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Chyler Leigh Biography

Chyler Leigh was born on April 10, 1982 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her full name is Chyler Leigh Potts, but she decided to shorten it for show business. Her first name is pronounced “Kyler”, not “Shyler”.

Leigh was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia until the age of twelve when she moved with her mother to Miami, Florida. During the eighth grade she started her career by modeling. She then moved on to acting by appearing in local television commercials and a syndicated teen news show called “Hall Pass”.

In the year 2001, Leigh landed the lead role in the film “Not Another Teen Movie” as Janey Briggs. She also appeared in Marilyn Manson's music video "Tainted Love", a song which appeared in the film. This hot young lady was ranked #65 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.

In 2002, 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. In September, 2005 she joined the cast of “Reunion”.

Leigh has also landed roles in ABC's “Grey's Anatomy”, where she was seen as the woman in Joe's bar who tries to pick up Derek Shepherd. She has reportedly been asked to star in Grey's for a 13 episode arc next season. In the third season finale it was revealed that she will be playing Lexie Grey, Meredith's half-sister.

Leigh married actor Nathan West on July 20, 2002. Together they have one son, Noah Wilde. She gave birth to her second child, and first daughter, in September 2006. The two worked side-by-side in 2000 on the television series “7th Heaven” playing Mary Camden's troubled friends, Frankie and Johnnie.

Chyler's has an older brother named Christopher Khayman Lee, who is better known as Andros, the red Space Ranger from “Power Rangers in Space”. Source: Chyler Leigh Wikipedia