Odette Yustman Biography:

Odette Juliette Yustman is an American actress born on May 10, 1985 in Los Angeles County, California. Her mother is Cuban and her father was of Italian and French descent. She can also speak Spanish fluently, and is also interested in the fields of sports and fashion.

Odette Yustman made her first film when she was only five years old, and it was with big action star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film was Kindergarten Cop, but even though she could have followed her film debut with a string of projects, Yustman put off acting for awhile in order to concentrate on her studies. She did, however, have minor roles on television, appearing in Remembrance in 1996. She also played Angela in Dear God, which starred Greg Kinnear and Laurie Metcalf. After she graduated from high school, she eased her way back into the industry by working as a model. Eventually, she landed a role on the television series South Beach as Arielle Casta, and has since then guest-starred in several television shows, two of which are Quintuplets and Monk. In 2007, she starred in an original movie in the Lifetime network, titled Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape. Her other film credits include small roles in The Holiday, starring Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Jack Black. Yustman was also in the 2007 film adaptation Transformers, alongside Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox. She has also been a regular cast member on the ABC series October Road, playing the beautiful Aubrey, a college student who aspires to be a writer. She has caught the eye of Nick, played by Bryan Greenberg, who is a successful novelist from New York.

In 2008, Yustman was cast in the horror film Cloverfield, portraying the character Beth McIntyre. She was also seen in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as well as being cast in The Unborn.





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