{{Short description|American actress (born 1991)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Kelsey Asbille | image = Kelsey Asbille in 2020 01.png | image_size = | caption = Asbille in 2020 | birth_name = Kelsey Asbille Chow | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|09|09}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelsey Asbille - Actress |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kelsey-asbille/ |website=TV Insider |access-date=April 11, 2025 |date=April 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mike Rose |first1=cleveland com |title=Famous birthdays list for today, September 9, 2024 includes celebrities Adam Sandler, Kelsey Asbille |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/09/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-september-9-2024-includes-celebrities-adam-sandler-kelsey-asbille.html |website=cleveland |access-date=April 11, 2025 |language=en |date=September 9, 2024}}</ref> | birth_place = Columbia, South Carolina, United States | other_names = Kelsey Chow | education = Columbia University | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2005–present | partner = }}
'''Kelsey Asbille Chow''', 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).
==Early 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bowlby |first1=Katie |title='Yellowstone' Star Kelsey Asbille Stuns in a Brown Mini Dress on the 'Top Gun: Maverick' Red Carpet |url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a39980995/yellowstone-star-kesey-asbille-top-gun-maverick-red-carpet/ |access-date=November 10, 2024 |work=Country Living |date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wittmer |first1=Carrie |title=Kelsey Asbille Can't Leave Ivy League |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2023/03/20/kelsey-asbille-yellowstone-actor |access-date=March 14, 2025 |work=Cultured |date=March 20, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2005-10-07/Front_Page/002.html |title=Hammond student gets big break |first=Amanda |last=Taylor |newspaper=Columbia Star |date=October 7, 2005 |access-date=April 5, 2011 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716231900/http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2005-10-07/Front_Page/002.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>"Hammond Student Shines on 'One Tree Hill'", ''The State'', November 16, 2005.</ref>
In 2008, she guest starred on ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. She also co-starred in the Disney Channel original film ''Den Brother''. [[File:Kelsey Chow.jpg|thumb|left|Asbille at the 2011 Hollywood Style Awards.]] From 2010, Asbille played Mikayla on the Disney XD original series ''Pair of Kings''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pair of Kings |url=http://www.disneyxdmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3125411&type=lead |website=DisneyXDMediaMet.com |publisher=Disney XD |access-date=18 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203225743/http://www.disneyxdmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3125411&type=lead |archive-date=3 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2012, Asbille had a small part in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Laurence |first=Emily |url=https://www.seventeen.com/entertainment/features/kelsey-chow-interview |title=Kelsey Chow Interview - The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Scoop |date=June 9, 2012 |publisher=Seventeen |access-date=June 4, 2013}}</ref> and was later cast in the feature film ''Run''.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Jeff Sneider |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/kelsey-chow-on-the-run-with-indie-1118051371/ |title=Kelsey Chow on the 'Run' with indie |magazine=Variety |date=March 12, 2012 |access-date=June 4, 2013}}</ref>
In 2014, she was cast in the Fox drama ''Hieroglyph''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/fox-adds-kendrick-sampson-to-gracepoint-kelsey-chow-to-hieroglyph-664883/ |title=Fox Adds Kendrick Sampson To 'Gracepoint', Kelsey Chow To 'Hieroglyph' |date=January 15, 2014 |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=April 5, 2014}}</ref> However, the series was cancelled before it premiered.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/30/fox-cancels-hieroglyph/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701044546/http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/30/fox-cancels-hieroglyph/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |title=Fox cancels Ancient Egypt drama 'Hieroglyph' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref>
She co-starred in 2015 with Stefanie Scott in the music video for Hayley Kiyoko's song "Girls Like Girls",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2195455/hayley-kiyoko-girls-like-girls-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626002749/http://www.mtv.com/news/2195455/hayley-kiyoko-girls-like-girls-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |title=The 'Jem And The Holograms' Girls Get Together For An LGBT-Positive Music Video |publisher=MTV |date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> 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).
== Personal life == <!-- Re Nationality: According to cited New York Times article, Asbille is of "Taiwanese, British and Eastern Band Cherokee descent" (direct quote).--> Asbille is of Chinese, British, and Eastern Band Cherokee descent.<ref name="NYTMaillard">{{cite web |last=Maillard |first=Kevin Noble |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/movies/wind-river-native-american-actors-casting.html |title=What's So Hard About Casting Indian Actors in Indian Roles? |work=The New York Times |date=August 1, 2017 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827120029/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/movies/wind-river-native-american-actors-casting.html |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |quote=Kelsey Asbille, who plays Natalie, the young Indian woman who is raped and murdered in “Wind River,” is of Taiwanese, British and Eastern Band Cherokee descent. Although she did not grow up in an indigenous community, she said she had an “intense connection” to Natalie and what she stood for, adding, “This role, more than any other, it’s in my blood.”}}{{subscription required}}</ref> She told ''The New York Times'' that playing an Indigenous woman in ''Wind River'' was "in [her] blood".<ref name="NYTMaillard"/> 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.<ref name="lange">{{cite news |last1=Lange |first1=Ariane |last2=Cheng |first2=Susan |title=This Small Role Has Caused Debate Among Native Actors In Hollywood |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/arianelange/yellowstone-native-representation-controversy |access-date=December 30, 2024 |work=BuzzFeed News |date=October 4, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2009 | ''My Sweet Misery'' | Girlfriend Past | |- | 2012 | ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' | Sally Avril<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvequals.com/2011/08/17/exclusive-interview-pair-of-kings-kelsey-chow-talks-fight-scenes-spider-man-and-true-blood/ |title=Exclusive Interview: 'Pair of Kings' Kelsey Chow Talks Fight Scenes, Spider-Man and True Blood |publisher=TV Equals |date=August 17, 2011 |author=Ngwije Americ |access-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103182130/https://www.tvequals.com/2011/08/17/exclusive-interview-pair-of-kings-kelsey-chow-talks-fight-scenes-spider-man-and-true-blood/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> | Character named "Hot Girl" in credits |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''The Wine of Summer'' | Brit | |- | ''Run'' | Emily Baltimore | |- | 2014 | ''Found Footage'' | Girl | Short film |- | rowspan="2" | 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 | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=July 19, 2023 |title=Ishana Night Shyamalan's ''The Watchers'' & Sam Raimi's ''Don't Move'' Among Latest Projects Granted SAG-AFTRA Waivers To Shoot During Strike |url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/actors-strike-sag-aftra-waivers-list-the-watchers-dont-move-1235442039/ |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> Credited as Kelsey Asbille |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | 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" |- | rowspan="2" | 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<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/embeds-scott-conroy-interview |title=Embeds May Be the Most Escapist Thing on TV |date=January 18, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/megyn-kelly-tv-show-embeds-cast-premiere-date-1201946917/ |title=Megyn Kelly-Produced Comedy Series 'Embeds' Announces Cast, Premiere Date |date=December 21, 2016 |access-date=October 27, 2024}}</ref> |- | 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=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Song ! Role ! Artist |- | 2013 | "Sleepwalker" | Girl | Bonnie McKee |- | 2015 | "Girls Like Girls" | Sonya | Hayley Kiyoko |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Asbille, Kelsey}} Category:Living people Category:21st-century American actresses Category:Actresses from Columbia, South Carolina Category:American actresses of Taiwanese descent Category:American child actresses Category:American film actresses Category:American people who self-identify as being of Eastern Band Cherokee descent Category:American stage actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Columbia University alumni Category:1991 births