Odette Annable

Odette Annable

Annable at the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, June 27, 2009
Born Odette Juliette Yustman
(1985-05-10) May 10, 1985
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1990–present
Spouse(s) Dave Annable (m. 2010)
Children 1

Odette Juliette Annable (née Yustman, born May 10, 1985)[1] is an American actress. In 2011, she joined the cast of the Fox medical drama series House, playing Dr. Jessica Adams during the show's last season.

Early life

Annable 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.[2][3] She graduated from Woodcrest Christian High School in Riverside, California.

Career

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 the John C. Reilly comedy film 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 2009 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. Fox canceled the series May 2011 and it ended its run April 2012.

In October 2011, Annable began starring in Fox's House as Dr. Jessica Adams, a former prison doctor hired by Dr. Gregory House to join his team. She made her first appearance in the eighth season premiere titled "Twenty Vicodin" and remained on the show until the series finale episode titled "Everybody Dies" in May 2012.

In February 2013, Annable signed on for the lead role of the ABC drama pilot Westside produced by McG and developed by Ilene Chaiken,[9] but it was not picked up as a series.[10]

In March 2014, Annable was cast as Trudy Cooper in the ABC series The Astronaut Wives Club.[11]

Personal life

She married her former Brothers & Sisters co-star Dave Annable on October 10, 2010.[12] They have one daughter, born in September 2015.[13]

Awards and nominations

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

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Kindergarten Cop Rosa
1996 Dear God Angela
2006 The Holiday Kissing girl
2007 Transformers Socialite girl
2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Reefer girl
2008 Cloverfield Elizabeth "Beth" McIntyre
2009 The Unborn Casey Beldon
2009 Operation: Endgame Temperance In select theaters and video-on-demand
2010 Group Sex Vanessa Direct-to-video
2010 And Soon the Darkness Ellie
2010 You Again Joanna
2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Chloe (voice) Direct-to-video
2011 The Double Natalie Geary In select theaters and video-on-demand
2012 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! Chloe (voice) Direct-to-video
2015 The Truth About Lies Rachel Stone Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Remembrance Charlotte TV movie
2004 Quintuplets Kelly Helberg Episode: "(Disdainfully) the Helbergs"
2006 South Beach Arielle Casta Series regular; 6 episodes
2006 Monk Courtney Episode: "Mr. Monk, Private Eye"
2007 Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape Emma Norman TV movie
2007–08 October Road Aubrey Diaz Series regular; 19 episodes
2008 Life on Mars Adrienne 4 episodes
2010–11 Brothers & Sisters Annie 5 episodes
2011–12 Breaking In Melanie Garcia Series regular Season 1; Special guest star season 2; 12 episodes
2011–12 House Dr. Jessica Adams Series regular Season 8; 22 episodes
2013 Golden Boy Ada O'Connor 2 episodes
2013 New Girl Shane Episode: "Quick Hardening Caulk"
2013 Westside Sophie Nance TV pilot
2013 Anger Management Jamie Episode: "Charlie and Lacey Shack Up"
2013–15 Banshee Nola Longshadow 8 episodes
2014 Two and a Half Men Nicole 3 episodes
2014 Rush Sarah Recurring
2015 The Astronaut Wives Club Trudy Cooper Series regular, 10 episodes
2015 The Grinder Devin Stutz Episode: "Pilot"

Video games

Year Title Voice role
2008 Fallout 3 Amata Almodovar

References

  1. "Odette Juliette Yustman, Born 05/10/1985". California Birth Index. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. Ángela González (January 6, 2008). odette yustman in the company of monster.html "Odette Yustman, in the company of monsters in 'Cloverfield'" Check |url= value (help). New York: NY Daily News.
  3. Moreno Valley|PE.com|Southern California News|News for Inland Southern California Archived March 11, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 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. Nellie Andreeva (May 10, 2013). "ABC Notifies Pilots That Didn’t Make It". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  11. Goldberg, Lesley (March 14, 2014). "Odette Annable to Co-Star in ABC's 'Astronaut Wives Club'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  12. Jordan, Julie (October 11, 2010). "Dave Annable and Odette Yustman Wed". People. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  13. Leon, Anya (September 10, 2015). "Dave and Odette Annable Welcome Daughter Charlie Mae". People. Nicole Sands. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

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