Genevieve Nicole Padalecki (née Cortese; born January 8th, 1981 in Danville, California) is an American actress and influencer. She rose to fame on Wildfire and recurred on Supernatural, where she met and fell in love with future husband Jared Padalecki. The Padaleckis reside in Austin, Texas with their three children: Thomas Colton (born in 2012), Austin Shepherd "Shep" (born in 2013), and Odette Elliott (born in 2017).
Since marrying and becoming a mother, Padalecki has been in semi-hiatus from acting; her only roles throughout most of the 2010s were guest starring as herself in a particularly bizarre episode of Supernatural and one Direct to Video film. By 2020, however, this looks to be changed, as she returned to guest star for the final season of Supernatural before being tapped to recur in Walker, which stars her husband in the title role.
She runs her own blog
and has a Twitter and an Instagram
Selected filmography:
- Kids in America (2005) as Ashley Harris
- The Dead Zone (2005) as Chloe Greeg/Laura Tierney
- Wildfire (2005- 2008) as Kris Furillo
- Supernatural (2008-2009, 2011, 2020) as Ruby/herself
- FlashForward (2009-10) as Tracy Stark
- Walker (2021-present) as Emily Walker
