Kelly Overton

Kelly Overton is an American actress best known for her role as Vanessa Van Helsing in the Syfy dark fantasy horror drama series Van Helsing.

Biography
Overton was born on August 28, 1978, in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Growing up, Overton was a stellar athlete, having partaken in soccer, basketball, and even went undefeated on the high hurdles during her time in the Minnechaug Regional High School. When she graduated in 1997, she immediately moved to New York so that she could study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Once she graduated with the highest honor possible, a Charles Jehlinger Award, she began doing off-Broadway productions before moving to Los Angeles to further her career. Overton got her first on-screen role in 2000, when she was cast as Rain Wilkins in the ABC soap opera All My Children. Overton got her first major recurring role in 2012, when she was cast as werewolf Rikki Naylor in the dark fantasy horror television series True Blood. Since then, she's appeared in TV shows and moves such as Legends, Tekken, Psych, Van Helsing, NCIS, Medium, In Plain Sight, Numbers, Cold Case, and Criminal Minds.

On Criminal Minds
Overton portrayed Ranger Lizzie Evans in the Season Two episode Open Season.

Filmography

 * Van Helsing - 26 episodes (2016-2017) - Vanessa Van Helsing
 * Legends - 10 episodes (2015) - Nina Brenner
 * Correcting Christmas (2014) - Ali Pennebaker
 * Unforgettable (2014) - Emily Swain
 * True Blood - 14 episodes (2012-2013) - Rikki Naylor
 * Beauty and the Beast - 3 episodes (2012-2013) - Claire Sinclair
 * Ricochet (2011) - Detective Deedee Bowen
 * In Plain Sight (2011) - Grace Haddick
 * Madso's War (2010) - Cheryl Keane
 * Three Rivers - 2 episodes (2009-2010) - Detective Rena Yablonski
 * In My Sleep (2010) - Ann
 * Tekken (2010) - Christie Monteiro
 * Under New Management (2009) - Julie Capp
 * NCIS (2009) - Detective Megan Hanley
 * CSI: Miami (2009) - Kaitlyn Sawyer
 * Medium (2009) - Robin Aaronson
 * Psych (2008) - Ashley
 * The Collective (2008) - Tyler Clarke
 * Outsource (2008) - Alice
 * Numb3rs (2007) - Andrea Barton/Tracy Meade
 * The Wager (2007) - Tessa
 * Criminal Minds - Open Season (2007) TV episode - Ranger Lizzie Evans
 * American Masters (2007) - Partygoer
 * Cold Case (2007) - Johanna Kimball (1981)
 * Twenty Questions (2006) - Kate Lewis
 * Desperation (2006) - Cynthia Smith
 * Close to Home (2006) - Lori Hulse
 * You Did What? (2006) - Day
 * CSI: NY (2006) - Lynette Richmont
 * Desolation Canyon (2006) - Olivia Kendrick
 * The Double (2005) - Airline Passenger
 * The Ring Two (2005) - Betsy
 * The Studio (2005) - Heather Falls
 * Breaking Dawn (2004) - Eve
 * Wedding Daze (2004) - Dahlia Landry
 * The Division (2004) - Cheryl Madison
 * The Practice (2003) - Debbie Huber
 * It Runs in the Family (2003) - Erica
 * Without a Trace (2003) - Audrey Rose
 * The Job (2002) - Teenage Girl
 * All My Children - 16 episodes (2000-2001) - Rain Wilkins

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