Game World!: Kelly Stables

Kelly Stables (born January 26, 1978^{[citation needed]}) is an American actress who has appeared on stage, as well as in film and television. She is known for her television roles, such as Melissa on Two and a Half Men, Eden Konkler on The Exes, and Kelly on Superstore.

Personal life[edit]

Stables was born in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri. She was a well-known cheerleader in her high school years, a fact which would be commemorated in an article in the magazine American Cheerleader.^{[citation needed]} She graduated from Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Missouri.^{[citation needed]}

She graduated from University of Missouri in Columbia earning a bachelor's degree in Communication with an emphasis in Television and Theatre Performance minor. While at the University of Missouri she was a member of Delta Gamma.^[1]

By March 2005, corresponding with the release of The Ring Two in theaters, she married Kurt Patino. They have two sons together, born in 2012 and 2015.^[2]^[3] Her first pregnancy was written into the second season of her TV show, The Exes.^[4]

Career[edit]

Kelly Stables has acted in a number of plays. Her two largest roles were in the Thousand Oaks Civic Light Opera's Peter Pan as Wendy, and in Sleeping Beauty as the title character.^[1] She has also played several other stage roles, most notably that of Marion Davies in W.R. and the Daisy.^[1]

Stables is best known in the world of film for the stunt work she did for The Ring and for taking over for Daveigh Chase in portraying the (off-tape) evil Samara Morgan for The Ring Two. She was also in the short film Rings. Her roles in the Bring it On and Ring franchises would boost her popularity to the point of gaining mention in Rolling Stone, Star and Us Weekly. She also voices Will Vandom in W.I.T.C.H., and plays roles in General Hospital and St. Bartes-Aspen. She also briefly appeared in the pilot for The Grubbs. In November 2007, she had a role in an episode of Cavemen playing a 12-year-old cavekid boy.

Stables had a recurring role as Melissa, Alan Harper's receptionist (and recurring/former girlfriend) in Seasons 6–8 of Two and a Half Men. She also worked on a film called My Life Untitled.^[5] She also guest-starred on 'Til Death as a travel agent. She also appears on the Burger King commercial as a woman who is selling things on infomercials.

She co-starred in the ABC show Romantically Challenged playing Lisa Thomas, Alyssa Milano's character's sister. She is the "Sexpert" of the group offering advice when it is not usually asked for.^[6] The show was canceled after airing 4 episodes.

In 2011, she played a character named Claire on an episode of the CBS sitcom Mad Love. Also in 2011, she landed a regular role as Eden on the TV Land sitcom The Exes. The series concluded its fourth and final season in 2015.

In 2016, Stables joined the cast of The CW's No Tomorrow as a recurring cast member. She plays Mary Anne, the sister of the main character, Evie.

In 2017, Stables landed a recurring role on the third season of the NBC show Superstore as Kelly, a quirky new hire who eventually becomes the love interest of Jonah Simms.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Spider-Man	Uncredited	Stunts
2002	The Grubbs	Young Sophine
2002	The Ring		Stunts
2003	The Haunted Mansion	Queen Ghost
2003	Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy	Lydia Meryton
2004	Bring It On Again	Tiny Blonde
2004	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement		Stunts
2005	Hoodwinked!	Schnitzel Kid 1	Voice role
2005	Rings	Samara Morgan	Short film
2005	The Ring Two	Evil Samara
2006	Furnace	Karen Bolding
2006	Telling Lies	Eve Forrester
2006	State's Evidence	Emily Carter
2007	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem		Voice role
2008	Together Again for the First Time	Sandra Frobisher
2009	Dragon Hunter	Raya
2009	Soul Fire Rising	Eve
2009	My Life: Untitled	Ollie
2012	Should've Been Romeo	Sara
2012	Zambezia	Gossip Bird 1	Voice role
2012	Love and Germophobia	Additional voices	Voice role
2013	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Additional voices	Voice role
2014	Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon	Athena/Puffy	Voice role
2014	Horrible Bosses 2	Rachel
2020	Dolittle	Mouse	Voice role

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	BS	Molly	Television film
2003	General Hospital	Teenage Bobbie Spencer	Episode: "No. 10430"
2004–2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Will Vandom	Main voice role
2006	'Til Death	Sandi	Episode: "The Courtship of Eddie's Parents"
2006	How I Met Your Mother	Masseuse	Episode: "Drumroll, Please"
2007	Shorty McShorts' Shorts	Digit	Episode: "Too Many Robots;" voice
2007–2009	Greek	Janette	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2007	Cavemen	Rocky the Cave Kid	Episode: "Cave Kid"
2008	The Bold and the Beautiful	Beauty Salon Attendant	2 episodes
2008	Life	Marielle	Episode: "Crushed"
2008–2010	Two and a Half Men	Melissa	Recurring role, 10 episodes
2009	Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe	Teri/Phoebe the Elf	Television film
2010	Romantically Challenged	Lisa Thomas	Main role
2010	Bones	Cynthia Rinaldi	Episode: "The Bones That Weren't"
2011	Mad Love	Claire	Episode: "To Munsch or Not to Munsch"
2011–2015	The Exes	Eden Konkler	Main role
2011	Hung	N/A	Episode: "Don't Give Up on Detroit or Hung Like a Horse"
2011	A Golden Christmas 2: The Second Tail	Kelly	Television film; aka. 3 Holiday Tails
2013	Baby Daddy	Kayla	2 episodes
2015	Sofia the First	Saffron	Voice role; episode: "Minimus is Missing"
2015	Mom	Kathy, drug store cashier	Episode: "Sick Popes and a Red Ferrari"
2016–2017	No Tomorrow	Mary Anne	Recurring role
2017	Speechless	Candace	Episode: "W-E-WE'RE B-A-BACK!"
2017–present	Superstore	Kelly	Recurring role (season 3)^[7]
2017–2018	Malibu Dan the Family Man	Kate Marshall	Recurring role
2019	Young Justice	Arrowette	Voice role; episode: "Triptych"

Video games[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam	Generic Female Skater	Voice role
2008	The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft	Iola	Voice role
2013	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices	Voice role
2016	Let It Die	Naomi Detex	Voice role^[8]