Odette Annable

Odette Juliette Yustman was born on May 10, 1985,^[4] in Los Angeles County, California, to a Colombian father and a Cuban mother.^[5][6][7] Her father is of French, Italian, and Swiss descent.^[7] Annable grew up near Palm Springs.^[7] Her first language is Spanish and she did not learn to speak English until she was five.^[7] Annable graduated from Woodcrest Christian High School in Riverside.^[8]

Annable played Spanish-speaking student Rosa in Kindergarten Cop at age 5. She later starred in the TV series South Beach and October Road.^[9] She had a lead role in the 2007 Lifetime film Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape, and Cloverfield,^[10] as well as an appearance in the comedy film Walk Hard, and the 2009 film The Unborn.^[11]

In 2011, she played nurse Annie Miller in season five of Brothers & Sisters.^[12] Annable played Melanie Garcia on the comedy Breaking In as a series regular in its first season, appearing as a guest star thereafter.^[13][14] She joined the TV series House as Dr. Jessica Adams,^[15] and remained on the show until the finale in May 2012.

In March 2014, Annable was cast as Trudy Cooper in the ABC series The Astronaut Wives Club.^[16]

In 2017, she joined the main cast of the CW series Supergirl as Samantha Arias, a single mother who discovers that she shares origins with Supergirl and Superman, as well as Reign, the Kryptonian Worldkiller she was engineered to be.^[17] From 2021, she joined Walker as Geraldine Broussard, a friend of the Walker's and local barkeep.^[18]

She was engaged to actor Trevor Wright until their breakup in 2008.^[19] She married her Brothers & Sisters co-star Dave Annable in October 2010.^[20] They have two daughters.^[21][22] In October 2019, the couple announced their separation, but announced their reconciliation in August 2020.^[23][24]

Annable endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.^[25]