Carolyn Stotesbery-Levens (née Stotesbery) is an American former actress and model possibly best known for portraying the character Pamela Richardson on the short-lived TNT drama Agent X.[1][2] She is credited as Carolyn Stotes for her early film and television appearances.

Carolyn Stotesbery
Carolyn Stotesbery (2012)
Born
Carolyn Marie Stotesbery

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1999–2017
Spouse
(m. 2019)

Early life

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Stotesbery was born in Wayzata, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she lived part-time as well as spending summers on a cattle ranch in Big Timber, Montana. She is the daughter of Anne and Patrick Stotesbery. Her father was a cattle rancher, but moved the family to the Napa Valley to start Ladera Vineyards.[3]

Stotesbery is the youngest of 4 children; she has an older brother, Dan, and 2 older sisters, Nicole and Laura.[3] Stotesbery attended grade school in Wayzata before transferring to the Breck School, where she appeared in high school plays and musicals.

She began acting at the age of 5,[4] and at the age of 8 became a part of the Children's Theater of Minneapolis. she studied Shakespeare at Cambridge University in England, and New York University (NYU) Tisch Stella Adler Conservatory, as well as Theater at USC.

Stotesbery is an Improv Olympic West Alumni and a member of UCB. She also spent time at the Second City Training Center and The Groundlings.[5]

Acting career

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In 2003, Stotesbery made her first film appearance with a small role in the Farrelly brothers' Stuck On You. Before that she had appeared on MTV's comedy series Undressed.

Stotesbery appeared in the pilot for Cracking Up, portrayed a Holocaust survivor in an episode of Cold Case, and appeared in the independent film Bobby, directed by Emilio Estevez.

In the 2010s, Stotesbery appeared in the series Glory Daze and Treasure of the Black Jaguar, as well as the independent film Crosshairs directed by Nick Lentz. She was in the main cast of the series Olympia, and reunited with director Nick Lentz to star in the nine minute comedy short film Cupcakes. Stotesbery also starred in the dramatic short film Cold Feet and starred with Gilles Duarte as the couple in the music video for Adele's 2011 album track Don't You Remember.[6]

In 2015, Stotesbery played the role of Pamela Richardson in three episodes of the short-lived series Agent X, as the fiancé of the title character, played by Jeff Hephner.[7] That same year, Stotesbery made her final film appearance, the direct to video Grey Lady, directed by fellow Agent X actor John Shea, which was completed in 2015 and released in mid-2017.

In 2019 she and her screenwriter husband, Philip Levens, were hired to write a potential television series, Menace of Venice, for Todd Garner's Broken Road Productions,[8][9] but no such series has gone into production.

Modeling

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As a freshman in high school, Stotesbery was chosen 1 out of 400 girls in the Ford Modeling search to represent Beauty in the Midwest. Stotesbery was selected to go to New York and featured on CBS after which, Ford placed her in Chicago where at 15 she lived on her own working as a model.[10] She has shot with top photographers Ellen Von Unwerth, Odette Sugerman, Jill Greenberg, Jeremy Goldberg, Peggy Sirota, Andrew Southam, Bonnie Holland, and Jason Nocito, appearing in such magazines as Italian Vogue, Rolling Stone, Glamour, and Allure.

Personal life

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Stotesbery married screenwriter Philip Levens in 2019.[11][12] The couple lives in Los Angeles.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Stuck on You Supporting credited as Carolyn Stotes
2006 Bobby uncredited
2010 Treasure of the Black Jaguar Gabriella credited as Carolyn Stotes
2012 Crosshairs Christine credited as Carolyn Stotes
2012 The Advocate Susan
2012 Cold Feet Sophie Short film
2013 Cupcakes Gwen Short film
2014 Strangehold Madeline
2014 Love & Mercy Sarah
2017 Grey Lady Eli Direct to video

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Undressed Dawn 1 episode; credited as Carolyn Stotes
2004 Cracking Up girl #1 1 episode, credited as Carolyn Stotes
2006 Cold Case Guest Star: Johanna Hoffman credited as Carolyn Stotes
2010 Glory Daze Carol 1 episode
2012 Olympia Dakota Aubrey Main cast
2015 Agent X Pamela Richardson Recurring role
2016 Castle Genevieve 1 episode

Theatre credits

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Year Production Role Theatre
The Glory of Living Sarah El Centro Theater
East Berlin Sarah NoHo Arts
A Midsummer Night's Dream Oberon Cambridge Summer Program
2013[13] Carry The World Eastern European Role Imagine Life Theatre

References

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  1. ^ Ford, Daniel (interviewer); Stotesbery, Carolyn (interviewee) (26 April 2017). Writer's Bone Episode 185. writersbone.com (Podcast). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ ‘Agent X's’ Other Half: Meet Carolyn Stotesbery, FanSided, 13 December 2015[dead link]
  3. ^ Episode 185: Actress, Writer, Producer Carolyn Stotesbery, Writer's Bone, 26 April 2017
  4. ^ Carolyn Stotesbery Interview, Home and Family, 20 November 2015
  5. ^ Alexandre Billiere (writer and director) (7 November 2012). Adele - Don't You Remember (Official Music Video) (Music video). Retrieved 19 June 2024 – via YouTube. Starring: Carolyn Stotesbery, Gilles Duarte
  6. ^ Gelman, Vlada (31 August 2015). "TNT Sets Premiere Dates for Legends, Librarians, Sharon Stone's Agent X". tvline.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. ^ Philip Levens - 2019 Austin Film Festival, Austin Film Festival
  8. ^ "AFF26 - Philip Levens & Carolyn Stotesbery-Levens", Unstuck Creative Podcast[dead link]
  9. ^ Beyond Beautiful with Gina Hendrix Interview
  10. ^ Bickford, Raquel "Vineyard Vows Featured on California Wedding Day", Rogue Events[dead link]
  11. ^ Dow, Lainey "Vineyard Vows: A Stunning Outdoor Wedding Reception at Harvest Inn In Napa Valley", California Wedding Day
  12. ^ Overview, CarryTheWorld.com
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