Ashley Greene(Actress, model)
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Ashley Michele Greene (born February 21, 1987) is an American actress and model, world-wide known for her role of Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels.
Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and is the daughter of Michele, who works in insurance, and Joe Greene, a U.S. Marine who now owns his own concrete business. She grew up in Middleburg and Jacksonville, and went to University Christian School, then to Wolfson High School. She moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. Greene has an older brother named Joe, who still resides in Jacksonville with their parents.
Greene is good friends with her Twilight co-stars, particularly Kellan Lutz and Jackson Rathbone whom she knew before filming of the series began. She is currently dating singer Joe Jonas. Greene has stated the she grew up watching football and is a Florida Gators fan.
She initially planned to become a model, but was told that she was not tall enough at 5'5" to be a runway model and should instead focus on commercials. After taking commercial and acting classes, she fell in love with acting and realized that she preferred it over modeling. Greene graduated from high school early and moved to L.A. to pursue an acting career. Since then, she has appeared as a guest on many popular television programs, such as Punk'd and Crossing Jordan.
Greene's big break came in 2008 when she was cast as Alice Cullen in Twilight. She reprised her role as Alice in the 2009 sequel to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, 2010's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and will reprise the role again in 2011, in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2.
Greene portrayed Michelle Burkham in the drama film Skateland, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
She reunited with her Twilight co-star Kellan Lutz in the movie Warrior and also stars in thriller film, Summer's Blood, as well as the Dark Castle Entertainment production The Apparition, which began filming on February 1, 2010.
Appearing nude in a bodypainted bikini, Greene posed for SoBe advertisements that ran in the 2010 issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. People Magazine named Greene as one of the "World's Most Beautiful Women of 2010". She received "The Style Icon Award" at Hollywood Life's Young Hollywood Awards this year.
Filmography
2005 Punk'd 2006 Crossing Jordan 2006 MADtv 2006 Desire 2007 King of California 2008 Shark 2008 Otis 2008 Twilight 2009 Shrink 2009 Summer's Blood 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2010 Skateland 2010 Radio Free Albemuth 2010 Warrior 2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 2011 LOL: Laughing Out Loud 2011 The Apparition 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
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