Odette Annable was born Odette Juliette Yustman on 10 May, 1985, in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Lydia (Nodarse), is Cuban. Odette's father, Victor Oscar Yustman, was born in Bogotá, Colombia, of Italian and Polish Jewish descent. Odette started her career with a minor role in the movie
Kindergarten Cop (1990) as "Rosa."
After graduating from Woodcrest Christian High School in Riverside, California, where she was the homecoming queen, she turned to modeling with a few roles through the years. Some of her credits include
Danielle Steel's
Remembrance (1996) and
Dear God (1996) with a few guest appearances in
Quintuplets (2004). In 2006, Odette was cast in
Jennifer Lopez's
South Beach (2006) where she played "Arielle Casta". She was then cast in the drama
October Road (2007) as "Aubrey," which has received its second season. She has since been seen in the action monster movie
Cloverfield (2008) as "Beth McIntyre".