Produced by Michael Bay, the picture was soundly trounced by the press. The blitz of media attention that followed the film before and after its release thrust Yustman front and center in the midst of a bonafide blockbuster.The attention garnered by 'Cloverfield' led to a flurry of roles for Yustman, including her first lead in 'The Unborn' (2009), a supernatural chiller about a young woman pursued by the spirit of her unborn twin brother. The film's human component was anchored by a failed relationship between an ad exec (Mike Vogel) and the woman (Yustman) he loved and risked his life to rescue after the creature destroyed the city. The JJ Abrams-produced and highly secretive 'Cloverfield' (2008), about a monster that wreaks havoc in New York City, was one of the most highly anticipated motion pictures of that year, thanks in no small part to its extensive and complex marketing campaign. Yustman's breakthrough role arrived in a film in which she and her co-stars took a distinct back seat to the special effects. In addition to her onscreen work, Yustman also provided voice-over work for the popular first-person shooter video game 'Fallout 3' in 2008. Her character, Aubrey Diaz, fell hard for the show's lead, author-turned-teacher Nick Garrett (Bryan Greenberg), but discovered that his heart still belonged to his childhood crush (Laura Prepon). That same year, she had a supporting role as a love struck student on the well-liked but short-lived drama 'October Road' (ABC, 2007-08).

More substantial turns on television also added to her resume most notably in a tawdry Lifetime movie called 'Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape' (2007), in which her kind-hearted schoolteacher is photographed in compromising positions by a sleazy cameraman (Antonio Sabato, Jr.). Yustman then shuttled between minor roles in features like 'Transformers' (2007) - which co-starred Meagan Fox, an actress with whom she was frequently compared and even confused - and 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story' (2007). Critically lambasted, 'South Beach' languished at the bottom of the ratings before the merger of UPN and The WB spelled its doom. The primetime soap, produced by Jennifer Lopez, featured Yustman as an aspiring fashion model pursued by her former college boyfriend in the glitzy Florida city. But after a year of community college, she realized that her heart lay with an acting career, and moved back to Tinseltown to pursue her goal.Minor roles in features like 'Dear God' (1996) preceded her first turn as a series regular in the heavily promoted 'South Beach' (UPN, 2006). Yustman graduated from Woodcrest Christian High School with plans to study business finance at Loyola Marymount University. suburb Riverside to auditions in Hollywood. She made her feature debut at five as a supernaturally precocious toddler in the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy 'Kindergarten Cop' (1990), but quickly tired of the wearying drive to and from her home in the L.A. Born Odette Juliette Yustman in Los Angeles she was the daughter of Victor and Lydia Yustman her father was of Italian-French origins, while her mother was born in Colombia and raised in Nicaragua (Yustman's first language was Spanish).

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