Analeigh Tipton

Analeigh Christian Tipton (born November 9, 1988) is an American figure skater, actress, and fashion model, most noted for placing third on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model and for her role in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love and Warm Bodies. Life and career Analeigh Tipton was born on November 9, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When Tipton was 8, her family relocated to Sacramento, California, where she later attended St. Francis High School and the New York Film Academy's Film School program at Universal Studios, Los Angeles. She studied at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California. Tipton was also a supporter of the Invisible Children. She participated in the Global Night Commute in the Cesar Chavez park. Prior to America's Next Top Model, Tipton was signed to I Model & Talent in Los Angeles and walked in Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008 for designer, Kelly Nishimoto for her Fall 2008 collection, Imasu. Tipton began skating at the age of two and a half, and competed in four U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. Later, she and her pair partner, Phillip Cooke, became two-time regional champions, and competed at the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships twice on the Juvenile level. She retired from competitive skating at 16 but continued to skate in charity ice shows for AIDS foundations and to rebuild a rink damaged in a fire. ANTM and modeling career Tipton placed third on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model in 2008. She was recruited through Myspace and was asked to audition in Los Angeles. At the beginning of the show, Tipton revealed that she once encountered sex traffickers posing as modeling agents. She was then sold to a Saudi Arabian prince but managed to get out of the situation before the deal was finalized. After landing in the bottom 2 in the episode "You're Beautiful, Now Change" for not using her ice-skating moves to her advantage, she rebounded and appeared in the top three for seven consecutive weeks. Tipton was called first twice, one for the first CoverGirl commercial, which Tyra Banks deemed "the best CoverGirl commercial in the history of America's Next Top Model." Acting career Tipton and Samantha Potter appeared as guest stars on the television series The Big Bang Theory, in the episode "The Panty Piñata Polarization." She made her film debut in The Green Hornet, where she acted alongside Cameron Diaz and Seth Rogen, which was released on January 14, 2011. Tipton also played a babysitter who has a crush on Steve Carell's character in Crazy, Stupid, Love., alongside Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Emma Stone, and Ryan Gosling. Her role in Crazy, Stupid, Love. garnered some praise from the critics, as she was called a "face to watch" by The New York Times. Tipton was cast in the third season of HBO's TV comedy Hung, portraying Sandee, a young gigolo's scheming fiancee. She played a supporting role in the zombie-apocalyptic horror-romance Warm Bodies, directed by Jonathan Levine.