Chyler Leigh West, known professionally as Chyler Leigh, is an American actress, singer and model.
20 Facts About Chyler Leigh
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Chyler Leigh is known for portraying Janey Briggs in the comedy film Not Another Teen Movie, Lexie Grey in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, and Alex Danvers in the DC Comics superhero series Supergirl.
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Chyler Leigh was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where her parents ran a weight-loss business.
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Chyler Leigh was estranged from her father for many years following her parents' divorce, but they have since reconciled.
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Chyler Leigh soon began acting by appearing in local television commercials and a syndicated teen news show, Hall Pass.
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At age 16, Chyler Leigh met her future husband, 20-year-old Nathan West, when they both attended auditions for the pilot of an unsuccessful WB series titled Saving Graces.
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Chyler Leigh described them as being "broken", both having had troubled family lives and difficult upbringings.
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Chyler Leigh started acting at an early age and debuted in the film world at age 15 in 1997's Kickboxing Academy.
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Chyler Leigh started hosting in local TV shows and modeling; in 2001, Leigh nabbed the lead role in the box-office success Not Another Teen Movie as Janey Briggs opposite Chris Evans.
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Chyler Leigh appeared with the cast in Marilyn Manson's music video "Tainted Love", a song which appeared in the film.
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In 2002, Chyler Leigh was cast in two short-lived TV series: Girls Club, in which she played lawyer Sarah Mickle, and That '80s Show, in which she played punk rocker June Tuesday.
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Chyler Leigh then became a series regular on the ABC legal drama The Practice, but was let go at the end of the season due to budget cuts.
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Chyler Leigh was made an official series regular for season four and remained so until the eighth-season finale, as Chyler Leigh chose to depart from the show after five years to spend more time with her family.
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Chyler Leigh makes music with her husband Nathan West, under the name "WestChyler Leigh".
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Chyler Leigh has taken part in several of her husband's tours.
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In 2002, Chyler Leigh married fellow actor Nathan West in Alaska.
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Chyler Leigh is a Christian and credits her faith and a "really awesome church" with giving her and her husband "a reason to live".
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In 2019, Chyler Leigh revealed that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder a decade earlier.
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In mid-2020, Chyler Leigh published a statement on the Create Change website, an advocacy website she co-founded, in which she expressed an emotional connection with her Supergirl character's coming-out scene.
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Chyler Leigh described her experience in an article published to createchange.