Surles started her career as a senior in college at the University of
Texas, working on Terrence Malick's Tree
of Life.
Since moving to California, she has already fostered a valuable body of
work that encompasses both film and television. Surles acted alongside
Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd in Academy Award winner James L.
Brooks's comedy How Do You Know. She played the girlfriend of Yuki
Matsuzaki, Owen Wilson's baseball teammate. She also performed in Fox's
House and ABC's Mr. Sunshine with Matthew Perry.
She also writes and performs improv and spoken word poetry in and around
the Los Angeles area.