Already a familiar face to young audiences due to her extensive teen modeling career, actress Leslie Bibb broke through with an auspicious starring role on The WB's high school drama "Popular" (1999-2001), playing Brooke McQueen, a cheerleader under pressure to keep up her perfect image. When her rival, the headstrong school newspaper reporter Sam joins her family (Brooke's single father hooks up with Sam's single mother), it shakes the foundation of the teenager's life and somewhat twisted self-image. Although the tall blonde actress herself was quite a few years out of high school when
At age 16, entered an Oprah Winfrey sponsored model search; was chosen as a finalist and appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (ABC); won the competition and signed a contract with Elite Agency
Moved to NYC to pursue modeling; also studied acting for three years
1997
Feature debut as an NBC Tour Guide in the Howard Stern biopic "Private Parts"
