Vail MacMillan Bloom is an American actress. She portrayed the character

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on ''

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,'' for which she received a

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nomination. Bloom has also appeared in television guest roles, independent films, and reality television series ''

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''. Bloom graduated from

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with a

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Early life and education

Bloom was born in

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and grew up in

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and

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. The daughter of a high school counselor and businessman/college professor, Bloom graduated from

in 2004 with a

. In 2003, Bloom placed third in ''

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'' list of "Hometown Hotties". She became interested in acting when a fellow student at Princeton asked her to star in a short film.

Career

Bloom played the role of assistant district attorney

on the

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soap opera ''

'', a role for which she received a

nomination in 2008. In March 2009, she appeared on the web series '' Angel of Death''. Bloom appeared in the 2015 film ''

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'' most famous for her bottomless scene.

Personal life

In 2014, Bloom admitted that she had a drug problem during her years on ''

''. "I was on ''The Young and the Restless'' for just under three years and I was starting to get into this whole like… what seemed like the

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lifestyle, and I was starting to get into a little bit of trouble with drugs," Bloom said in an episode of ''

''. In February 2018, Bloom filed for a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend Hayes Stuppy. Bloom claimed that she only dated Stuppy for three weeks in 2017 and that the reason for the restraining order was because he had sent her several unwanted emails and has a history of

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. Bloom has two children, Charlie (born in August 2018) and Jack (born in January 2020).

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

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Vail Bloom on FameGame.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bloom, Vail American television actresses American soap opera actresses Princeton University School of Architecture alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women