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Kelsey Asbille

American actress (born 1991)

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Kelsey Asbille Chow, (born September 9, 1991) known as her stage name Kelsey Asbille, is an American actress. In 2024, Asbille played the lead role of Iris in the Netflix movie Don't Move. She has played Mikayla in the Disney XD sitcom Pair of Kings. From 2005 to 2009, she had a recurring role as Gigi Silveri on the drama One Tree Hill. She portrayed Tracy Stewart in MTV's Teen Wolf from 2015 to 2016. Asbille had a supporting role in the film Wind River and a recurring role in the television series Fargo, and played main character Monica Long Dutton in the Paramount Network western drama series Yellowstone (2018-2024).

01Early life

Kelsey Asbille's father is Jim C. Chow, who served for more than 30 years in the United States Air Force and Air National Guard achieving the rank of brigadier general.

Asbille attended Hammond School in Columbia, South Carolina, for high school. She began attending Columbia University at the age of 17 as a human rights major and was still continuing with her studies as of 2023.

Asbille at the 2011 Hollywood Style Awards.
Asbille at the 2011 Hollywood Style Awards.

02Career

After gaining experience in community theatre, Asbille got her first television role in 2005 where she played the recurring role of Gigi Silveri on One Tree Hill at the age of 13 appearing on the show until 2009.

In 2008, she guest starred on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. She also co-starred in the Disney Channel original film Den Brother.

From 2010, Asbille played Mikayla on the Disney XD original series Pair of Kings.

In 2012, Asbille had a small part in The Amazing Spider-Man, and was later cast in the feature film Run.

In 2014, she was cast in the Fox drama Hieroglyph. However, the series was cancelled before it premiered.

She co-starred in 2015 with Stefanie Scott in the music video for Hayley Kiyoko's song "Girls Like Girls", and appeared in the recurring role of Tracy Stewart on season five of Teen Wolf (the first ten episodes premiered on June 29, 2015, while the second half premiered on January 5, 2016).

03Personal life

In 2017, The New York Times reported Asbille to be of Taiwanese, British, and Eastern Band Cherokee descent. She told the newspaper that playing an Indigenous woman in Wind River was "in [her] blood". Actor Adam Beach disputed her ancestry and casting in Yellowstone. In response to an inquiry by actor-producer Sonny Skyhawk, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians issued a statement that Asbille was not an enrolled member and that the tribe had no documentation supporting that she was descended from the band.

04Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 My Sweet Misery Girlfriend Past
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Sally Avril Character named "Hot Girl" in credits
2013 The Wine of Summer Brit
Run Emily Baltimore
2014 Found Footage Girl Short film
2015 Full of Grace Zara
Chicago Sanitation Sanitation Worker Short film
2017 Wind River Natalie Hanson Credited as Kelsey Asbille
2024 Don't Move Iris Credited as Kelsey Asbille
TBA The Kellys TBA Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005-2009 One Tree Hill Gigi Silveri Recurring role; 18 episodes
2008 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Dakota Episode: "Romancing the Phone"
2010 Den Brother Matisse Burrows Disney Channel Original Movie
2010-2013 Pair of Kings Mikayla Makoola Main role; 63 episodes
2011 Disney's Friends for Change Games Herself Red Team member
2012 Punk'd Herself Episode: "Lucy Hale"
2014 Baby Daddy Stephanie Episode: "An Affair Not to Remember"
Hieroglyph Lotus Tenry Unsold pilot
2015-2016 Teen Wolf Tracy Stewart Recurring role; 13 episodes
2016 Embeds Marissa main role; 6 episodes
2017 Brimming with Love Allie Morgan Television film
2018 Splitting Up Together Charlotte Recurring role; 2 episodes
2018-2024 Yellowstone Monica Long Dutton Main role; 53 episodes
2020 Fargo Swanee Capps Season 4, recurring role

Music videos

Year Song Role Artist
2013 "Sleepwalker" Girl Bonnie McKee
2015 "Girls Like Girls" Sonya Hayley Kiyoko
Watch videos about Kelsey AsbilleExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

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