Born: January 26, 1978
Age: 46
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Kelly Michelle Stables (born January 26, 1978) is an American actress known for both stage and film acting. She is known for her roles as Melissa on Two and a Half Men, and as Eden Konkler on The Exes.
Stables was born in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri. She was a well-known cheerleader in her high school years, a fact which would be commemorated in an article in the magazine American Cheerleader. She graduated from Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Missouri.
She graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia earning a bachelor’s degree in Communication with an emphasis in Television and Theatre Performance minor. While at the University of Missouri she was a member of Delta Gamma. By March 2005, corresponding with the release of The Ring Two in theaters, she married Kurt Patino. Stables has two sons, Kendrick Kurt, born September 7, 2012 and Kellon William, born April 2, 2015. Her first pregnancy was written into the second season of her TV show, The Exes.
Kelly is an avid baseball fan, and enjoys St. Louis Cardinals games.
Kelly Stables has acted in a number of plays. Her two largest roles were in the Thousand Oaks Civic Light Opera's Peter Pan as Wendy, and in Sleeping Beauty as the title character. She has also played several other stage roles, most notably that of Marion Davies in W.R. and the Daisy.
Stables is best known in the world of film for the stunt work she did for The Ring and for taking over for Daveigh Chase in portraying the (off-tape) evil Samara Morgan for The Ring Two. She was also in the short film Rings. Her roles in the Bring it On and Ring franchises would boost her popularity to the point of gaining mention in Rolling Stone, Star and Us Weekly. She also voices Will Vandom in W.I.T.C.H., and plays roles in General Hospital and St. Bartes-Aspen. She also briefly appeared in the pilot for The Grubbs. In November 2007, she has also had a role in an episode of Cavemen playing a 12-year-old cavekid boy.
Stables had a recurring role as Melissa, Alan Harper's receptionist (and recurring/former girlfriend) in Seasons 6-8 of Two and a Half Men. She is working on a film called My Life Untitled. She also guest-starred on 'Til Death as a travel agent. She also appears on the Burger King commercial as a woman who is selling things on infomercials.
More recently she starred in the ABC show Romantically Challenged playing Lisa Thomas, Alyssa Milano's character's sister. She is the "Sexpert" of the group offering advice when it is not usually asked for. The show was canceled after airing 4 episodes.
In 2011, she played a character named Claire on an episode of the CBS sitcom Mad Love. Also in 2011, she landed a regular role as Eden on the TV Land sitcom The Exes. The series concluded its fourth and final season in 2015.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Spider-Man | Uncredited | stunts |
2002 | The Grubbs | Young Sophine | |
2002 | The Ring | stunts | |
2003 | The Haunted Mansion | Queen Ghost | |
2003 | Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy | Lydia Meryton | |
2004 | Bring It On Again | Tiny Blonde | |
2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | stunts | |
2005 | Hoodwinked! | Schnitzel Kid 1 | voice |
2005 | Rings | Samara Morgan | short film |
2005 | The Ring Two | Evil Samara | |
2006 | Furnace | Karen Bolding | |
2006 | Telling Lies | Eve Forrester | |
2006 | State's Evidence | Emily Carter | |
2007 | Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | voice | |
2008 | Together Again for the First Time | Sandra Frobisher | |
2009 | Dragon Hunter | Raya | |
2009 | Soul Fire Rising | Eve | |
2009 | My Life: Untitled | Ollie | |
2012 | Should've Been Romeo | Sara | |
2012 | Zambezia | Gossip Bird 1 | voice |
2012 | Love and Germophobia | Additional voices | voice |
2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Additional voices | voice |
2014 | Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon | Athena/Puffy | voice |
2014 | Horrible Bosses 2 | Rachel |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | BS | Molly | Movie |
2003 | Comedy Central Laughs for Life Telethon 2003 | Amer-i-can | |
2003 | General Hospital | Teenage Bobbie Spencer | Episode: "No. 10430" |
2004 | Creating America's Next Hit Television Show | Macy #3 | |
2004-06 | W.I.T.C.H. | Will Vandom | 52 episodes; voice |
2006 | 'Til Death | Sandi | Episode: "The Courtship of Eddie's Parents" |
2006 | How I Met Your Mother | Masseuse | Episode: "Drumroll, Please" |
2007 | Shorty McShorts' Shorts | Digit | Episode: "Too Many Robots;" voice |
2007-09 | Greek | Janette | |
2007 | Cavemen | Rocky the Cave Kid | Episode: "Cave Kid" |
2008 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Beauty Salon Attendant | 2 episodes |
2008 | Life | Marielle | Episode: "Crushed" |
2008-10 | Two and a Half Men | Melissa | 10 episodes |
2009 | Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe | Teri/Phoebe the Elf | Movie |
2010 | Romantically Challenged | Lisa Thomas | 6 episodes |
2010 | Bones | Cynthia Rinaldi | Episode: "The Bones That Weren't" |
2011 | Mad Love | Claire | Episode: "To Munsch or Not to Munsch" |
2011-15 | The Exes | Eden Konkler | 64 episodes |
2011 | Hung | Episode: "Don't Give Up on Detroit or Hung Like a Horse" | |
2011 | A Golden Christmas 2: The Second Tail | Kelly | |
2013 | Baby Daddy | Kayla | 2 episodes |
2015 | Sofia the First | Saffron | Episode: "Minimus is Missing;" voice |
2015 | Mom | Kathy, drug store cashier | Episode: "Sick Popes and a Red Ferrari" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam | Generic Female Skater | voice |
2008 | The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft | Iola | voice |
2013 | Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | Additional voices | voice |