Ashley Greene biography

Ashley Michele Greene (born February 21, 1987) is an American actress and model, best known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels.

Personal life

Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and is the daughter of Michele (née Tatum), who works in insurance, and Joe Greene, a U.S. Marine who now owns his own concrete business. She grew up in Middleburg and Jacksonville, and went to University Christian School before transferring to Wolfson High School when she was in tenth grade.^[  She moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. Greene has an older brother named Joe, who still resides in Jacksonville with their parents.

Greene is good friends with her Twilight co-stars, particularly Kellan Lutz and Jackson Rathbone whom she knew before filming of the series began. Greene has stated the she grew up watching football and is a Florida Gators fan. She was also seen attending a Green Bay Packers game against the New York Giants with Jonas and Jessica Szohr at Lambeau Field in 2010. In 2009, nude self portraits of Greene were leaked onto the internet. Her attorneys threatened to sue various websites that published the pictures.

Career

She initially planned to become a model, but was told that she was not tall enough at 5'5" to be a fashion model and should instead focus on acting in commercials. After taking commercial and acting classes, she fell in love with acting and realized that she preferred it over modeling. Greene graduated from high school early and moved to L.A. to pursue an acting career^[  Since then, she has appeared as a guest on such television programs, as Punk'd and Crossing Jordan.

Greene's big break came in 2008 when she was cast as Alice Cullen in Twilight, a film based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. She reprised her role as Alice in the 2009 sequel to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, 2010's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and will reprise the role again in 2011, in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2.

Greene portrayed Michelle Burkham in the drama film Skateland, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

She reunited with her Twilight co-star Kellan Lutz in the movie Warrior and also stars in thriller film, Summer's Blood, as well as the Dark Castle Entertainment production The Apparition, which began filming on February 1, 2010.

Appearing nude in a bodypainted bikini, Greene posed for SoBe advertisements that ran in the 2010 issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. She received "The Style Icon Award" at Hollywood Life’s Young Hollywood Awards this year. Greene was also presented an award from the PETA foundation for representing Avon and their no testing on animals policy.

Greene presented an award at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2010.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Punk'd	Girlfriend	1 episode
2006	Crossing Jordan	Ann Rappaport	1 episode
	MADtv	Amber	1 episode
	Desire	Renata	7 episodes
2007	King of California	McDonald's Customer
2008	Shark	Natalie Faber	1 episode
	Otis	Kim #4	Straight-to-DVD
	Twilight	Alice Cullen	Teen Choice Award for Movie Fresh Face Female Nominated–Scream Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated–Scream Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2009	Shrink	Missy
	Summer's Blood	Summer Matthews	Straight-to-DVD
	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Alice Cullen	Teen Choice Award for Scene Stealer Female Teen Choice Award for Most Fanatic Fans
2010	Skateland	Michelle Burkham	Premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival
	Radio Free Albemuth	Rhonda
	A Warrior's Heart	Brooklyn
	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Alice Cullen	Teen Choice Award for Scene Stealer Female
2011	The Apparition	Kelly
	Butter	Kaitlen Pickler
	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	Alice Cullen
	Pan Am	Amanda Mason	3 episodes
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Alice Cullen	Post-production
	LOL	Ashley
	The Boom Boom Room	Adeline Winter	Filming
	Americana	Alice	TV series

Fun Facts

Has one sibling named Joe, who still resides in Jacksonville, along with her still happily married parents, Joe and Michele.

She graduated high school early and moved from Jacksonville Florida to Hollywood at age 17.

She adores Audrey Hepburn, and, as a result, one of her all time favorite movies is Breakfast At Tiffany's.

Ashley Greene loves the Florida Gators.

Ashley Greene is good friends Kellan Lutz and Jackson Rathbone who she both knew before shooting the Twilight movie. She is also close friends with her "Twilight" co-star, Rachelle Lefevre.

She is also going to be starring in a film "Warrior" in 2009 with friend Kellan Lutz.

In her free time she likes to read or surf if she gets the chance.

She also likes shopping and had already bought a dress for Alice in Twilight for the prom scene but the scene for her was cut.

Is the face of StopStaring.com, a website that sells retro-style dresses.

Attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida.

Studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Ashley had to learn to pitch like a professional for the baseball scene in Twilight.

Quotes

"I've never seen anyone so prone to life-threatening idiocy."

"I love love, love Audrey Hepburn. She's so timeless and classically beautiful. Geena Davis is also great... Long Kiss Goodnight was a favorite of mine for a while. Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Felicity Huffman are some others I look up to."

"I really would love to do a piece like Julia Roberts or Charlize Theron in Erin Brockovich or North Country. They were both so amazing and so inspiring. I would love to touch someone in the way they're performances touched me. Obviously that will be when I play 30 and not 16 so I have time. Also a time piece."