# Kirsten Prout

Kirsten Prout (born September 28, 1990) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her lead roles in the ABC Family television shows, portraying Amanda Bloom in Kyle XY and Char Chamberlin in The Lying Game. Her first sizable break in film came in 2005, when she was cast as Abby Miller, a lead role opposite Jennifer Garner in Elektra. In 2007, Prout was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series by the Young Artists Awards for Kyle XY. In 2010, Prout portrayed the vampire "Lucy" in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. She has guest starred in notable series including NCIS, Psych, Devious Maids, Ties That Bind and Dear White People. Prout is also known for her lead roles in the horror genre, as Alex Bell in the MTV film series My Super Psycho Sweet 16, Jewel McCaul in Joy Ride 3: Roadkill, and Sloane in the 2015 horror indie Even Lambs Have Teeth.

## Early life

Prout began her acting career at the age of ten after being cast in a commercial opposite NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky. Speaking about her desire to start acting, Kirsten recalled that it was the only way she thought she could turn being a Disney Princess into a career.
Prout graduated high school from Collingwood School in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, along with actors Alexander Ludwig and Mackenzie Davis.
An avid martial artist, Kirsten received a Black Belt in Taekwondo at the age of 13. That year, she was cast in Elektra, and performed her own stunts in the film.
After completing high school and the final season of Kyle XY, Prout attended McGill University, where she majored in English literature. In an interview with The Province, then 18-year-old Prout said of attending University:
   "I grew up on sets where I was treated like I was 25... In university you're in classes with incredibly intelligent people. You realize you're not an expert on everything."

## Career

At the age of 13, Prout made her feature film debut in a lead role as Abigail "Abby" Miller in the 2005 film Elektra. The film's Producer Gary Foster said of discovering Prout:
   "We did a big search... and frankly LA or New York, we thought we'd find somebody there. She came in and auditioned and we were blown away."
Prout has had lead roles or guest stars in 39 different film and television productions. Her most notable lead roles include Amanda Bloom in ABC Family's Kyle XY, Alex Bell in MTV's My Super Psycho Sweet 16 comedy-horror trilogy, and "Char Chamberlin" in ABC Family's The Lying Game. Her most notable guest stars include roles in Stargate SG-1, NCIS, Psych, Devious Maids, and Dear White People.

## Personal life

On October 13, 2017, Prout announced her engagement to television development executive Matt Zien. They were married on November 6, 2017.
In February 2023, Prout announced that she had become an American citizen.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Mindstorm | Young Tracy Wellman | |
| 2001 | De grot | Julie | Uncredited |
| 2005 | Elektra | Abigail "Abby" Miller | |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Lucy | |
| 2013 | No Clue | Reese | |
| 2014 | Joy Ride 3: Roadkill | Jewel McCaul | Direct-to-video film |
| 2015 | Even Lambs Have Teeth | Sloane | |
| 2020 | Captured | Nicole | Direct-to-video film; filmed in 2012 |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | The Linda McCartney Story | Stella | Television film |
| 2000 | First Wave | Emily | Episode: "Wednesday's Child" |
| 2000 | Once Upon a Christmas | Brittany Morgan | Television film |
| 2001 | Mysterious Ways | Lindsay Kasper | Episode: "Wonderful" |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Wendy | Episode: "The Doghouse / Still Life"; segment: "Still Life" |
| 2001 | The Wedding Dress | Stella Carver | Television film |
| 2001 | Twice Upon a Christmas | Brittany Morgan | Television film |
| 2002 | Jeremiah | Elayna | Episode: "The Touch" |
| 2002 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Katie | Episode: "The Doll" |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Susan Reed | Episode: "Here There Be Monsters" |
| 2003 | Stargate SG-1 | Nesa | Episode: "Birthright" |
| 2004 | The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess | Amanda Guess | Television film |
| 2005 | Cold Squad | Ashley | Episode: "The Filth" |
| 2006–2009 | Kyle XY | Amanda Bloom | Main role, 39 episodes |
| 2007 | Witness to Murder | Samantha Cooper | Television film |
| 2010 | Meteor Storm | Kara | Television film |
| 2010 | Locked Away | Taylin | Television film |
| 2010 | Seven Deadly Sins | Miranda Stevens | Television miniseries |
| 2010 | My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 | Alex Bell | Television film |
| 2011–2012 | The Lying Game | Charlotte "Char" Chamberlin | Main role, 12 episodes |
| 2012 | My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 | Alex Bell | Television film |
| 2012 | NCIS | Lydia Wade | Episode: "Gone" |
| 2013 | Psych | Zola | Episode: "Cirque du Soul" |
| 2013 | Devious Maids | Allison | Episode: "Taking Out the Trash" |
| 2013 | Social Nightmare | Catherine Hardy | Television film |
| 2015 | My Life as a Dead Girl | Chelsea White | Television film |
| 2015 | The Wrong Girl | Michelle Foley | Television film |
| 2015 | Ties That Bind | Chelsea Boyd | Episode: "The Whole Picture" |
| 2017 | Dear White People | Emily | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Woman of the House | Sara Weiss | Television film |
| 2017 | The Christmas Train | Julie | Television film |

### Music videos

* "Starlight" (2010) by The Framework, as Juliette