Arielle Kebbel

Arielle Caroline Kebbel (born February 19, 1985) is an American model and actress. She is known for her television roles on The Vampire Diaries, Life Unexpected, 90210, Gilmore Girls, UnREAL, and Ballers. As of 2015, she has been featured in three Hallmark Channel movies.
Kebbel has starred in a number of films such as The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best, I Melt With You and Supporting Characters. Other film appearances include John Tucker Must Die (2006), The Grudge 2 (2006), The Uninvited (2009), and Think Like A Man (2012).
== Early life and modeling career ==
Kebbel was born in Winter Park, Florida. Her mother, Sheri, is a talent manager and owns a production company.[1] Kebbel graduated from Crenshaw School in Winter Garden. She was a contestant at the 2002 Miss Florida Teen USA beauty pageant. Before pursuing a career in acting, Kebbel was a full-time model. She has since appeared in publications such as Maxim, H, Lucky, Men's Health, Stuffand FHM.
== Acting career ==
Within the first week of moving to Los Angeles, California, Kebbel successfully auditioned for her first major role portraying Lindsay Lister on The CW's Gilmore Girls. She went on to become a recurring role throughout the third, fourth, and fifth seasons. She has since appeared in television shows such as Entourage, Grounded for Life, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Vampire Diaries. She has been cast in two pilots, Football Wives and No Heroics, both developed for ABC which have not been picked up.
In 2004, Kebbel made her film debut portraying a major supporting role alongside Kevin Hart, Tom Arnold and Snoop Dogg in the hip-hop comedy film Soul Plane. She has also had numerous notable roles in films such as Be Cool, The Kid & I, American Pie Presents: Band Camp and Reeker.
In 2005, Kebbel was announced to portray the role of Carrie Schaeffer alongside Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow and Jesse Metcalfe in 20th Century Fox's John Tucker Must Die. Filming took place in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canadaduring the summer of 2005. The film received negative reviews from critics and made a profit at the box office earning worldwide $68,821,702.
In 2005, Kebbel signed on for another 20th Century Fox film titled Aquamarinestarring Sara Paxton and Emma Roberts and Joanna (JoJo) Levesque. Kebbel portrays the role of the film's villain, Cecilia Banks. The film was released in March 2006, and had some box office success, with earnings of $23 million worldwide.
In February 2006, Kebbel was confirmed to be starring alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Teresa Palmer in The Grudge 2. The film is a sequel to the 2004 Horror film, The Grudge which was a remake of the original Japanese film. Kebbel described her role of schoolgirl Allison Flemming as "The girl you see in the background of all the pictures that wants to be a part of everything but never really is". Filming took place in Tokyo, Japan in April that same year. The film was released on October 13, 2006. The film managed to be a box office success earning over $70 million worldwide.
In 2006 Kebbel was announced to star in the Indie Sports/Drama film Forever Strong alongside Penn Badgley, Sean Faris and Neal McDonough. Filming took place in August 2006 in Salt Lake City. This is Badgley and Kebbel's second film together, having appeared alongside each other in John Tucker Must Die. The film suffered in development hell and received numerous pushbacks. The film was released straight-to-DVD on September 26, 2008. Critical reception was generally negative.
In February 2008, Kebbel was announced to star as the central character Katherine in the Indie Horror Freakdog alongside Sarah Carter. The film received a limited cinema release on August 22, 2008 and was quickly released to DVD in February, 2009. Critical reception was universally negative.
In March 2008 Paramount Pictures announced Kebbel was portraying the role of Alex Ivers in the American remake of the 2003 South Korean Horror film A Tale of Two Sisters. Emily Browning and Elizabeth Banks were confirmed to be co-starring. Filming took place in late 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite performances of the cast being well received, critical reception was mixed to negative. The film managed to have a mixed response from the box office and earned $40 million worldwide.
Kebbel also starred in the comedy The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best, which premiered on September 9, 2011 at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. The film, slated for a wider release in 2012, is the directorial debut for writer/director/star Ryan O'Nan, and also features Michael Weston, Andrew McCarthy, and Jason Ritter.
