Casey Labow is an American actress and producer. She is known to viewers for her performance as Kate Denali in Bill Condon's "Twilight. Saga. Breaking Dawn: Part 1 "and" Twilight. Saga. Breaking Dawn: Part 2."
short biography
American actress Casey Labow, whose full name sounds like Samantha Casey Labow, was born on August 14, 1986 in one of the largest cities in America, New York. Her father passed away early, but managed to contribute to the formation of the personality of the future actress.
It was he who instilled in the girl a love for the colorful musical performances that were regularly given on Broadway. Together they attended the world famous musicals Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Cats staged by Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Alain Bublil and E. Lloyd Webber.
Panorama of New York City Photo: King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons
At the age of sixteen, Casey moved to Los Angeles with her mother and sister. Several years later, she entered the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, from which famous Hollywood actors Danny DeVito, Anne Hathaway, Kim Cattrall, Paul Rudd, Grace Kelly and others graduated over the years.
Career and creativity
Casey Labow made her film debut in 2005. The aspiring actress got a small role in Hunter Richards' melodrama London (2005). Famous Hollywood actors Jessica Biel, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, Joy Bryant and others became her partners on the set.
In the same year, she appeared in several more films. In the thriller "Talon: The Legend of Bigfoot" (2005) Labow played a girl named Shay Landers. Despite a very intriguing plot, the film turned out to be a disaster at the box office. In addition, film critics also gave a low rating to this story about the meeting of a biology teacher and his students with a creature unknown to man.
Chris Evans, starring in London, Photo: Elen Nivrae from Paris, France / Wikimedia Commons
Later, in November 2005, another picture was released with the participation of Casey Labow. Director Chris Fisher presented the crime drama Dirty Business, which tells the story of two police officers who are unfairly accused of bribery and trying to restore their good name. However, the actress was not credited for the film.
In 2007, the actress starred in the television movie Backyards & Bullets. And then she played a heroine named Cherish in the mystical television series Moonlight, which aired on the CBS channel.
From 2008 to 2009, Labow appeared on C. S. I.: Crime Scene Investigation New York. In a multi-part film about the work of New York's best forensic scientists, she played Ellie McBride. And later she got a small role in the dramatic film by Anthony Burns "Skateland".
In 2010, a breakthrough was outlined in the career of the actress. After five auditions, she finally landed the role of Kate Denali in the first part of the vampire movie Twilight. Saga: Breaking Dawn "(2011). Bill Condon's film was an adaptation of one of the parts of the series of novels by Stephenie Meyer called "Twilight" and was awarded the MTV Movie Awards 2012 in several categories at once.
As for Labow, this work brought the actress worldwide fame. It was the image of a spectacular vampire girl, excellent in martial arts and capable of hitting her opponent with a shock with one touch of the palm, that the audience loved and remembered.
World premiere of the film “Twilight. Saga: Breaking Dawn "took place on October 30, 2011 and coincided with the first screening of" A Year in the Port ", where Casey Labow played a character named Lauren. The main role in the drama film by Chris Eyre was played by actor Josh Lucas, appearing as a successful programmer who, in an attempt to escape from his former life to settle in Northern Michigan, buys an old dilapidated sailing ship and devotes all his time to its restoration.
View of downtown Los Angeles Photo: Thomas Pintaric / Wikimedia Commons
In November 2012, director Bill Condon presented the second part of the vampire story "Twilight. Saga: Breaking Dawn ", where Labow again acted as Keith Denali. In the same year, the erotic thriller "Light Me Up" was released. In the story of the emergence of a rising American rock star named Haley, the actress played one of the minor characters.
In 2014, she appeared in the social film Free the Nipples, playing one of the main roles and acting as the producer of the film. The aim of this project was to justify the right of women to bare breasts on an equal basis with men. In 2016, Casey Labow starred in seven episodes of the American TV series Banshee, which aired on Cinemax from 2013 to 2016.
There is no information about Labou's later television and film works.
Family and personal life
There is little information about the personal life of the blonde beauty Casey Labow. It is known that the 33-year-old actress is not married and does not date anyone. At least in public, she appears alone. Perhaps Casey Labow simply does not want to advertise the details of her personal life.
However, in 2010, the network actively discussed her romance with the famous Hollywood actor and musician Ryan Gosling. But no confirmation of these rumors followed.
Actor and musician Ryan Gosling Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / Wikimedia Commons
Currently, the actress is pursuing her professional career and actively advocates for the rights of representatives of various sectors of American society. In 2017, in Washington, she took part in an action called "Women's March", whose participants called for racial equality, respect for the rights of women and the LGBT community, and also put forward a number of other demands.