Kirsten Zien

Kirsten Prout was born in Vancouver, Canada. Meeting with success at an early age, she worked locally in Vancouver, guest-starring on shows such as _First Wave (1998)_ (qv), _Stargate SG-1 (1997)_ (qv), _Cold Squad (1998)_ (qv) and _The Dead Zone (2002)_ (qv). Her first sizable break in film came in 2005, when she landed the part of "Abby Miller", a young martial arts prodigy, alongside 'Jennifer Garner' (qv), in _Elektra (2005)_ (qv). Kirsten performed her own stunts and utilized her martial arts training for the film, then went on to play the demure "Amanda Bloom" on the ABC Family television series, _Kyle XY (2006)_ (qv). After the show finished its successful three seasons, Kirsten attended McGill University as an English Literature major. She was then immediately cast in Summit's _The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)_ (qv), becoming a part of the hugely successful Twilight Saga. Shortly thereafter, she starred as the troubled "Alex Bell" in parts two and three of MTV's horror trilogy, _My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 (2010)_ (qv) and _My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 (2012)_ (qv), and portrayed the lovable "Char Chamberlin" on ABC Family's teen drama, _The Lying Game (2011)_ (qv). Kirsten has both a solid history in the industry as well as a promising future in both film and television.::coleshow