film co-starred Amber Heard and received mixed reviews from critics. Able then appeared in guest roles in television series including CSI: New York, Cold Case. Her next film role came in Emmanuelle Vaugier's horror vehicle Unearthed, in which she plays Ally. The film was one of the 8 films to die for at horrorfest and received poor reviews from critics. She also starred in the direct-to-DVD releases Love and Mary and Remarkable Power.
Able appeared in a number of independent films before landing the leading role in the 2010 film Monsters, a low-budget sci-fi horror film. The movie was critically praised. In the same year, she had a role in Tales of an Ancient Empire. She ranked #83 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list. In 2015, she starred in the independent feature-length thriller Dark, directed by Nick Basile.
In 2021, Able starred in We Won't Forget, a short film directed by Edgar Morais and Lucas Elliot Eberl and co-written by Able and both directors that had its world premiere in competition at Palm Springs International ShortFest. Whitney stars in the film as a woman whose frustrations boil to the surface while hosting a party for her friends, culminating in a public freakout that turns into collective hysteria.

## Personal life

Able married actor Scoot McNairy in June 2010. They have two children. On November 19, 2019, Able announced that they had divorced.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Age of Kali | Sabrina | |
| 2006 | Dead Lenny | Eve | |
| 2006 | All the Boys Love Mandy Lane | Chloe | |
| 2007 | Love and Mary | Lucy | |
| 2007 | Unearthed | Ally | |
| 2008 | Remarkable Power | Candy | |
| 2009 | Mercy | Heather | |
| 2010 | Tough Trade | Carmen | Television film |
| 2010 | Everything Will Happen Before You Die | Jasmine | |
| 2010 | More Things Change | Robyn | |
| 2010 | The Man That I Was | Rachel | |
| 2010 | Monsters | Samantha Wynden | |
| 2010 | Tales of an Ancient Empire | Xia | |
| 2010 | Pound of Flesh | Rachel Fry | |
| 2010 | The Kane Files: Life of Trial | Anna Kane | |
| 2010 | Black Hole | Eliza | Short film |
| 2011 | Literally, Right Before Aaron | Girl from Vermont | Short film |
| 2011 | Bad Actress | Rebecca Pillage | |
| 2011 | Annabel | Annabel | Short film |
| 2012 | Free Samples | Dana | |
| 2013 | Straight A's | Fran | |
| 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | Denise | |
| 2014 | Man Without a Head | Girl #4 | |
| 2014 | Fluidic | Fave | |
| 2015 | Dark | Kate | |
| 2015 | Ava's Possessions | Jillian | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Secrets of a Small Town | Meredith | Unsold television pilot |
| 2006 | Rodney | Physical Education Major | Episode: "Where the Rubber Meets the Road" |
| 2007 | CSI: NY | Rita Steinway | Episode: "Obsession" |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Rainey Karlsen (1997) | Episode: "Stand Up and Holler" |
| 2010 | Nikita | Hanna Cushko | Episode: "2.0" |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Penny Hanley | Episode: "Reflection of Desire" |
| 2017 | Godless | Anna McNue | 2 episodes |