Kayla Noelle Ewell is an American actress known for her roles on television as Caitlin Ramirez on CBS's long-running soap opera, "The Bold and the Beautiful", as Maureen Sampson on NBC's acclaimed "Freaks and Geeks", and as Vicki Donovan on The CW's "The Vampire Diaries".
Background
Ewell was born in Long Beach, California and raised in Seal Beach.
She was on her high school's surfing team.
As of 2009, Ewell lives in Los Angeles, California.
Ewell was arrested for disorderly conduct on August 22, 2009 in Smarr, Georgia for loitering on a bridge during a photo shoot with Candice Accola, Sara Canning, and Nina Dobrev and photographer Tyler Shields. The charges were later dismissed.
Education
She studied dance, singing, and acting at the Orange County Song & Dance Company in Westminster. Ewell was spotted by a talent agent while taking an acting class around 1999, and asked to go on an audition. She graduated from Los Alamitos High School in 2003.
Career
Ewell first appeared on the television series "Freaks and Geeks" in 2000, playing Maureen Sampson in the episode "Carded and Discarded", directed by Judd Apatow. She starred on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautifu"l from 2004–2005, and has guest-starred on the TV series "The O.C.", "Boston Public", "Veronica Mars", "Close to Home" and "Entourage". She had a role in the film "Just My Luck", starring Lindsay Lohan, and in "Material Girl"s, starring Hilary and Haylie Duff, in 2006. She had a starring role in the film "Senior Skip Day".
Ewell co-starred in The CW television series "The Vampire Diaries" for the first seven episodes in 2009. Ewell described her character, Vicki Donovan, to Star magazine as "a really slutty high school student", and "a troublemaker". Vicki was the first human on the series turned into a vampire. Ewell was killed off the show when her character was staked in the heart by Stefan (Paul Wesley) in order to save Elena (Nina Dobrev) in the Halloween-themed episode "Haunted". Ewell hinted in November 2009 that she was still under contract for the role and might return to the show. Series creator Kevin Williamson stated in November 2009 that there were no plans to bring her back, but her character returned in the second season finale, and at the start of season 3.
Ewell played a children's fashion designer in the Hallmark Channel TV movie "Keeping Up With The Randalls", alongside Thad Luckinbill, Roma Downey, Marion Ross and McKenna Jones. She appeared as a waitress suspected of murder on the A&E television series, "The Glades", in the episode "Beached".