Years active: 2002 - present (started around 24 years old; 22 years in the business)
About Kelly Stables
Kelly Stables is an American actress for television, stage and film who can currently be seen as “Melissa” in the #1 rated CBS television comedy series Two And a Half Men.
Born and raised in St. Louis, MO, Kelly's earliest memory is knocking on her neighbors doors, giving them hand-made puppets (made from a brown paper lunch bag) and inviting them to a show on her driveway that night... which consisted of Kelly playing the ANNIE record and singing in her nightgown. She spent her teenage summers working at Scoop-dee-doo Ice Cream shop and attended Lafayette High School where she was voted “Most School Spirit” and Prom Queen. Kelly was active in cheerleading, Jazz-ma-tazz show choir and theatre. Her first professional acting job came when she was cast in the teen chorus of GODSPELL at The Muny Opera. She soon went on to graduate cum laude from the University of Missouri, Columbia earning a bachelor’s degree in Communication with an emphasis in Television and Theatre Performance minor.
During the ides of March of 2000, Kelly decided to pack up her car and move to Los Angeles. She knew no one, but found a small studio apartment and used the purple blow-up furniture (that her big sister bought her) to sleep on. She soon became associated with Theatre West but would call St. Louis in tears practically every day, because if she tried to go anywhere other than the theatre she would end up completely lost somewhere in LA.
Finally, came a “monstrous” break. She was fortunate enough to meet the Academy award winning, legendary make-up artist Rick Baker who helped her land the role of “Evil Samara” in The Ring 2, after doing stunts in THE RING. For each day of shooting The Ring 2, it took Mr. Baker and his team 5 ½ hours to apply the prosthetic make-up on Kelly.
This led to other film roles for Kelly in the horror genre including the British thriller Telling Lies, in which Kelly starred along side Jason Flemyng and Mel B. She also starred in a good number of independent movies including Together Again For The First Time (Lifetime network), Pride & Prejudice (Showtime), Furnace (Sci-Fi Channel) and Dragon Hunter (coming out on dvd this summer), in which case unless you are related to Kelly you most likely have not seen.
