Celeste Thorson (born July 23, 1984) is an American actress, model,
screenwriter, and activist. She is best known for her roles on How I
Met Your Mother, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Exes, Heartbeat and as a host
for numerous lifestyle and travel television shows. Thorson has
written twenty four episodes of television and several short films. As
a model, she has been featured in modeling and commercial campaigns
for Reebok, Lady Foot Locker, Yoplait, Sprint, Nissan, Nokia, Samsung,
Yahoo!, Body Glove, Toms Shoes, and Paul Mitchell.Thorson was born in
Orange County, California, to her mother a fine artist, and father a
United States Marine; the two divorced during Thorson's childhood.Her
mother is of Lebanese, Spanish, French Huguenot and Apache Mescalero
Native American descent. Her father was born in South Korea and was
adopted as a young child by the Thorson family in Colorado. On her
father's side she is of South Korean and Scottish Irish
descent.Thorson traveled much of the southwestern United States during
grade school and high school, attending a number of private and public
schools. Her residence changed often as her family would acquire
commercial and residential real estate stretching from Los Angeles and
Southern California to New Mexico and Texas. After graduating early
from high school, Thorson moved to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato,
Mexico to continue the three-generation family tradition of attending
the historic Instituto Allende. Thorson studied classical art, silver
working, jewelry making, sculpture and bronze casting at the privately
owned institute, which was founded in 1950.
screenwriter, and activist. She is best known for her roles on How I
Met Your Mother, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Exes, Heartbeat and as a host
for numerous lifestyle and travel television shows. Thorson has
written twenty four episodes of television and several short films. As
a model, she has been featured in modeling and commercial campaigns
for Reebok, Lady Foot Locker, Yoplait, Sprint, Nissan, Nokia, Samsung,
Yahoo!, Body Glove, Toms Shoes, and Paul Mitchell.Thorson was born in
Orange County, California, to her mother a fine artist, and father a
United States Marine; the two divorced during Thorson's childhood.Her
mother is of Lebanese, Spanish, French Huguenot and Apache Mescalero
Native American descent. Her father was born in South Korea and was
adopted as a young child by the Thorson family in Colorado. On her
father's side she is of South Korean and Scottish Irish
descent.Thorson traveled much of the southwestern United States during
grade school and high school, attending a number of private and public
schools. Her residence changed often as her family would acquire
commercial and residential real estate stretching from Los Angeles and
Southern California to New Mexico and Texas. After graduating early
from high school, Thorson moved to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato,
Mexico to continue the three-generation family tradition of attending
the historic Instituto Allende. Thorson studied classical art, silver
working, jewelry making, sculpture and bronze casting at the privately
owned institute, which was founded in 1950.
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