Kelsey Asbille

Kelsey Asbille's father is Jim C. Chow. He served for more than 30 years in the United States Air Force and Air National Guard achieving the rank of Brigadier General.[https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a39980995/yellowstone-star-kesey-asbille-top-gun-maverick-red-carpet/ 'Yellowstone' Star Kelsey Asbille Stuns in a Brown Mini Dress on the 'Top Gun: Maverick' Red Carpet, by Katie Bowlby, Country Living, May 19,2022] Retrieved Nov.10, 2024

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.{{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=14 March 2025 |work=Cultured |date=20 March 2023 |language=en}}

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.{{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}}"Hammond Student Shines on 'One Tree Hill'", The State, November 16, 2005.

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 to 2013, Asbille co-starred as Mikayla on Disney XD original series Pair of Kings.{{cite web |url=http://thedreamagazine.com/october-cover-girl-kelsey-chow/ |title=October Cover Girl: Kelsey Chow « Dream Magazine |publisher=Thedreamagazine.com |access-date=June 4, 2013 |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823042011/http://thedreamagazine.com/october-cover-girl-kelsey-chow/ |url-status=dead }}

In 2012, Asbille had a small part in The Amazing Spider-Man,{{cite web|last=Laurence |first=Emily |url=http://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}} and was later cast in the feature film Run.{{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}}

In 2014, she was cast in the Fox drama Hieroglyph.{{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}} However, the series was cancelled before it premiered.{{cite magazine|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/30/fox-cancels-hieroglyph/|title=Fox cancels Ancient Egypt drama 'Hieroglyph'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Hibberd|first=James|date=June 30, 2014|access-date=July 1, 2014}}

She co-starred in 2015 with Stefanie Scott in the music video for Hayley Kiyoko's song "Girls Like Girls",{{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}} 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).

Asbille claims she is of Chinese, British and Eastern Band Cherokee descent. She told The New York Times that playing an Indigenous woman in Wind River was "in [her] blood".{{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=Aug 1, 2017 |access-date=Oct 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= 2017-08-27 |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}} However, in response to an inquiry by actor-producer Sonny Skyhawk, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians issued a statement stating that Asbille was not an enrolled member and that the tribe had no documentation supporting her claim that she was descended from the band.{{cite web |url=http://www.pechanga.net/content/eastern-band-cherokee-indians-says-wind-river-and-yellowstone-actress-not-enrolled-nor-desce |title=Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Says Wind River and Yellowstone Actress is Not Enrolled nor Descended from Tribe |publisher=Pechanga.net |date=September 19, 2017 |access-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925232251/http://www.pechanga.net/content/eastern-band-cherokee-indians-says-wind-river-and-yellowstone-actress-not-enrolled-nor-desce |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{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=30 December 2024 |work=BuzzFeed News |date=4 October 2017 |language=en}}

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