Leslie Bibb

Leslie Louise Bibb (born November 17, 1974) is an American actress and model.

In 1990, when Bibb was sixteen years old, The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Elite Agency held a nationwide modeling search.

The celebrity judges – John Casablancas, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, and Iman – chose Bibb as the winner.

After finishing her junior year, Bibb flew to New York City to sign a contract with Elite Agency and modeled over that summer and went on a trip to Japan.

Bibb returned to the United States for her senior year and graduated in 1991.

Throughout her modeling career, Bibb has appeared on the cover of several magazines, including CosmoGirl, 944, Seventeen, Gear, Paper, L'Officiel, Teen, FHM, Stuff, YM and Fit.

Bibb first appeared on television in 1996 with minor roles in a few series, and on film in 1997 with a small role in Private Parts.

Bibb first appeared on television in 1996, playing in episodes of Pacific Blue and Home Improvement.

Her first film role came in the Howard Stern comedy Private Parts.

This was followed by her first television series, where she replaced the departed Susan Walters as the female lead in the second season of The Big Easy.

Most critics panned the show, and it was canceled months later after low ratings.

Her first recurring TV role was in The Big Easy (1997).

For her role as Brooke McQueen on the WB Network dramedy series Popular, she received a Teen Choice Award for Television Choice Actress.

She appeared in the romantic drama Touch Me (1997) and had a supporting role in the film This Space Between Us (1999).

In 1999, Bibb had her big break appearing as a lead character on the WB Network television series Popular.

Her role was Brooke McQueen, the most popular girl at Kennedy High School who is beautiful, a straight-A student, and a cheerleader.

The show was a major success among teenagers and led Bibb to more recognizable film roles.

The show garnered her a Teen Choice Award for Television Choice Actress and a Young Hollywood Award nomination for Exciting New Face – Female.

During the series, she filmed the psychological thriller The Skulls (1999), as the classmate, friend and love interest of one of the main characters.

The Skulls received a negative reception from critics but was a box-office success.

She was featured on the 2001 FHM calendar and on the Maxim Uncut 2001 15-Month calendar.

She received a role in the 2001 comedy See Spot Run, playing a single mother who spends most of the film on her own Planes, Trains and Automobiles–style adventure.

Bibb was cast in a recurring role on the series ER and played the lead character on the television series Line of Fire.

Bibb joined the cast of Crossing Jordan as Detective Lu Simmons until Season 6.

She appeared as Desiree in the independent film Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006).

Wristcutters revolved around two characters who fall in love in purgatory after committing suicide.

The film was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize, two Independent Spirit Awards and the Humanitas Prize.

That year, she played Will Ferrell's character's wife Carley in the comedy feature film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

Recalling acting with Ferrell during an interview with TV Guide, she said he was "just funny. And he has no qualms about making something funnier for you, even at his expense."

Bibb also starred in the unaired sitcom Atlanta as Jessica.

She was cast as Dr. Miranda Storm in Sex and Death 101, a black comedy, which was released direct-to-video in 2007.

She has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Christine Everhart in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), What If...? (2021), and several viral marketing campaigns in which the character hosts WHIH Newsfront.

She appears as Grace Sampson/ Lady Liberty in the Netflix series Jupiter's Legacy (2021).

Bibb was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, and raised in Lovingston in Nelson County, Virginia.

Her father died three years after she was born.

Bibb subsequently moved to Richmond, Virginia, with her mother and three older sisters, where she attended the all-girls Catholic private school Saint Gertrude High School.

In 2008, Bibb appeared in a television commercial for Almay Pure Blends.

She appeared as a Vanity Fair reporter named Christine Everhart in the action film Iron Man (2008).

In an interview, Bibb said about her character in the film: "she has a very strong sense of right and wrong, of good and evil, and I loved her passion."

In 2008, Bibb starred as Maya Jones in the Ryuhei Kitamura–directed horror film The Midnight Meat Train (2008), based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name.