Age: 52
female
Leslie Louise Bibb (born November 17, 1973) is an American actress and former fashion model. She transitioned into film and television in late 1990s. She appeared in television shows such as Home Improvement (1996), before she appeared in her first film, the comedy Private Parts (1997), which was followed by her first show The Big Easy. She received a role in This Space Between Us (1999). Her role as Brooke McQueen on the WB Network comedy–drama series Popular (1999–2001) brought her to the attention of a wider audience, and received a Teen Choice Award for Television Choice Actress. During the series, she also gained recognition for her roles in the thriller The Skulls (2000) and in the comedy See Spot Run (2001). She had a recurring role in the medical–drama show ER (2002–2003), Crossing Jordan, and on the sitcoms The League and American Housewife. She had a starring role on the drama GCB, the sitcom Burning Love and the fantasy series Jupiter's Legacy as well as God's Favorite Idiot. Bibb was cast as Carley Bobby, in the comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). She had a minor supporting role in the hit action film Iron Man (2008) and appeared in the crime-thriller Law Abiding Citizen (2009). She reprised her role in the sequel Iron Man 2 (2010). She appeared in the family–comedy Zookeeper (2011) as Miranda Davis. She also appeared in Confessions of a Shopaholic, Law Abiding Citizen, A Good Old-Fashioned Orgy, Movie 43, No Good Deed, To the Bone, and Tag, among others.
Nicholas "Nick" Allen is a class clown who has been formulating creative schemes throughout grade school. At the start of sixth grade in 1987, he is unhappy because his English teacher is the no-nonsense Mrs. Granger. One day, in an attempt to forestall homework, Nick decides to question Mrs. Granger on where each word in the dictionary comes from. This backfires, as Mrs. Granger assigns him an essay about it. From this experience, Nick learns that individuals get to determine what words mean, and when he comes across a gold pen in the street, he decides to give a "pen" a new name: frindle. Nick's classmates really like the idea and soon, every child in the fifth grade starts using the word frindle. Mrs. Granger opposes herself to the new word, stating that the word frindle is not respectful to the word pen, which has a long history. She makes children stay after school and write lines for saying the word frindle, but this proves to be a problem, as almost every pupil has to stay after school. The school principal decides to visit Nick's house to end the use of frindle, but the situation is beyond Nick's personal control, and the word's usage cannot be curtailed. Frindle starts to gain national attention, and a family friend purchases the merchandising rights to the word. As the word frindle spreads around the nation, Nick thinks through the trouble that this one scheme has caused. In the epilogue, Nick is a young adult. Mrs. Granger sends him a new copy of the dictionary, recently updated to include new words, including frindle. She includes a letter, in which she explains that she intentionally stood against the word in order to make it more popular. He sends back a present – the pen that started it all, with Mrs. Granger's name engraved on it along with the words, "This object belongs to Lorelei Granger and she may call it any name she chooses to."
