Odette Annable

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Odette Annable
Odette Yustman 2012.jpg
Annable at the premiere of The Hunger Games, March 12, 2012
Born Odette Juliette Yustman
(1985-05-10) May 10, 1985 (age 28)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation Actress
Years active 1990–present
Spouse(s) Dave Annable (m. 2010)

Odette Juliette Annable (née Yustman; born May 10, 1985) is an American actress.

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Early life [edit]

She was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Lydia, is Cuban. Her father, Victor Yustman, who is of Italian and French descent, was born in Bogotá, Colombia and raised in Nicaragua.[1][2] She graduated from Woodcrest Christian High School in Riverside, California. After graduating, she had planned on getting a degree in business finance at Loyola Marymount University before she decided to pursue a career in acting.[3][4]

Career [edit]

Annable made her acting debut at an early age, playing a young, Spanish-speaking student named Rosa in Kindergarten Cop, and later moved on to various television shows and movies such as South Beach and October Road.[4] In 2007, she starred in the Lifetime original movie Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape and followed it quickly with a lead role in J. J. Abrams' Cloverfield.[5] In addition to this, she made a short appearance in Walk Hard. She also provided the voice of the character Amata in Fallout 3. On January 29, 2008, Variety announced that she would appear in The Unborn, which was released in 2009.[6]

She is featured in the music video for "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" by Weezer.

She starred as Melanie in the Fox comedy, Breaking In.[7][8] On August 24, 2011, the show was renewed by Fox for thirteen episodes and was scheduled to air in the midseason comedy block.

In October 2011, Annable began starring in Fox's House as Dr. Jessica Adams, one of Dr. Gregory House's newest recruits and made her first appearance in the eighth season premiere "Twenty Vicodin".

On February 2013, Annable signed on for the lead role of the ABC drama pilot Westside produced by McG and developed by Ilene Chaiken.[9]

Personal life [edit]

She was previously engaged to actor Trevor Wright.[10] She married Brothers & Sisters star Dave Annable on October 10, 2010.[11]

Awards and nominations [edit]

Annable was nominated in 2008 for a Teen Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller for Cloverfield (2008).

Filmography [edit]

Annable at the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, June 27, 2009

Film [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Kindergarten Cop Rosa
1996 Remembrance Charlotte
Dear God Angela
2006 The Holiday Kissing girl
2007 Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape Emma Norman
Transformers Socialite girl
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Reefer girl
2008 Cloverfield Elizabeth "Beth" McIntyre
2009 The Unborn Casey Beldon
Operation: Endgame Temperance
2010 Group Sex Vanessa
And Soon the Darkness Ellie
You Again Joanna
2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Chloe Voice only
The Double Natalie Geary
2012 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 Chloe Voice only

Television [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Quintuplets Kelly Helberg 1 episode
2006 South Beach Arielle Casta Series regular; 6 episodes
Monk Courtney 1 episode
2007–2008 October Road Aubrey Diaz Series regular; 19 episodes
2008 Life on Mars Adrienne 4 episodes
2010–2011 Brothers & Sisters Annie 5 episodes
2010–2012 Breaking In Melanie Garcia Series regular Season 1; Special Guest Star Season 2; 12 episodes
2011-2012 House Dr. Jessica Adams Series regular Season 8; 22 episodes
2013 New Girl Shane 1 episode
2013 Westside Sophie Nance
2013 Banshee Nola Longshadow 2 episodes
2013 Golden Boy Ada O'Connor 1 episode

Video games [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Fallout 3 Amata Almodovar Voice only

References [edit]

  1. ^ Ángela González (January 6, 2008). "Odette Yustman, in the company of monsters in 'Cloverfield'". New York: NY Daily News. 
  2. ^ Moreno Valley|PE.com|Southern California News|News for Inland Southern California[dead link]
  3. ^ Buchanan, Kyle. The Verge: Odette Yustman, Movieline, August 30, 2010. Accessed September 24, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Michael J. Lee (August 27, 2010). "Marine Biology, Beating Up Blonde Girls, and That Tomb Raider Rumor We're Trying to Start: An Exclusive Interview with Odette Yustman". RadioFree.com. Retrieved September 24, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Odette Yustman Videos, Pics, News, Bio". AskMen. May 10, 1985. Retrieved April 3, 2012. 
  6. ^ Michael Fleming (January 29, 2008). "New Line sets up new 'Nightmare'". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2008. 
  7. ^ (21:41). "FOX Broadcasting Company – Breaking In TV Show – Breaking In TV Series – Breaking In Episode Guide". Fox.com. Retrieved April 3, 2012. 
  8. ^ "BREAKING IN: Odette Annable as Melanie in BREAKING IN premiering Wednesday, April 6 (9:30–10:00 pm ET/PT) on FOX.". Spoiler TV. 
  9. ^ Nellie Andreeva (February 22, 2013). "Odette Annable & Bruce Greenwood To Star In ABC’s Pilot ‘Venice’ Directed By McG". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2013-02-23. 
  10. ^ VmagazinedDigital.com[dead link]
  11. ^ Julie Jordan (October 11, 2010). "Dave Annable and Odette Yustman Wed". People Magazine. Time, Inc. Retrieved October 11, 2010. 

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