Abbey Lee talks about the realities of dating as she struggles to get 'picked up'

June 2024 · 3 minute read

She has already established a successful modelling career and secured acting roles in top Hollywood movies.

Yet Abbey Lee finds it difficult to start a relationship or even score a sideways glance from a potential love interest.

Speaking to Sunday Style magazine, the 29-year-old bisexual model turned actress said: 'I don't get picked up at bars, I don't get asked if I want a drink.'

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Tough time: Single Abbey Lee admitted to Sunday Style magazine she doesn't 'get picked up at bars and she doesn't 'get asked if I want a drink'

Tough time: Single Abbey Lee admitted to Sunday Style magazine she doesn't 'get picked up at bars and she doesn't 'get asked if I want a drink'

'I think I must be scary or something.,' she added. 'Maybe it's because I'm nearly six foot tall with a b***h resting face.'

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Abbey was last seen cuddling up to her on-again off-again boyfriend Matthew Hutchinson at the Kenzo Snowbird launch in February 2016 in Hollywood.

Despite the loved-up appearance, the the Australian beauty admitted to the publication she was very much a 'single' lady.

Former flame: Abbey was last seen cuddling up to her on-again off-again boyfriend Matthew Hutchinson at the Kenzo Snowbird launch in February 2016 in Hollywood

Former flame: Abbey was last seen cuddling up to her on-again off-again boyfriend Matthew Hutchinson at the Kenzo Snowbird launch in February 2016 in Hollywood

New gif: The 29-year-old has moved from full time to an up-and-coming actress

New gif: The 29-year-old has moved from full time to an up-and-coming actress

Relationship woes aside, Abbey's acting career has gone from strength-to-strength.

The Melbourne born native made her debut in the action remake of Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015.

She also ditched her family name Kershaw after being plucked to star alongside fellow Australian Megan Gale in the movie franchise.

Abbey told the Sunday Telegraph: 'I'm aiming to do what I need to do for acting and nothing more. I'm bowing down to acting.'

The slender blonde said she was also scaling back her modelling assignments in a determined bid to concentrate on acting, telling the paper her new name is: 'Sexier, it's short and sweet.'

Starring role: The Melbourne born native made her debut in the action remake of Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015

Starring role: The Melbourne born native made her debut in the action remake of Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015

New role and new name: She also ditched her family name Kershaw after being plucked to star alongside fellow Australian Megan Gale in the movie franchise

New role and new name: She also ditched her family name Kershaw after being plucked to star alongside fellow Australian Megan Gale in the movie franchise

Moving on up: Abbey also secured a role in the psychological horror film, Neon Demon, alongside Elle Fanning 

Moving on up: Abbey also secured a role in the psychological horror film, Neon Demon, alongside Elle Fanning 

Abbey also secured a role in the psychological horror film, Neon Demon.

In the movie, the starlet plays Sarah, an ageing model whose obsession with co-star Elle Fanning's character Jesse drives her to bloodletting extremes.

The movie loosely draws inspiration from the tale of Countess Báthory, a 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman who purportedly tortured and mutilated the bodies of young girls, bathing in their blood to maintain her youthful appearance.

'I f***ing hope that my performance is good enough to shut them all up,' she told Dazed and Confused. 'I guess we'll see. I wanted to not only do my character justice, but for the film to do the industry justice, and I wanted it to be right.'

Scary role: In the movie, the starlet plays Sarah, an ageing model whose obsession with co-star Elle Fanning's character Jesse drives her to bloodletting extremes

Scary role: In the movie, the starlet plays Sarah, an ageing model whose obsession with co-star Elle Fanning's character Jesse drives her to bloodletting extremes

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