While we all know Kelsey Asbille as Monica Dutton in "Yellowstone," the role is far from her first rodeo. Wait till you realize where you've seen her before.
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00:00While we all know Kelsea Asbill as Monica Dutton in Yellowstone, the role is far from
00:05her first rodeo. Wait till you realize where you've seen her before.
00:09Long before her reign on Paramount, Asbill got her start on The WB. That's right, the
00:1333-year-old's acting career actually dates all the way back to 2005, with her first role
00:18being Gigi Silveri on the teen drama One Tree Hill.
00:21We'll head to the locker room where I'll try to get a word with the players before the
00:25game.
00:26And I'm gonna hide inside the locker room to get a look at them after.
00:30While the show ran for a total of nine seasons from 2003 to 2012, Asbill only appeared as
00:34Gigi in Seasons 3, 4, and 6. At the time, she was credited as Kelsea Chow. Chow is her
00:40last name, while Asbill is her middle name.
00:44Earlier this year, Deadline broke the news that Netflix is currently developing a One
00:47Tree Hill reboot, with original series stars Hilary Burton and Sophia Bush set to executive
00:52produce as well as reprise their roles as Peyton Sawyer and Brooke Davis, respectively.
00:57While speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Asbill admitted she has no idea if Gigi will
01:00make an appearance in the reboot, but still fondly remembers her time on the original
01:04show. She said,
01:05"'I just did Burton and Bush's podcast, actually. I mean, I looked up to them. I was 13, they
01:11were 24. I looked up to those girls, still do, so much. I'm really excited for them,
01:16and yeah, One Tree Hill will always mean so much to me.'"
01:19Asbill got her start with Disney by landing a one-off appearance in an episode of Disney
01:23Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody in 2008. After that, she starred in the Disney
01:27Channel original movie, Den Brother, in 2010. In that film, Asbill played Matisse Burroughs,
01:32the love interest of main protagonist Alex Pearson.
01:35"'I was wrong about you. Emily's lucky to have you for a brother."
01:41Eventually Asbill landed her first main role on a TV series, the Disney XD sitcom Pair
01:45of Kings, which aired from 2010 to 2013. Again credited as Kelsea Chow, she played female
01:51lead Michaela McCoola in all three seasons of the show, which revolves around two brothers
01:55who find out that they are heirs to the throne of an island kingdom.
01:59During her time on Pair of Kings, Asbill also got a few big-screen appearances under her
02:03belt. In 2012, she had a minor role in the superhero flick The Amazing Spider-Man, briefly
02:08sharing the screen with Andrew Garfield. One year later, she had another minor role in
02:12the romantic drama The Wine of Summer, appearing alongside a pre-Star Trek Ethan Peck.
02:17A few years before landing her main role on Yellowstone, Asbill had a recurring role
02:21on the MTV supernatural drama Teen Wolf. She appeared throughout the show's fifth and penultimate
02:27season, from 2015 to 2016. She played Tracy Stewart, a young chimera — that is, a human
02:33who's been artificially given supernatural DNA.
02:36Shortly after her time on Teen Wolf ended, she appeared opposite Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth
02:40Olsen in Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan's 2017 crime film Wind River. This is one of
02:46the earliest projects in which she's actually credited as Kelsey Asbill. Later in 2020,
02:51Asbill had a recurring role in the fourth season of FX's anthology crime drama series
02:55Fargo, portraying an outlaw by the name of Swanee Capps.
02:59In my experience, folks don't just hand over money. You gotta convince them.
03:05The fourth season premiered just one month after Yellowstone wrapped up its third season,
03:10so Asbill was certainly keeping busy during that time.
03:13Speaking with Columbia Metropolitan in late 2020, Asbill said of the role,
03:16"...she may not be a good outlaw, but she's committed. Fargo really is one of the best
03:20experiences I've ever had. I'm such a big fan of Chris Rock, and he's tremendous in
03:25this."
03:26With Yellowstone soon coming to an end, Asbill will have to move on to something new. Based
03:30on how far she's come since her days on One Tree Hill, we don't doubt for a moment that
03:34she'll land more roles that keep us talking.