10 Reasons You Know Fifty Shades Newcomer Arielle Kebbel
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Arielle Kebbel might be playing a new character in the upcoming Fifty Shades Freed, but you've seen this actress on the big and small screens for years. Maybe you're a fan of her Hallmark and Lifetime movies (aka Four Christmases and a Wedding), or you know her from 2006's Aquamarine, but those aren't the roles that made her into a star.
There have been 10 big roles that Kebbel has landed throughout her career — which started back in 2003 with a few small appearances on different TV series like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — and we've rounded them up for you as a little refresher course. Warning: reading about all of these epic roles might make you want to re-watch a few TV series or movies, and we highly recommend you do.
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Gilmore Girls
Kebbel played Lindsay Lister (and later Forester) on nine memorable episodes of Gilmore Girls. She quickly became everyone's least favorite character when she married Dean — aka Rory's first love.
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John Tucker Must Die
Who can forget 2006's John Tucker Must Die? Kebbel played the smart (and overly-involved) high schooler Carrie, one of John Tucker's many exes.
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The Grudge 2
Kebbel took a trip to the dark side for 2006's The Grudge 2. She played a nerdy school girl named Allison, who is tricked into visiting the Grudge house while trying to fit in at an international school in Tokyo.
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The Uninvited
The actress tapped into horror film side again for The Uninvited in 2008. When Alex's (Kebbel) sister Anna (played by Emily Browning) returns home from a stint at a psychiatric clinic to find her father engaged to the nurse that "cared" for their dying mother, the two sisters have to navigate a new family dynamic . . . and a series of ghosts.
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Life Unexpected
In 2010, the Florida native joined the season two cast of Life Unexpected as bartender Paige Thomas.
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90210
By the time 90210's fourth season started in 2011, the show needed some fresh faces; enter Arielle Kebbel. She played Vanessa Shaw for both season four and season five of the drama, and she was a wild one. In addition to beginning her time on the show by hitting Liam (Matt Lanter) in a hit and run, and then lying about it, she was a con artist, blackmailer, and responsible for so much drama.
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UnREAL
After doing a series of TV movies, Arielle starred in UnREAL in 2015. Fans of the first season will remember her as Everlasting's "villain," Britney.
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Ballers
HBO's Ballers began in 2015, and after appearing in numerous episodes as the recurring character of Tracy Legette, she was promoted to series regular for season two. She continued to play the local sports reporter, who was also Dwayne Johnson's character Spencer Strasmore's love interest throughout the 2016 season.
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The Vampire Diaries
One of Kebbel's biggest roles — at least in the world of teen shows — was playing Lexi Branson on The Vampire Diaries. She was seen as Lexi, Stefan's best friend and a pretty cool vampire.
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Midnight, Texas
Arielle's most recent TV role is playing Olivia Charity on Midnight, Texas on NBC, which began in 2017. While this series is about a small town in Texas that is full of vampires, witches, psychics, and more individuals in need of a safe haven, Arielle doesn't play a vampire. Instead her character Olivia is a hit woman and assassin, and she's very mysterious.