Adrianne Palicki

Adrianne Lee Palicki (born May 6, 1983) is an American actress best known for her roles as Tyra Collette on the NBC series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011) and as Barbara "Bobbi" Morse on the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2016). She also played supporting roles in the films Legion (2010), Red Dawn(2012), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013), and John Wick (2014). She is currently starring as Commander Kelly Grayson in the Fox show The Orville (2017–present).[2]
== Early life ==
Palicki was born in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Nancy Lee (née French) and Jeffrey Arthur Palicki.[3] She has an elder brother Eric, a comic book writer who influenced her interest in comics.[4]
== Career ==
She was a series regular on the first three seasons of NBC's drama series Friday Night Lights from 2006 to 2009, portraying Tyra Collette. In early 2011, she returned for the final two episodes of the series.[5]
In 2003, Palicki also appeared as Judy Robinson in John Woo's unsold pilot, The Robinsons: Lost in Space. In 2006, she also appeared in The WB pilot Aquamanas the evil Nadia. The pilot was not picked up for series by the CW network, a result of The WB and UPN network merger, which occurred while the pilot was being filmed. She appeared as Kara/Lindsay Harrison in the season 3 finale of Smallville. Palicki appeared in Supernatural as Jessica Moore, Sam Winchester's doomed girlfriend who is killed by a demon in its pilot episode. The character reappears in the Supernatural season 2 episode, "What Is and What Should Never Be", and the season 5 episode "Free To Be You and Me."
She made an appearance in the will.i.am music video "We Are the Ones" in support of 2008 presidential hopeful Barack Obama.[6] In 2010, Palicki joined the FOX television drama Lone Star, which was cancelled after two episodes, despite good reviews.[7] In 2011, Palicki portrayed Wonder Woman in a 2011 pilot produced by David E. Kelley for NBC. The pilot was not picked up as a series.[8][9] She played the recurring role of Dr. Samantha Lake in season one of the sitcom About a Boy in 2014, reuniting with Friday Night Lights showrunner Jason Katims.[10]
Palicki starred in Legion (2010), and co-starred in G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) in the lead female role of Lady Jaye.[11] She also appeared in supporting roles in Red Dawn (2012)[12] and John Wick (2014).[13] Although initially signed on to star in the Jamie Babbit's 2012 horror film Breaking the Girls, due to production delays and scheduling conflicts, she does not appear in the film.[14][15]
In August 2014, Palicki joined Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a recurring role as Barbara "Bobbi" Morse.[16] She became one of the principal cast after the midseason break of season 2,[17] continuing until her character was written out of the series near the end of season 3. ABC ordered a pilot episode for a spin-off, Marvel's Most Wanted, featuring her character in the lead role,[18] but did not develop it as a series.[19]
In July 2016, Palicki was cast as Kelly Grayson in The Orville, a science fictioncomedy-drama series created by Seth MacFarlane, who also stars in it as Captain Mercer, her character's ex-husband.[20]The series premiered on September 10, 2017.
In 2016, Palicki and her brother, Eric, collaborated on writing their first comic book, titled No Angel, published by Black Mask Studios. The first issue was released November 30, 2016.[21]
== Personal life ==
Palicki has celiac disease.[22][23] In September 2014, her representative confirmed that she was engaged to stuntman Jackson Spidell, whom she met on the set of John Wick.[24] At the San Diego Comic-Con in 2018, it was revealed that she was dating The Orville co-star Scott Grimes. The two announced their engagement in January 2019.[25]
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
Year	Film 	Role 	Director 	Notes
2005	Popstar 	Whitney Addison 	Richard Gabai 	
2006	Seven Mummies 	Isabelle 	Nick Quested 	
2009	Women in Trouble 	Holly Rocket 	Sebastian Gutierrez 	
2010	Legion 	Charlie 	Scott Stewart 	
2010	Elektra Luxx 	Holly Rocket 	Sebastian Guiterrez 	
2012	Red Dawn 	Toni Walsh 	Dan Bradley 	
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Jaye Burnett / Lady Jaye	Jon M. Chu 	
2013	Coffee Town 	Becca 	Brad Copeland 	Web movie
2014	Dr. Cabbie 	Natalie Wilman 	Jean-François Pouliot 	
2014	John Wick 	Ms. Perkins 	Chad Stahelski and David Leitch	
2015	Baby, Baby, Baby 	Sunny 	Brian Klugman 	Direct-to-video
2017	S.W.A.T.: Under Siege	Ellen Dwyer 	Tony Giglio 	Direct-to-video
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004 	Smallville 	Kara/Lindsay Harrison 	Episode: "Covenant"
2004 	Quintuplets 	Jessica Geiger 	Episode: "Love, Lies and Lullabies"
2004 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Miranda 	Episode: "Formalities"
2004 	The Robinsons: Lost in Space 	Judy Robinson 	TV pilot
2005 	North Shore 	Lisa Ruddnick 	2 episodes
2005–2009 	Supernatural 	Jessica Moore 	4 episodes
2006 	South Beach 	Brianna 	8 episodes
2006 	Aquaman 	Nadia 	TV pilot
2006–2011 	Friday Night Lights 	Tyra Collette 	52 episodes
2007 	Winter Tales 	Mistletoe Girl 	3 episodes, uncredited
2007–2016 	Robot Chicken 	Various characters (voice) 	7 episodes
2008 	Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II 	Padmé Amidala/Jessica/Lexi (voice) 	Television short
2009 	CSI: Miami 	Marisa Dixon 	Episode: "Dead on Arrival"
2009 	Titan Maximum 	Clare (voice) 	4 episodes
2010 	Family Guy 	(voice) 	Episode: "Big Man on Hippocampus"
2010 	Lone Star 	Cat Thatcher 	5 episodes
2010 	Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III	Padmé Amidala/Jessica/Woman (voice)	Television short
2011 	Criminal Minds 	Sydney Manning 	Episode: "The Thirteenth Step"
2011 	Wonder Woman 	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman 	TV pilot (unaired)
2014 	From Dusk till Dawn: The Series 	Vanessa Styles 	2 episodes
2014 	Drunk History 	Kate Warne 	Episode: "Baltimore"
2014 	About a Boy 	Dr. Samantha Lake 	10 episodes
2014 	This Is Why You're Single 	Maria 	TV movie
2014–2016 	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 	Barbara "Bobbi" Morse 	31 episodes
2016 	Most Wanted 	Barbara "Bobbi" Morse 	TV pilot (unaired)
2017–present	The Orville 	Commander Kelly Grayson 	Series regular
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
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