Arielle Kebbel

Arielle Kebbel is an American actress and model. She has appeared in various television series, including Gilmore Girls (2003–2004), The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017), Life Unexpected (2010), 90210 (2011–2013), Ballers (2015–2016, 2019), Midnight Texas (2017–2018), and Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2019–2020). Kebbel has also appeared in films such as American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005), John Tucker Must Die (2006), The Grudge 2 (2006), Forever Strong (2008), The Uninvited (2009), Think Like a Man (2012), Fifty Shades Freed (2018), After We Fell, After Ever Happy (2022), After Everything (2023 film) Early life and modeling career Kebbel's mother, Sheri, owns a production company. Kebbel graduated from Crenshaw School in Winter Garden. She was the first runner-up at the 2002 Miss Florida Teen USA beauty pageant. Before pursuing a career in acting, Kebbel was a full-time model. She was trained at the Lisa Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School in Florida. She has since appeared in numerous magazines such as Maxim, H, Lucky, Men's Health, Stuff, FHM.Vegas, Bello and Razor. 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 play a recurring role throughout the third, fourth, and fifth seasons. She worked in television programming such as Entourage, Grounded for Life, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Vampire Diaries. She worked in two pilots, Football Wives and No Heroics for ABC.