Beau Garrett

Beau Garrett (born December 28, 1982) is an American actress and model. She began her career appearing in GUESS advertisements in the late 1990s after being discovered by an Elite modeling agent at age fourteen. She made her feature film debut in the horror film Turistas before portraying Captain Raye in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) and Gem in Tron: Legacy (2010).

Garrett would later appear as a regular guest star on the television series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011) and had a regular role on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce from 2014 to 2018. In 2017, she portrayed Jessica Preston on the ABC series The Good Doctor. In 2026, she began the main role of Abigail Reese on the Paramount+ series The Madison.

Early life Garrett was born on December 28, 1982. She was raised in Topanga, California, in the Santa Monica Mountains where, as a child, she frequently rode horses.

At age 13, Garrett was discovered by an agent from Elite Model Management while singing Christmas carols with her school's choir in a Los Angeles shopping mall. Her parents agreed to allow her to model to earn money to pay for her horse's boarding fees. Commenting on modeling at a young age, she said: "That was such a kind of strange and interesting time, those years, but it wasn’t sustainable for me." and has also modeled for Double D Ranch and CosmoGirl. She is signed to Vision Model Management, Los Angeles.

Garrett was the female lead in a music video for the song "Cold" by the band Crossfade in 2004, before making her feature film debut in the horror film Turistas (2006), opposite Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, and Olivia Wilde. Prior to appearing in film, Garret had made three appearances on television episodes including a pilot, as well as appearances on Entourage.

In 2007, she was cast in a supporting role as Frankie Raye in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the sequel to Fantastic Four. The following year, she had a minor role in the romantic comedy Made of Honor (2008).

In the spring of 2009, she filmed the 2010 film Tron: Legacy in Vancouver, British Columbia, opposite her Turistas co-star Olivia Wilde. In 2010, she also starred in the season-six House episode "Remorse", again with Wilde, as well as the independent crime film Freelancers (2010), starring 50 Cent, Forest Whitaker, and Robert De Niro.

In 2017, Garrett performed the role of attorney Jessica Preston in the hit ABC series The Good Doctor. She left the show after season one, but returned as a guest in season 4.

In 2024, Garrett was added to the cast of The Madison, a spinoff series of Yellowstone, that premiered on March 14, 2026.

Personal life Garrett has one child, a daughter born in January 2023. In September 2025, she married Canadian Shane Richards, a hotel and resort manager, at a ceremony in Montana.

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