Chyler Leigh West is an American actress. She is known with her professional name Chyler Leigh. She is known from her role as Alex Danvers on the DC's comic television adaptation Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legend of Tomorrow, as Janey Briggs in Not Another Teen Movie and as Lexie Grey on Grey's Anatomy.
Chyler Leigh Potts was born on 10th April 1982 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. She belongs to white ethnicity and her birth sign is Aries.
Talking about her family, she is the youngest child in the family. her father is Robert Potts and mother Yvonne Norton. After bankruptcy, her parents got divorced. She was raised with her elder brother Christopher Khayman Lee. Leigh's mother remarried to her previous husband.
While she was studying in class eight she started modeling and appeared in television commercials. Later she and her mother moved to Los Angeles for her acting career. She gave the exam and passed from the California High School Proficiency Exam.
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As of 2019, Chyler Leigh is married and has children. She is married to American actor, musician, and singer Nathan West. At the age of 16, she met Nathan and started to date. The couple dated for years and took marriage vows on 20th July 2002 in Alaska.
Chyler Leigh and her husband Nathan West
The couple welcomed first child son in 2003 and two daughters in 2006 and 2009. Leigh has said that she and her husband have a pact in which whoever guess the baby's sex correctly will choose their child's name. So she guessed right in the first time and she gave the first name and the middle name was given by Nathan. Two times Nathan won and gave their child first name.
Chyler Leigh with her family
They are living happily with their three kids in their house in Los Angeles.
Because of their unsuccessful career, the couple started to take drugs such as cocaine and other stuff. They quickly got into addiction and the result was showing up in their bodies. For her role in Not Another Teen Movie, she was unhealthy and thin she barely eats anything.
Later she and her husband attended Christian church service that helped them to get rid of drugs and its addiction. They came out clean and sober in 2002.
As per Celebrity Net Worth, Chyler Leigh has an estimated net worth of around $5 million as of August 2019. Celebrities like Ainsley Earhardt, Zendaya, and Joe Dinicol has earned similar net worth as Chyler.
Furthermore, her husband Nathan West has $2 million as net worth. So the couple enjoys $7 net worth in total.
The American actress has earned her wealth from her acting in Hollywood movies and television series. Her main role movie Not Another Teen Movie earned $66.5 million in box office from just $15 million budget.
She debuted in the entertainment business with television show Hall Pass in 1996. She later appeared in the movie Kickboxing Academy, Safe Harbor, M.Y.O.B and many more. She got her main role as Janey Briggs in 2001 movie Not Another Teen Movie. She shared a screen with actor Chris Evans.
Furthermore, she got her major role in the TV show That 80's Show, The Practice in 2003. She appeared as guest role Dr. Lexie Grey on Grey's Anatomy and from season 4 she was in the main role with the same character. In Grey Anatomy she shared a screen with Justin Chambers, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Katherine Heigl and many more and also nominated for various awards including Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Her other main role in series include Taxi Brooklyn and as Alex Danvers DC's Comic television series Supergirl. Her character of Supergirl series also appeared in one episode of Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.
Chyler Leigh West is an American actress.
American actress stands 5 inches 7 inches or 171 in cm.
She weighs 55 kg or 121 lbs.
She has an hourglass body physique with 33 inches chest, 22 inches waist and 35 inches hips.
She has a huge sprawling tattoo on her lower back.
She has an estimated net worth of around $5 million as of August 2019.