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Kelsey Asbille
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Asbille at the 2011 Hollywood Style Awards
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Kelsey Asbille Chow

(1991-09-09) September 9, 1991 (age 33)
Other names Kelsey Chow
Education Columbia University
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present

Kelsey Asbille Chow (born September 9, 1991) is an American actress. She has played Mikayla in the Disney XD sitcom Pair of Kings, and Monica Long in the Paramount Network western drama series Yellowstone. From 2005 to 2009, she had a recurring role as Gigi Silveri on the drama One Tree Hill. She portrayed Tracy Stewart in MTV's Teen Wolf from 2015 to 2016.

For all of her screen credits up through 2017, she is listed as Kelsey Chow. For her roles since that year, such as for Wind River, Yellowstone, and Fargo, in which she plays characters of Native American descent, she is credited as Kelsey Asbille. She has received criticism for this as she has no known Native American ancestry.

Early life

Kelsey is of mixed European and Asian ancestry. Her parents are Dr. James Chow and Jean Chow. She has two younger siblings: a brother, Forrest, and a sister, Kiersten. Chow has said her father is Chinese, and her mother an American from Columbia, South Carolina. She stated in 2010 that because her father is Chinese, she wanted to be more fluent in Mandarin Chinese, as well as read traditional Chinese characters.

In 2017 and 2018, when she was cast in Native American roles, she claimed to be "part Cherokee" and to have a "Cherokee identity." She told The New York Times that she was of "Eastern Band Cherokee descent" and that playing an Indigenous woman was "in [her] blood." This resulted in the tribe issuing a statement that they have no record of Chow, nor did they find any evidence that she is a descendant.

Chow attended Hammond School for high school, located in Columbia, SC. She is based in Los Angeles, but also lives part-time in New York City where she attended Columbia University as a Human Rights major.

Career

After gaining experience in community theatre, Chow 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.

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, Chow co-starred as Mikayla on Disney XD original series Pair of Kings.

In 2012, Chow had a small part in The Amazing Spider-Man, and was later cast in the feature film Run.

In 2014, she was cast in the Fox drama Hieroglyph. However, the series was cancelled before it premiered.

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

Personal life

Asbille dated English actor William Moseley from 2012 to 2018.

Filmography

For all of her roles, unless otherwise indicated, she is credited as Kelsey Chow.

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 My Sweet Misery Girlfriend Past
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Sally Avril Character named "..." in credits
2013 The Wine of Summer Brit
2013 Run Emily Baltimore
2014 Found Footage Girl Short film
2015 Full of Grace Zara
2015 Chicago Sanitation Sanitation Worker Short film
2017 Wind River Natalie Hanson Credited as Kelsey Asbille
TBA Don't Move Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005–2009 One Tree Hill Gigi Silveri Recurring role; 18 episodes
2008 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Dakota Episode: "Romancing the Phone"
2010 Den Brother Matisse Burrows Disney Channel Original Movie
2010–2013 Pair of Kings Mikayla Makoola Main role; 63 episodes
2011 Disney's Friends for Change Games Herself Red Team member
2012 Punk'd Herself Episode: "Lucy Hale"
2014 Baby Daddy Stephanie Episode: "An Affair Not to Remember"
2014 Hieroglyph Lotus Tenry Unsold pilot
2015–2016 Teen Wolf Tracy Stewart Recurring role; 13 episodes
2016 Embeds Marissa main role; 6 episodes
2017 Brimming with Love Allie Morgan Television film; (credited as Kelsey Asbille)
2018 Splitting Up Together Charlotte Recurring role; 2 episodes
2018–present Yellowstone Monica Dutton Main role; 29 episodes, (credited as Kelsey Asbille)
2020 Fargo Swanee Capps Season 4, recurring role; (credited as Kelsey Asbille)

Music videos

Year Song Role Artist
2013 "Sleepwalker" Girl Bonnie McKee
2015 "Girls Like Girls" Sonya Hayley Kiyoko

See also

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