In early December 2011, Kebbel landed a recurring role in season four of 90210portraying Vanessa.[2] In October 2012, Kebbel appeared on Hawaii Five-0, in a guest-starring role in the season three episode "Popilikia".[3]
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004	Soul Plane 	Heather Hunkee 	
2005	The Kid & I 	Arielle 	
2005	American Pie Presents: Band Camp 	Elyse Houston 	
2005	Dirty Deeds 	Alison 	
2005	Reeker 	Cookie 	
2005	Be Cool 	Robin 	
2006	Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy	Ellie 	
2006	The Grudge 2 	Allison Fleming 	Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Scream
2006	John Tucker Must Die 	Carrie Schaeffer	
2006	Aquamarine 	Cecilia Banks 	
2006	The Bros. 	Kim 	
2007	Daydreamer 	Casey Green 	
2008	Forever Strong 	Emily 	
2008	Freakdog 	Catherine Thomas	
2009	The Uninvited 	Alex Ivers 	
2010	Brooklyn to Manhattan 	Chloe 	
2010	Vampires Suck 	Rachel 	
2010	Answer This! 	Naomi 	
2011	I Melt with You 	Randi 	
2011	The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best 	Cassidy 	
2011	Mardi Gras: Spring Break 	Lucy 	
2012	Supporting Characters 	Jamie 	
2012	Think like a Man 	Gina 	
2017	Another Time 	Ally 	
2018	Fifty Shades Freed 	Gia Matteo 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2003 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Right Teen 	Episode: "Forever"
2003 	Judging Amy 	Paige Lange 	Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
2003 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Andrea Kent 	Episode: "Mean"
2003–2004 	Gilmore Girls 	Lindsay Anne Lister Forester	9 episodes
2004 	Entourage 	Layla 	Episode: "Pilot"
2004 	Grounded for Life 	Taya 	5 episodes
2005 	CSI: Miami 	Pam Carpenter 	Episode: "Nothing to Lose"
2005 	Clubhouse 	Kat 	Episode: "Road Trip"
2006 	Shark 	Sydney Blair 	Episode: "In the Grasp"
2007 	Football Wives 	Nicole Holt 	Pilot (not picked up)
2009 	No Heroics 	Sandy 	Pilot movie (not picked up)
2009–2014, 
2017	The Vampire Diaries 	Alexia "Lexi" Branson 	9 episodes
2010 	True Blood 	Charlene 	Episode: "I Smell a Rat"
2010 	Life Unexpected 	Paige 	Main role (season 2); 7 episodes
2011 	Marcy 	Arielle 	Episode: "Marcy Does a Photographer"
2011 	Good Vibes 	Payton (voice) 	Episode: "Backstage Babs"
2011 	Hallelujah 	Veda Roman 	Movie
2011–2013 	90210 	Vanessa Shaw 	15 episodes
2012 	A Bride for Christmas 	Jessie Patterston 	Hallmark movie
2012 	Hawaii Five-0 	Nicole Carr 	Episode: "Popilikia"
2012 	Audrey 	Marissa 	4 episodes
2013 	Perfect Score 	Herself/host 	Game show
2013 	Instant Mom 	Stephanie's Friend 	2 episodes
2014 	Sweet Surrender 	Nancy 	Hallmark movie
2014 	The After 	Tammy 	Web series pilot
2015 	Bridal Wave 	Georgie Dwyer 	Hallmark movie
2015 	UnREAL 	Britney 	3 episodes
2015 	The League 	Libby 	3 episodes
2015 	Robot Chicken 	Various voices 	Episode: "Cake Pillow"
2015-2016 	Ballers 	Tracy Legette 	16 episodes
2015, 2016 	The Grinder 	Avery Banks / Gabrielle 	2 episodes
2017 	Four Christmases and a Wedding 	Chloe 	Lifetime movie
2017 – present	Midnight, Texas 	Olivia Charity 	Main role
Category:American film actresses