Seychelle Gabriel
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Seychelle Suzanne Gabriel
| image = Seychelle Gabriel at 2012 Imagen Awards (cropped).jpg
| caption = Gabriel at the 2012 Imagen Awards
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|25}}
| birth_place = Burbank, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2007–present
}}
Seychelle Suzanne Gabriel (born March 25, 1991){{cite news |url=https://baytobaynews.com/stories/today-in-entertainment-history-aretha-franklin-was-born,131251 |title=Today in Entertainment History: Aretha Franklin was born |work=The Associated Press |date=March 25, 2024 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |quote=… Actor Seychelle Gabriel ("The Legend of Korra") is 33}} is an American actress. On television, she is best known for portraying Lourdes Delgado in Falling Skies (2011–2014) and voicing Asami Sato in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014). She has also appeared in the films The Spirit (2008), The Last Airbender (2010), Honey 2 (2011), Sleight (2016), and Blood Fest (2018).
Early life and education
Seychelle Gabriel was born and raised in Burbank, California.{{cite web|url=http://layoga.com/inspiration/teacher-profiles/guy-and-seychelle-gabriel/|title=Guy and Seychelle Gabriel|website=layoga.com|date=May 29, 2013|access-date=March 11, 2018|archive-date=March 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315013640/http://layoga.com/inspiration/teacher-profiles/guy-and-seychelle-gabriel/|url-status=live}} Her parents are Michelle and Guy Gabriel a yoga instructor and gets mother is a casting agent.{{Cite web |last=Casting |first=Burbank |title=Burbank Casting-MICHELLE GABRIEL EXTRAS CASTING |url=https://burbankcasting.com/michelle-d-gabriel |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Burbank Casting |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Tomasko |first=Felicia M. |date=2013-05-29 |title=Guy and Seychelle Gabriel |url=https://layoga.com/community/teacher-profiles/guy-and-seychelle-gabriel/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=LA Yoga Magazine - Ayurveda & Health |language=en-US}} She got into acting through her mother's involvement in casting extras for commercials and videos.[http://www.sacurrent.com/ArtSlut/archives/2011/06/18/interviews-with-falling-skies-survivors-bloodgood-gabriel Interviews with 'Falling Skies' survivors Bloodgood, Gabriel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311201839/https://www.sacurrent.com/ArtSlut/archives/2011/06/18/interviews-with-falling-skies-survivors-bloodgood-gabriel |date=March 11, 2018 }} By Star Crazy of San Antonio magazine, June 18, 2011[http://www.latina.com/blogs/vivo-por-tivo/top-five-rising-latina-stars-under-25 The Top Five Rising Latina Stars Under 25] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311081207/http://www.latina.com/blogs/vivo-por-tivo/top-five-rising-latina-stars-under-25 |date=March 11, 2018 }} By Lee Hernandez of Latina magazine, August 3, 2009 Her father has Mexican and French roots, while her mother is Italian. She has a younger brother.{{Cite news |title=Tumblr |url=https://seychelle-gabriel.tumblr.com/navi |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240223101459/https://seychelle-gabriel.tumblr.com/navi |archive-date=2024-02-23 |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=Tumblr}} She graduated from Burbank High School in 2006. In 2023, she graduated from UCLA with a degree in Ethnomusicology.{{Cite web |title=After a lot of years of starting and stopping and starting school again, I transferred to UCLA to study Ethnomusicology until this happy day occurred |url=https://www.instagram.com/seyga/p/CuaLDaJSGTS/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.instagram.com}}
Career
Gabriel appeared as Princess Yue in The Last Airbender (2010), directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film was based on the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Gabriel appeared in Honey 2 (2011), directed by Bille Woodruff, produced by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Gabriel also appeared in the films The Spirit (2008), as Young Sand Saref. She has performed on The Tonight Show, a late-night talk show, and had a recurring role on the comedy-drama television series Weeds. She has also appeared in one episode of Zoey 101.
It was announced on March 7, 2011, that Gabriel was to voice the character Asami Sato in the Nickelodeon series The Legend of Korra.
Gabriel appeared as Lourdes, a series regular on the original TNT sci-fi action/drama series Falling Skies produced by Steven Spielberg 2011–2014.{{cite news |title=TNT Brings Steven Spielberg's Fallen Skies to Comic-Con |url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEIN3PIIb7HdLR |publisher=MovieWeb |date=July 1, 2010 |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-date=July 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708164452/http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEIN3PIIb7HdLR |url-status=dead }} She also appeared in a 2014 music video by My Dear titled "Standing in This Dream".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCw09aQHEHg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/oCw09aQHEHg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=My Dear - Standing In This Dream|last=My Dear (Official)|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=March 11, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2007
| Zoey 101 | Very attractive girl | Episode: "Zoey's Ribs" |
| 2009
| Weeds | Adelita Reyes | 3 episodes |
| 2010
| Lucy | Episode: "An Arm and a Leg" |
| 2011–2014
| Main role (seasons 1–4); 38 episodes |
| 2012–2014
| Asami Sato (voice) | Main role (seasons 1–4); 37 episodes |
| 2013
| Revenge | Regina George | 4 episodes |
| 2015
| May | Television film |
| 2017
| Lara | 3 episodes |
| 2018
| Fortune Rookie | Seychelle (voice) |Episode: "Nemesis" |
| rowspan="2" |2019
| Blackout | Izzy Itani | 8 episodes |
| Get Shorty
| Giulia | 3 episodes |
| 2021
| Veronica Diaz | Episode: "Breathe" |
| 2023
| Julia Dunne | 9 episodes |
| class="wikitable"
|+Video Games !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2024
|Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Web ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2012
| The Living | Dr. Anne Stephens | Miniseries |
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American voice actresses