Arielle Kebbel was born on February 19, 1985 in Winter Park, Florida. She first entered show business by participating at the Miss Florida Teen USA Beauty Pageant back in 2002. Afterwards, she moved to Los Angeles to try her luck in the world of acting by auditioning in some TV shows. Arielle Kebbel first made TV appearances in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy, Law & Order, and the premiere episode of HBO's Entourage in 2004. She also took part in Jessy Terrero's African-American comedy film Soul Plane, which starred Snoop Dogg and Tom Arnold.

Arielle Kebbel was given her breakthrough role in the popular family drama comedy series, Gilmore Girls. In Gilmore Girls, she played the roles of Lindsay Lister Forester, the young wife of Rory Gilmore' (Alexis Bedel) ex-boyfriend, Dean Forester, who was portrayed by Jared Padelecki. At the same time, Arielle Kebbel was continuously seen in another comedy series, Grounded for Life, as well as the police drama CSI: Miami and the baseball show Clubhouse.

Arielle Kebbel is active on the big screen also. Among her movie credits include the powerhouse cast of the movie Be Cool, Dave Payne's horror flick Reeker, and David Kendall's teen comedy Dirty Deeds. She was as well seen in American Pie Presents Band Camp and the family comedy The Kid and I, both in 2005.
 
In 2006, Arielle Kebbel shared the big screen with Jojo, Sara Paxton, and Emma Roberts in Elizabeth Allen's film adaptation of the children's book Aquamarine.

She also starred along with Brittany Snow, Ashanti, and Jesse Metcalfe in the film John Tucker Must Die. In the movie, Arielle Kebbel comments, I think it's really smart writing, the jokes are pretty witty. Also, I don't think that many teen movies are, you know, it's interesting. The girls in this movie think they're pretty in control by always seeking revenge and having all these secret plans, but really we kind of wind up looking like idiots because we're running in circles around this guy. At the end of the day we end up realizing we're just wasting time on him, when we could be bonding with each other. Each character comes full circle. We're able to humiliate ourselves and make jokes about it, but come out of it leaving everyone with a good feeling'.

In 2006, Arielle Kebbel joined the cast of the American adaptation of Takashi Shimizu's The Grudge 2, alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Arielle Kebbel has a long time relationship with director Braham Turner.