Ashley Greene

**Ashley Michele Greene** (born February 21, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Alice Cullen in the Twilight Saga movies.

## Early life

Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida. Her mother is Michele Greene (née Tatum), who works in insurance, and Joe Greene, a former U.S. Marine who now owns a concrete business. She grew up in Middleburg and Jacksonville. She moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. Greene has an older brother named Joe.

## Career

At first, she planned to become a model. Her manager told her that she was not tall enough to be a fashion model and that she should act in commercials instead. After taking commercial and acting classes, she realized that she liked acting more than modeling. Greene graduated from high school early and moved to L.A. to start her acting career.

### Acting

Early in her career, she had guest roles on television programs, such as _Punk'd_ and _Crossing Jordan_. In 2008, she had an important role in the movie _Twilight_, which was based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. She played the character Alice Cullen. She was also in the sequels to _Twilight_: _The Twilight Saga: New Moon_ (2009), _The Twilight Saga: Eclipse_ (2010), _The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1_ (2011), and _The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2_ (2012).

Greene played Michelle Burkham in the drama movie _Skateland_ (2010).

She acted in the movie _A Warrior's Heart_ with Kellan Lutz, who was also in _Twilight_.

Greene acted along with Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore in the drama movie _LOL_ (2012).

In 2013, Greene was in the historical film  _CBGB_ about the former Manhattan music club with the same name.

### Modeling

In 2010, Greene did modeling for an advertisement by the company SoBe. In this advertisement, she wore body paint. Later the same year, Greene became the main model for the Mark brand of cosmetics. This brand is made by the company Avon.

Greene received an award from the PETA foundation because of her work with Avon, which does not do animal testing. She also received "The Style Icon Award" from the magazine _Hollywood Life_ at the Young Hollywood Awards.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007|_King of California_|McDonald's Customer|||
|2008|_Otis_|Kim #4|||
|2008|_Twilight_|Alice Cullen|||
|2009|_Shrink_|Missy|||
|2009|_Summer's Blood_|Summer Matthews|||
|2009|__|Alice Cullen|||
|2010|_Skateland_|Michelle Burkham|||
|2010|__|Alice Cullen|||
|2010|_Radio Free Albemuth_|Rhonda|||
|2011|__|Brooklyn Milligan|||
|2011|_Butter_|Kaitlen Pickler|||
|2011|__|Alice Cullen|||
|2012|_LOL_|Ashley|||
|2012|__|Kelly|||
|2012|__|Alice Cullen|||
|2013|_CBGB_|Lisa Kristal|||
|2014|_Wish I Was Here_|Janine|||
|2014|_Kristy_|Violet|||
|2014|_Burying the Ex_|Evelyn|||
|2015|_Staten Island Summer_|Krystal Manicucci|||
|2015|_Shangri-La Suite_|Priscilla Presley|Post-production||
|2016|_Holidays_||||
|2016|_Urge_|Theresa|Post-production||
|2016|_In Dubious Battle_|Danni Stevens|Post-production||
|2016|_Max & Me_|Rachel (voice)|Post-production||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|_Crossing Jordan_|Ann Rappaport|"The Elephant in the Room"||
|2006|_Mad TV_|Amber|"11.17"||
|2006|_Desire_|Renata|Recurring role||
|2008|_Shark_|Natalie Faber|"Partners in Crime"||
|2011-2012|_Pan Am_|Amanda Mason|Recurring role||
|2012|_Americana_|Alice Garano|Unsold TV pilot||

### Video games

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2015|_Batman: Arkham Knight_|Barbara Gordon / Batgirl (voice)|Video game||
|2015|_Batgirl: A Matter of Family_|Barbara Gordon / Batgirl (voice)|Video game (DLC)||

### Music videos

|Year|Title|Artist|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2005|Lyudi Invalidy/ Dangerous and Moving|t.A.T.u|

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Work|Result|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|2008|Teen Choice Awards|Movie Fresh Face Female|_Twilight_|||
|align="center"|2008|Scream Awards|Best Supporting Actress|_Twilight_|||
|align="center"|2008|Scream Awards|Best Ensemble Cast|_Twilight_|||
|align="center"|2009|Teen Choice Awards|Scene Stealer Female|__|||
|align="center"|2009|Teen Choice Awards|Most Fanatic Fans|__||Shared with cast|
|align="center"|2010|Teen Choice Awards|Scene Stealer Female|__|||
|align="center"|2012|Teen Choice Awards|Scene Stealer Female|__|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Ashley Greene
- **birth name**: Ashley Michele Greene
- **image**: Ashley Greene Comic-Con 2011.jpg
- **caption**: Greene at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International, Comic-Con in San Diego.
- **birth place**: Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actress, model
- **years active**: 2005–present