Chelan Simmons

Chelan Simmons
Born	October 29, 1982 (1982-10-29) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actress/Former Model
Years active	1990–present

Chelan Simmons (born October 29, 1982) is a Canadian actress and former professional model, best known for her roles in the films Good Luck Chuck, Final Destination 3, Tucker & Dale vs Evil and the ABC Family show Kyle XY. She is now a regular on the TV show The L.A. Complex.

Early life

Simmons was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the middle child of three (one younger brother and an older sister).^{[citation needed]}

Career

Simmons wanted to become an actress at the age of three, but waited until she turned five to pursue a career. She started modeling and appeared in commercials. Simmons breakthrough was the notable role of Laurie Ann Winterbarger, first victim of Pennywise the Clown (Tim Curry), in Stephen King's It. She went on to star in Bingo and appeared in several TV shows as a child star.

Simmons' returned to acting seven years later, giving up her modeling career to focus on acting. Simmons played guest appearances on multiple shows before protraying recurring roles in the MTV show MTV'S Now What? and Crystal in Edgemont for 11 episodes. Simmons has went on to appear in episodes of many TV shows including Smallville, Wonderfalls, Zixx: Level Two, Collector, TheThe Collector, Supernatural, Stargate: Atlantis, Men in Trees, Psych, About a Girl and Whistler. Simmons has also starred in a number of TV movies, including Carrie, Snakehead Terror, Monster Island, Caved In, Malibu Shark Attack, Sorority Wars and Ice Twisters. She protrayed Lindsay Lohan in Paparazzi Princess: The Paris Hilton Story. Due to Simmons' many roles in the horror genre, she is considered a modern day scream queen.

In 2005, Simmons' was cast in the comedy The Long Weekend. The following year, Simmons starred in the 2006 horror Final Destination 3 as Ashley Freund, possibly her best known role to date. In the same year, Simmons' also starred in the Direct-to-DVD sequel Dr. Dolittle 3 before appearing in a cameo role in the teen-comedy John Tucker Must Die. Simmons won the role of the recurring character Hillary Shepard in the ABC Family show Kyle XY. She portrayed Hillary for three years until the show was canceled in 2009 after three seasons. Simmons' also had a role in Good Luck Chuck alongside Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. In 2010, Simmons had a cameo role as a lotus eater in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. The movie grossed $226,497,209 worldwide, making it the highest grossing movie Simmons has appeared in to date. Simmons also starred in the critically well received comedy-horror movie Tucker & Dale vs Evil.

Simmons landed a regular role on the The L.A. Complex as Alicia Lowe "a sensitive, aspiring dancer from Regina who will do whatever it takes to make ends meet". The show premiered on the Canadian network MuchMusic on 10 January 2012. The show is set to air in the US on The CW.

Simmons will lend her voice to the upcoming childerns animated TV show Action Dad, set to premiere sometime in 2012. Simmons is also set to appear in the upcoming Dark Star Hollow directed by John Carl Buechler.

Filmography

Films

Release	Film	Character	Trivia
1990	Deep Sleep	Young Shelly McBride	Uncredited
1991	Bingo	Cindy Thompson
2005	Chupacabra: Dark Seas	Jenny Randolph	Direct-to-DVD
2005	Harp, TheThe Harp	Girlfriend	Short film
2005	Long Weekend, TheThe Long Weekend	Susie
2006	Final Destination 3	Ashley Freund
2006	Dr. Dolittle 3	Vivica	Direct-to-DVD
2006	John Tucker Must Die	Crying Waitress	Cameo
2007	Wind Chill	Blonde Girl
2007	Good Luck Chuck	Carol
2008	Christmas Cottage	Miss Placerville	Direct-to-DVD
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Lotus Land Waitress	Cameo
2010	Tucker & Dale vs Evil	Chloe
2012	Dark Star Hollow	Tracy Hall	pre-production

TV

Release Date	TV Show Title	Character	Episode
1991	Scene of the Crime	Lori	Episode: "Show and Tell"
1991	Captain Zed and the Zee Zone	Additional Voices
1993	Bots Master, TheThe Bots Master	Additional Voices
1993	Jack's Place	Young Girl (Uncredited)	Episode: "Faithful Henry"
2000	2gether: The Series	Hot Teenage Girl	Episode: "Dead"
2001	Special Unit 2	Naughty Girl #2	Episode: "The Eve"
2001–2002	MTV'S Now What?	Cindy	Recurring; 4 Episodes
2001–2002	Edgemont	Crystal	Recurring; 11 Episodes
2002	Smallville	Felice Chandler	Episode: "Drone"
2004	Smallville	Rhonda	Episode: "Devoted"
2004	Wonderfalls	Gretchen Speck-Horowitz	2 Episodes
2005	Zixx: Level Two	Louise	2 Episodes
2005	Collector, TheThe Collector	The Devil / Spokesmodel	Episode: "The UFOlogist"
2005	Supernatural	Jill	Episode: "Bloody Mary"
2005	Stargate: Atlantis	Mara	Episode: "The Tower"
2006	Men in Trees	Tiffanii	2 Epidosdes
2006	Psych	Girl Kissing Shawn	Episode: Pilot (Credit Only)
2006–2009	Kyle XY	Hillary Shepard	Recurring; 24 Episodes
2007	Psych	Bianca	Episode: Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast
2007	About a Girl	Stacy	Recurring; 3 Episodes
2007	Whistler	Model	2 Episodes
2010	Always a Bridesmaid	Savannah Springs	4 Episodes
2012	The L.A. Complex	Alicia Lowe	Regular; 6 Episodes
2012	Action Dad	Liz Ramsey	Voice Role

TV movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Stephen King's It	Laurie Anne Winterbarger	Part 1(Credit in part 2)
1992	Bitsy Bears	Whirly / Tickles (voice)
2000	Ratz	Jennifer Martin
2001	Sports Pages, TheThe Sports Pages	Faith
2002	Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story	Amber Henson
2002	Carrie	Helen Shyres
2004	Snakehead Terror	Amber James
2004	Monster Island	Jen
2006	Caved In	Emily Palmer
2008	Ogre	Hope Henry
2008	Paparazzi Princess: The Paris Hilton Story	Lindsay Lohan
2009	Malibu Shark Attack	Jenny
2009	Sorority Wars	Casadee
2009	Ice Twisters	Nora Elman
2010	Seduced by Lies	Tia Colton

External links

• Chelan Simmons at the Internet Movie Database
• Chelan Simmons on Myspace
• Official website