Date of Birth

18 December 1985, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Birth Name

Chelsea Raelle Hobbs

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography

Chelsea was born in Vancouver, Canada and entered the world of film and television at just 8 years old. As a child, Chelsea filmed over 80 commercials. Her first big break came when she starred alongside Bridget Fonda in Hallmark's timeless mini-series Snow Queen, earning her a best actress Leo award nomination. It wasn't long after that she booked her own pilot, starring in FOX's Save the Last Dance. Chelsea then graduated high school early through home schooling and moved to Los Angeles alone at the tender age of 17.

Over the next several years she made a name for herself in Hollywood starring in various TV films and guest starring on hit shows such as CSI, The L Word, CSI: Miami, Cold Case and HBO's Transporter. Chelsea was also fortunate to work alongside the late Heath Ledger in Sony picture's feature film Lords of Dogtown, which has since become a cult classic.

It was her lead role as underdog Emily Kmetko in Freeforms hit gymnastics drama, Make It Or Break It that solidified Chelsea's presence on the small screen. Following this success Chelsea had her second child, and moved back to Vancouver to raise her two children as a single mother.

Most recently Chelsea has heavily recurred on season 3 of the Emmy nominated Lifetime/Hulu series UnReal, guest starred on Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, Rogue, Lucifer, Motive, Supernatural, and Take Two, as well as several upcoming films including Tosca Musk's adaptation of Ruth Clampett's best selling novel Mr. 365. Chelsea is continuing to have a solid career excelling as an actress, and is excited to bring her own material to big and small screens with Jovanna in 2019.

Trivia

• Starred in Lifetime's Beach Girls (2005) alongside Rob Lowe and Julia Ormond, which broke Lifetime's ratings records. Chelsea played two characters; a 17-year-old "Nell" and Nell's mother, "Emma", at 18-years-old circa 1985.
• Starred alongside Sara Paxton in 2007's The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker (2007).
• Screen tested for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) for the role of "Bridget". Screentested for Flicka (2006) with Tim McGraw. The role later went to Alison Lohman.
• One of her very first roles was in "Little Woman", at the age of nine.
• Is Irish, Scottish and Swedish.
• Has a daughter named Wylie (b. 2006) and a son named Kingston (b. April 27, 2011) with her ex-husband Teren Oddo.
• Picked all of the music she danced to in "Confessions of a Go-Go Girl".
• Tested against Kristen Bell for "Veronica Mars".
• Was on a very short list for Jason Reitman's film "Labor Day", the role later went to Maika Monroe.
• Co-Founded Golden Door Productions with partner and fellow actor Jovanna Burke in 2019.
• Married actor and former fashion model James Neate on New Years Eve 2019.
• Welcomed son Jones Neate with husband James Neate May 21st 2020.

Quotes

• I am a firm believer of life is what we make it. We are exactly where we are today as a result of how we handled what bump we may have hit yesterday....Life is a ride. An unpredictable ride. So who's to say that you aren't in for the most breathtaking, unbelievable ride of all.