Leslie Bibb
Posted on Jan 20, 2008 under Actress |
Actress and former model Leslie Bibb was born on November 17, 1974, in Bismarck, North Dakota, but moved to Nelson County, Virginia. ‘The Bibbster’ graduated from St. Gertrude’s Catholic High School and also attended the University of Virginia. After her junior year Leslie went to New York City, where she signed a contract with Elite modeling agency, and some of her photographs appeared in Maxim and FHM magazines. She made her feature film debut in the 1997 as a NBC tour guide in Howard Stern bio-comedy “Private Parts” and had small roles in the movies “The Skulls” and “See Spot Run.” Leslie is best known for her 2006 role as Carley Bobby in the Will Farrell comedy “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” The green-eyed beauty lives in Los Angeles with her two dogs, Harley and Jack, and when she’s not working, Leslie enjoys tennis, swimming, hiking and mountain biking. She also volunteers at a theater workshop with young delinquents through a group named “The Unusual Suspects.”
Model-turned-actress Leslie Bibb grew up in Virginia, well outside the realm of showbusiness, with plans to tackle a legal career. She embarked on the road to celebrity, however (and achieved an incredible break), in 1990, when the then-16-year-old’s mother submitted Leslie’s photograph to a nationwide model search that Oprah Winfrey mounted; the judges ferreted Bibb out of more than 6,000 candidates and handed her a succession of print and runway assignments around the globe. After extensive dramatic training, the young woman moved to Los Angeles and ascended to stardom via a regular role as high-school princess Brooke McQueen on the WB series Popular. She doubled it up with movie roles in such feature outings as See Spot Run (2001), Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006, as Will Ferrell’s gold-digging wife), as well as a recurring parts on ER (2002-2003), as Erin Harkins, and Crossing Jordan, as Tallulah “Lu” Simmons (2005-2007). In 2007, Bibb signed on to play the female lead in Ryuhei Kitamura’s serial killer-themed horror saga The Midnight Meat Train (2008).
