Background
Setton was born in New York City, and grew up in Great Neck, where she was president of her high school"s theater club
Setton was born in New York City, and grew up in Great Neck, where she was president of her high school"s theater club
Setton majored in drama at Ithaca College, where she graduated in 2007. In her junior year she studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in an IES program
She is best known for her recurring role as Penelope Shafai on The CW"s teen drama Gossip Girl (2008-2012) and for her role as Kimberly Andrews on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera One Life to Live (2009-2011). She made her Office-Broadway debut in the comedy play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in late 2011, and was on the first half of season one of the Fox comedy The Mindy Project. She is Jewish (of both Syrian Jewish and Ashkenazi Jewish descent).
Setton completed a comprehensive two-year Meisner technique program at The Actor"s Workshop of Ithaca under the instruction of Eliza VanCort.
Setton played Penelope Shafai on the teen drama Gossip Girl from 2008 to 2012. She made her debut on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera One Life to Live as Kimberly Andrews on August 14, 2009.
Setton also had small roles in the 2008 films Sex and the City and What Happens in Vegas. The website Daytime Confidential reported on February 21, 2010 that Setton had taped her last episode as Kim on One Life to Live despite being offered a contract and a pay increase.
Setton returned to Gossip Girl in 2010.
lieutenant was announced on June 22, 2011 that Setton would be returning to One Life to Live as Kimberly Andrews in August 2011. On July 11, 2012, Setton was cast as a series regular on the Fox comedy series The Mindy Project, playing the role of Shauna Dicanio. However, it was reported on November 20, 2012 that her character would be written out of the show.
Setton had a guest role on the pilot episode of the Columbia Broadcasting System crime drama series Golden Boy, which premiered February 26, 2013, the same day that Setton was cast in the Columbia Broadcasting System sitcom The Crazy Ones.
She became recurring character Doctor Mindy Shaw in the 5th season of Hawaii Five-0.
