Arielle Kebbel

Arielle Kebbel
Kebbel at the 2007 Vail Film Festival
Born	Arielle Caroline Kebbel (1985-02-19) February 19, 1985 Winter Park, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, model, singer
Years active	2003-present

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, Midnight Texas and Ballers. As of 2015, she has been featured in four 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 American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005), 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 on February 19, 1985, in Winter Park, Florida. Her mother, Sheri, is a talent manager and owns a production company. 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, Stuff and 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, Canada during the summer of 2005. The film received negative reviews from critics and made a profit at the box office earning worldwide $68,821,702.

Kebbel at the ATX TV Festival 2014 for the TV show Sullivan and Son

In 2005, Kebbel signed on for another 20th Century Fox film titled Aquamarine starring Sara Paxton, 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.

Kebbel with photographer Joey Shaw on set of H magazine's photoshoot in Los Angeles

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 was a box office success, grossing 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 was released straight-to-DVD on September 26, 2008.

In February 2008, Kebbel was announced to star as the central character Katherine in the horror film 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 90210 portraying Vanessa. In October 2012, Kebbel appeared on Hawaii Five-0, in a guest-starring role in the season three episode "Popilikia".

Personal life

She is good friends with actress Torrey DeVitto, who was also raised in Winter Park, Florida.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Soul Plane	Heather Hunkee
2005	The Kid & I	Arielle
	American Pie Presents: Band Camp	Elyse Houston
	Dirty Deeds	Alison
	Reeker	Cookie
	Be Cool	Robin
2006	Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy	Ellie
	The Grudge 2	Allison Fleming	Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Scream
	John Tucker Must Die	Carrie Schaeffer
	Aquamarine	Cecilia Banks
	The Bros.	Kim
2007	Daydreamer	Casey Green
2008	Forever Strong	Emily
	Freakdog	Catherine Thomas
2009	The Uninvited	Alex Ivers
2010	Brooklyn to Manhattan	Chloe
	Vampires Suck	Rachel
	Answer This!	Naomi
2011	I Melt with You	Randi
	The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best	Cassidy
	Mardi Gras: Spring Break	Lucy
2012	Supporting Characters	Jamie
	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"
	Judging Amy	Paige Lange	Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Andrea Kent	Episode: "Mean"
2003–2004	Gilmore Girls	Lindsay Anne Lister Forester	9 episodes
2004	Entourage	Layla	Episode: "Pilot"
	Grounded for Life	Taya	5 episodes
2005	CSI: Miami	Pam Carpenter	Episode: "Nothing to Lose"
	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"
	Life Unexpected	Paige	Main role (season 2); 7 episodes
2011	Marcy	Arielle	Episode: "Marcy Does a Photographer"
	Good Vibes	Payton (voice)	Episode: "Backstage Babs"
	Hallelujah	Veda Roman	Movie
2011–2013	90210	Vanessa Shaw	15 episodes
2012	A Bride for Christmas	Jessie Patterston	Hallmark movie
	Hawaii Five-0	Nicole Carr	Episode: "Popilikia"
	Audrey	Marissa	4 episodes
2013	Perfect Score	Herself/host	Game show
	Instant Mom	Stephanie's Friend	2 episodes
2014	Sweet Surrender	Nancy	Hallmark movie
	The After	Tammy	Web series pilot
2015	Bridal Wave	Georgie Dwyer	Hallmark movie
	UnREAL	Britney	3 episodes
	The League	Libby	3 episodes
2015–2016 2019	Ballers	Tracy Legette	16 episodes; Recurring (Season 1) Main (Season 2) Recurring (Season 5)
2015–2016	The Grinder	Avery Banks / Gabrielle	2 episodes
2015–2019	Robot Chicken	Various roles (voice)	3 episodes
2017	Four Christmases and a Wedding	Chloe	Lifetime movie
2017–2018	Midnight, Texas	Olivia Charity	Main role
2019	A Brush With Love	Jamie	Hallmark Movie
2019	Grand Hotel	Skye	Recurring role
2020	Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector	Amelia	Main role

External links

• Arielle Kebbel at IMDb