Kaylee DeFer

Kaylee DeFer is an American actress who moved from Tucson, Arizona to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue acting. Her first screen work came in a 2004 episode of the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh, followed by guest spots on shows including Quintuplets, Ghost Whisperer and How I Met Your Mother. She was cast as Scarlett on The WB drama The Mountain, which premiered in 2004 and was canceled after four months, then played the misbehaving teenager Hillary Gold on the Fox sitcom The War at Home, which ran for two seasons. Her theatrical film debut came with Flicka (2006), as the antagonist Miranda Koop. She later starred in the low-budget Western Mattie (2011) and took a major recurring role as the con artist Ivy Dickens on Gossip Girl, becoming a main cast member in its final season.