# Kirsten Prout
**Kirsten Prout**, also credited as **Kirsten Zien**, is a Canadian actress born in 1990 in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known for playing Abby Miller, the teenage martial artist sidekick to [Jennifer Garner](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-garner)'s Elektra in *Elektra* (2005), Amanda Bloom on the ABC Family science fiction series *Kyle XY* (2006–2009), Lucy in *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), and Charlotte "Char" Chamberlin on the teen drama *The Lying Game* (2011–2012).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) • [2](https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=7206)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kirsten Zien (née Prout)[3](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kirsten-prout/) |
| Born | 1990, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) |
| Breakout film role | Abby Miller, a young martial arts prodigy, in *Elektra* (2005), opposite Jennifer Garner; she performed her own stunts using her martial arts training[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) |
| Signature TV role | Amanda Bloom on *Kyle XY* (ABC Family, 2006–2009), 36 episodes[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/10619/kirsten-prout) |
| Other notable roles | Lucy in *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010); Alex Bell in *My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Parts 2* and *3* (2010, 2012); Char Chamberlin on *The Lying Game* (2011–2012)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) |
| Education | McGill University, English Literature major, after *Kyle XY* ended[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) |
| Screen debut | The made-for-TV movie *The Linda McCartney Story* (2000), playing the eight-year-old Stella McCartney[2](https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=7206) |
## Early career in Vancouver
Prout began working locally in Vancouver as a child, guest-starring on series such as *First Wave*, *Stargate SG-1*, *Cold Squad*, and *[The Dead Zone](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-dead-zone-tv-series)*; on *Stargate SG-1* she played Ny'sa in the season 7 episode "Birthright" (2003).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/10619/kirsten-prout) Her early television-movie work included *The Linda McCartney Story* (2000), *Once Upon a Christmas* (2000), *The Wedding Dress* (2001), and *Twice Upon a Christmas* (2001).[2](https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=7206) In a 2007 interview she described how she pushed to start acting despite her mother's reluctance, and how her first audition went badly before she began booking jobs.[5](https://www.buddytv.com/exclusive-interview-kirsten-prout-from-kyle-xy/)
## Elektra and Kyle XY
Her first sizable film break came in 2005 with the role of Abby Miller, a young martial arts prodigy, in *Elektra*, alongside Jennifer Garner. Prout performed her own stunts and used her martial arts training for the part.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) She has said that Garner gave her advice on set and that the experience of training and working with seasoned actors was formative.[5](https://www.buddytv.com/exclusive-interview-kirsten-prout-from-kyle-xy/)
After *Elektra*, she was reading feature-film scripts when she encountered the pilot script for *Kyle XY*, which she felt read like a feature film, and she auditioned with what she described as her whole heart and soul.[5](https://www.buddytv.com/exclusive-interview-kirsten-prout-from-kyle-xy/) She played Amanda Bloom, the first love of the title character, for the show's full three-season run on ABC Family from 2006 to 2009.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) • [2](https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=7206) TVmaze lists her at 36 credited episodes.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/10619/kirsten-prout)
## Twilight and later work
After *Kyle XY* finished its three seasons, Prout attended [McGill University](https://www.edgepedia.org/mcgill-university) as an English Literature major, and was then cast in Summit's *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010) as Lucy.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) AlloCiné reported her casting as Lucy in October 2009, when she was nineteen.[6](https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle%3D18486528.html)
She followed with the troubled Alex Bell in parts two and three of MTV's horror trilogy *My Super Psycho Sweet 16* (2010 and 2012) and the recurring role of Char Chamberlin on ABC Family's *The Lying Game*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) Later credits include the films *Joy Ride 3: Road Kill* (2014) and *Even Lambs Have Teeth* (2015), the television movie *My Life as a Dead Girl*, guest roles on *NCIS* (2012), *Psych* (2013), and *Devious Maids* (2013), and two episodes of *Dear White People* (2017) as Emily.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/10619/kirsten-prout)
In a later interview, Prout described her McGill studies, including anthropology courses, and said that acting was the only career in which she felt equally engaged every day.[7](https://www.scifivision.com/interviews/433-kirsten-prout-from-amanda-to-char)
## References
1. [Kirsten Zien, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698977/)
2. [Kirsten Prout, TVSA](https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=7206)
3. [Kirsten Prout, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kirsten-prout/)
4. [Kirsten Prout, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/10619/kirsten-prout)
5. [Exclusive Interview: Kirsten Prout, from Kyle XY, BuddyTV (June 25, 2007)](https://www.buddytv.com/exclusive-interview-kirsten-prout-from-kyle-xy/)
6. [De "Kyle XY" à "Twilight", AlloCiné News Séries (October 19, 2009)](https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle%3D18486528.html)
7. [Kirsten Prout: From Amanda Bloom to Char Chamberlin, SciFi Vision](https://www.scifivision.com/interviews/433-kirsten-prout-from-amanda-to-char)
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