Whitney Able is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) and Monsters (2010), and has been featured in Maxim magazine.
Early life Whitney Able was born in Houston, Texas. She has two brothers. She has lived in Spain and Mexico and is fond of the Spanish language.
Career Able's acting career started with a role in the low-budget film Age of Kali in 2005. She then portrayed Eve in the film Dead Lenny, which was released direct-to-DVD in 2006. She then gained a role in the pilot of the TV show Secrets of a Small Town; however the show was not picked up by American Broadcasting Company. She also had a role on the ABC show Rodney.
Able's breakout role was in the 2006 horror film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, portraying the bitchy but also sympathetic cheerleader Chloe. The film co-starred Amber Heard and received mixed reviews from critics. Able then appeared in guest roles in television series including CSI: New York, Cold Case. Her next film role came in Emmanuelle Vaugier's horror vehicle Unearthed, in which she plays Ally. The film was one of the 8 films to die for at horrorfest and received poor reviews from critics. She also starred in the direct-to-DVD releases Love and Mary and Remarkable Power.
Able appeared in a number of independent films before landing the leading role in the 2010 film Monsters, a low-budget sci-fi horror film. The movie was critically praised. In the same year, she had a role in Tales of an Ancient Empire. She ranked #83 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list. In 2015, she starred in the independent feature-length thriller Dark, directed by Nick Basile.
In 2021, Able starred in We Won't Forget, a short film directed by Edgar Morais and Lucas Elliot Eberl and co-written by Able and both directors that had its world premiere in competition at Palm Springs International ShortFest. Whitney stars in the film as a woman whose frustrations boil to the surface while hosting a party for her friends, culminating in a public freakout that turns into collective hysteria.
Personal life Able married actor Scoot McNairy in June 2010. They have two children. On November 19, 2019, Able announced that they had divorced.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2005Age of KaliSabrina2006Dead LennyEve2006All the Boys Love Mandy LaneChloe2007Love and MaryLucy2007UnearthedAlly2008Remarkable PowerCandy2009MercyHeather2010Tough TradeCarmenTelevision film2010Everything Will Happen Before You DieJasmine2010More Things ChangeRobyn2010Rachel2010MonstersSamantha Wynden2010Tales of an Ancient EmpireXia2010Pound of FleshRachel Fry2010Anna Kane2010Black HoleElizaShort film2011Literally, Right Before AaronGirl from VermontShort film2011Bad ActressRebecca Pillage2011AnnabelAnnabelShort film2012Free SamplesDana2013Straight A'sFran2014Denise2014Man Without a HeadGirl #42015DarkKate2015Ava's PossessionsJillian2016FluidicFave
Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Secrets of a Small Town Meredith Unsold television pilot2006RodneyPhysical Education MajorEpisode: "Where the Rubber Meets the Road"2007CSI: NYRita SteinwayEpisode: "Obsession"2007Cold CaseRainey Karlsen (1997)Episode: "Stand Up and Holler"2010NikitaHanna CushkoEpisode: "2.0"2010Criminal MindsPenny HanleyEpisode: "Reflection of Desire" 2017 Godless Anna McNue 2 episodes
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