Elizabeth Gillies

Elizabeth Egan Gillies[1] (born July 26, 1993[2][3]) is an American actress and singer. Gillies made her Broadway debut at age 15 in the musical 13, playing the character of Lucy.[4] She made her first television appearance in The Black Donnellys (2007), and made her acting debut when she played Jade West in the Nickelodeon series Victorious (2010–2013). She had a main role in the FX comedy series Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2015–2016), and since 2017, Gillies has starred as Fallon Carrington in The CW's series Dynasty, a reboot of the 1980s series of the same name.[5] She has also appeared in various feature and television films, including the horror film Animal (2014), the television film Killing Daddy (2014), and the comedy film Vacation (2015).
Elizabeth Gillies	
Elizabeth Gillies
 	
Born 	Elizabeth Egan Gillies
July 26, 1993(age 26)
Haworth, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names 	Liz Gillies, Elizabeth “Jade West” Gillies
Occupation 	
* Singer
* Actress
* Pornographic film star
Years active	2005–present
Gillies made her debut as a singer on Victorious with the single "Give It Up" in 2011, singing alongside Ariana Grande. She released other singles while on the show, including "You Don’t Know Me" and "Take a Hint", singing alongside Victoria Justice, both songs being part of the Victorious soundtrack albums.
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== Life and careerEdit ==
=== 1993–2009: Early life and career beginningsEdit ===
Elizabeth Egan Gillies was born in Haworth, New Jersey, on July 26, 1993, to Dave and Lorrie Gillies. She has one younger brother, born 1996.[6] Gillies has stated that she has Irish ancestry, and an Italian grandmother and great-grandmother.[3][7]
Gillies' acting career began at age 12, when she started going to local open casting calls. She quickly began appearing in commercials for companies such as Virgin Mobile.[8]
Her first television role was as a recurring character in The Black Donnellys. She has stated that she was not allowed to watch the finished show in its entirety because her parents felt it was not appropriate for her at the time. She appeared in three episodes.
In 2008, she played small roles in The Clique, Harold, and Locker 514. That year she was also cast as Lucy in a Goodspeed production of Jason Robert Brown's new musical 13, alongside her future Victorious co-star, Ariana Grande. Later that year, 13 moved to Broadway, which made it the first Broadway production to have a cast and band entirely made up of teenagers.[9]
Gillies remained with the production until its closure on January 4, 2009.[10]
=== 2010–2014: BreakthroughEdit ===
The cast of Victorious at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
In 2010, Gillies was cast as bad girl and occasional antagonist Jade West in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious, a sitcom revolving around teenagers at a performing arts high school in Hollywood. This marked her second time working alongside 13 co-star Ariana Grande. Regarding her Victorious character, Gillies said "It's wonderful. I love playing Jade. I always say she's not so much the 'mean' girl, but the 'bad' girl in so many ways. She has a lot of human qualities to her – she's not just completely sociopathic. She's sweet with her boyfriend. It's nice to play a character with some depth."[11] The show premiered on March 27, 2010. During her time on Victorious, Gillies was featured in several songs on the soundtracks Victorious and Victorious 2.0, including "Give It Up" (duet with Ariana Grande), and "Take a Hint" (duet with Victoria Justice). She also wrote and recorded the song "You Don't Know Me" for an episode of Victorious,[12] and it was later featured in Victorious 3.0.[13][14]
She lent her talents to other Nickelodeon shows, voicing the character of Daphne on the animated series Winx Club and recording Winx Club's official song, "We Are Believix." She also appeared in an episode of Big Time Rush and as a contestant on BrainSurge and Figure It Out. Beginning in 2012, Gillies began playing small guest roles outside Nickelodeon. Notable appearances include White Collar and The Exes. In July 2012, it was reported that Gillies was working on an alternative rock album.[15][16] Victorious ended on February 2, 2013, after four seasons. Following the cancellation of the series, Gillies took some time off from acting.
In 2013, she was cast as Courtney in the musical adaptation of Jawbreaker and participated in a reading of the show in Manhattan.[17] The musical did not end up being taken to Broadway. On December 10, 2013, Gillies recorded a duet with Ariana Grande called "Santa Baby" for Grande's Christmas EP Christmas Kisses.[18] In 2014, Gillies appeared in the horror film Animal as Mandy and the Lifetime movie Killing Daddy, playing Callie Ross. