Leslie Bibb facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Leslie Bibb
Bibb in 2011
Born	Leslie Louise Bibb (1973-11-17) November 17, 1973 (age 51) Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1996–present

Leslie Louise Bibb (born November 17, 1973) is an American actress and model. She started her career in television in 1996 and in movies in 1997.

Leslie Bibb became well-known for her role as Brooke McQueen in the TV show Popular. For this role, she won a Teen Choice Award. She is also famous for playing Christine Everhart in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films like Iron Man and Iron Man 2. More recently, she appeared in the Netflix series Jupiter's Legacy and the TV show Palm Royale.

Early life

Leslie Bibb was born in Bismarck, North Dakota. She grew up in Lovingston, Virginia. Her father passed away when she was three years old. After that, she moved to Richmond, Virginia, with her mother and three older sisters. She went to an all-girls private school there called Saint Gertrude High School.

Career

Modeling

In 1990, when Leslie was 16, The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Elite Agency held a big modeling contest. Famous judges like Naomi Campbell and Iman chose Leslie as the winner!

After her junior year of high school, Leslie went to New York City to sign a contract with Elite Agency. She modeled that summer and even traveled to Japan for work. She then returned to the United States to finish high school, graduating in 1991.

Throughout her modeling career, Leslie Bibb appeared on the covers of many magazines. These included Seventeen, CosmoGirl, and Stuff. In 2008, she was also in a TV commercial for Almay Pure Blends makeup.

Acting

Bibb at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2007

Leslie Bibb first appeared on TV in 1996. She had small parts in shows like Pacific Blue and Home Improvement. Her first movie role was in the comedy Private Parts. She then got a main role in the TV series The Big Easy. However, that show was canceled after a few months.

In 1999, Leslie got her big break in the TV show Popular. She played Brooke McQueen, a very popular and smart cheerleader at Kennedy High School. The show was a huge hit with teenagers. This success helped Leslie get more movie roles. She won a Teen Choice Award for her work on Popular.

During her time on Popular, she also filmed the movie The Skulls (1999). It was a thriller where she played a friend and love interest. Even though critics didn't love The Skulls, it made a lot of money at the box office. In 2001, she starred in the comedy See Spot Run, playing a single mom on an adventure.

Leslie Bibb also had a recurring role on the popular medical drama ER. She then played a main character in the TV series Line of Fire. From 2005 to 2007, she joined the cast of Crossing Jordan as Detective Lu Simmons.

In 2006, she played Carley, the wife of Will Ferrell's character, in the comedy movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. She said working with Will Ferrell was "just funny."

In 2008, Leslie Bibb appeared as Christine Everhart in the action film Iron Man. Christine Everhart is a reporter for Vanity Fair. Leslie said she liked that her character had "a very strong sense of right and wrong." That same year, she starred in the horror film The Midnight Meat Train.

In the 2009 comedy Confessions of a Shopaholic, she played the main character's rival. She also played Sarah Lowell in the thriller movie Law Abiding Citizen (2009).

In 2010, Leslie returned as Christine Everhart in Iron Man 2. This movie was her biggest box-office success, earning over $621 million worldwide! Later in 2010, she starred in the independent comedy Miss Nobody. She also helped produce this film and won the Best Actress Award at the Boston Film Festival for her performance.

Leslie Bibb also appeared in the 2011 movie The Zookeeper with Kevin James. In 2012, she starred as Amanda Vaughn in the ABC series GCB, but the show was canceled after 10 episodes.

In 2016, Leslie starred in the first season of the YouTube Red show Rhett & Link's Buddy System. She also had a recurring role on ABC's American Housewife starting in 2016, playing the neighbor Viv. In 2017, Leslie Bibb starred in the Netflix comedy-horror movie The Babysitter. She played the same role in the 2020 sequel, The Babysitter: Killer Queen. Also in 2017, she was cast in the comedy film Tag.

In 2019, it was announced that Leslie Bibb would play Grace Sampson in the Netflix superhero series Jupiter's Legacy. In 2021, she joined Netflix's comedy series God's Favorite Idiot as Satan. She also played Ellie in the 2023 comedy film About My Father.

Other projects

Leslie Bibb supports Friends of El Faro. This group helps raise money for Casa Hogar Sion, an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico.

In 2008, the makeup brand Almay chose Leslie Bibb as their ambassador. She became a spokeswoman for their makeup collections and appeared in their ads around the world.

In 2010, Leslie partnered with the LIFE Foundation. Her father had passed away when she was young, but his life insurance helped her mother and sisters. Because of this, Leslie became a national spokesperson for Life Insurance Awareness Month.

Personal life

Leslie Bibb has been in a relationship with actor Sam Rockwell since 2007. They met in Los Angeles. They have appeared together in movies like Iron Man 2 and Don Verdean.

Filmography (selected)

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Film

Television

Web

See also

In Spanish: Leslie Bibb para niños