Kelly Stables

Last updated
Kelly Stables
Alma mater University of Missouri
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Kurt Patino
(m. 2005)
Children2

Kelly Stables is an American actress who has appeared on stage, as well as in film and television. She is known for her television roles, such as Melissa on Two and a Half Men , Eden Konkler on The Exes , Will Vandom in the animated series W.I.T.C.H. , and Kelly on Superstore .

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Personal life

Stables graduated from the University of Missouri in 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. [1]

By March 2005, corresponding with the release of The Ring Two in theaters, she married Kurt Patino. They have two sons together, born in 2012 and 2015. [2] [3] Her first pregnancy was written into the second season of her TV show, The Exes . [4]

Career

Stables has acted in a number of plays. Her two largest theatrical roles were in the Thousand Oaks Civic Light Opera's production of Peter Pan as Wendy, and in Sleeping Beauty as the title character. [1] She has also played several other stage roles, most notably that of Marion Davies in W.R. and the Daisy. [1]

Stables is best known in the world of film for the stunt work she did for The Ring (2002), 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 (2005). 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 .[ citation needed ] From 2004 to 2006, she voiced Will Vandom on W.I.T.C.H. , and had roles on General Hospital and St. Bartes-Aspen.[ citation needed ] She also briefly appeared in the unaired pilot for The Grubbs in 2002, and had a role in an episode of Cavemen in November 2007, 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 also worked on a film called My Life Untitled, [5] guest-starred on 'Til Death as a travel agent, and appeared in a Burger King commercial as a woman who is selling things on infomercials.[ citation needed ]

In 2010, she co-starred on the ABC show Romantically Challenged playing Lisa Thomas, Alyssa Milano's character's sister. She is the "Sexpert" of the group offering often unwanted advice. [6] The show was canceled after airing only 4 episodes. In 2011, she played a character named Claire on an episode of the CBS sitcom Mad Love , and landed a regular role as Eden on the TV Land sitcom The Exes until the series ended in 2015. In 2016, Stables joined the cast of The CW's No Tomorrow , playing Mary Anne, the sister of the main character, Evie. Stables then landed a recurring role on the third season of the NBC show Superstore in 2017, as Kelly, a quirky new hire who eventually becomes the love interest of Jonah Simms. In 2019, she joined the cast of Young Justice as the voice of Arrowette.

Most recently, Stables voiced the role of a mouse in the 2020 film Dolittle .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Spider-Man UncreditedStunts
The GrubbsYoung Sophine
The Ring Stunts
2003 The Haunted Mansion Queen Ghost
Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy Lydia Meryton
2004 Bring It On Again Tiny Blonde
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Stunts
2005 Hoodwinked! Schnitzel Kid 1Voice role
Rings Samara MorganShort film
The Ring Two Evil Samara
2006FurnaceKaren Bolding
Telling LiesEve Forrester
State's Evidence Emily Carter
2007 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Voice role
2008Together Again for the First TimeSandra Frobisher
2009Dragon HunterRaya
Soul Fire RisingEve
My Life: UntitledOllie
2012Should've Been RomeoSara
Zambezia Gossip Bird 1Voice role
Love and GermophobiaAdditional voicesVoice role
2013 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Additional voicesVoice role
2014 Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon Athena/PuffyVoice role
Horrible Bosses 2 Rachel
2020 Dolittle MouseVoice role
2023 Holiday Twist Connie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002BSMollyTelevision film
2003 General Hospital Teenage Bobbie SpencerEpisode: "No. 10430"
2004–2006 W.I.T.C.H. Will VandomMain voice role
2006 'Til Death SandiEpisode: "The Courtship of Eddie's Parents"
How I Met Your Mother MasseuseEpisode: "Drumroll, Please"
2007 Shorty McShorts' Shorts DigitEpisode: "Too Many Robots;" voice
2007–2009 Greek JanetteRecurring role, 8 episodes
2007 Cavemen Rocky the Cave KidEpisode: "Cave Kid"
2008 The Bold and the Beautiful Beauty Salon Attendant2 episodes
Life MarielleEpisode: "Crushed"
2008–2010 Two and a Half Men MelissaRecurring role, 10 episodes
2009 Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe Teri/Phoebe the ElfTelevision film
2010 Romantically Challenged Lisa ThomasMain role
Bones Cynthia RinaldiEpisode: "The Bones That Weren't"
2011 Mad Love ClaireEpisode: "To Munsch or Not to Munsch"
2011–2015 The Exes Eden KonklerMain role
2011 Hung N/AEpisode: "Don't Give Up on Detroit or Hung Like a Horse"
A Golden Christmas 2: The Second TailKellyTelevision film; aka. 3 Holiday Tails
2013 Baby Daddy Kayla2 episodes
2015 Sofia the First SaffronVoice role; episode: "Minimus is Missing"
Mom Kathy, drug store cashierEpisode: "Sick Popes and a Red Ferrari"
2016–2017 No Tomorrow Mary AnneRecurring role
2017 Speechless CandaceEpisode: "W-E-WE'RE B-A-BACK!"
2017–2021 Superstore Kelly WatsonRecurring role (seasons 3–6); 23 episodes [7]
2017–2018Malibu Dan the Family ManKate MarshallRecurring role
2018 Get Shorty Brooklyn McGowan-HughesEpisode: "We'll Let You Know"
2019, 2021 Young Justice Arrowette Voice role; episodes: "Triptych", "Tale of Two Sisters"
2021 NCIS Astrid Fellowes“False Start”
2024 Extended Family Kate Mackey“The Consequences of Helping People"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Generic Female SkaterVoice role
2008 The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft IolaVoice role
2013 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Additional voicesVoice role
2016 Let It Die Naomi DetexVoice role [8]

Radio

Stage

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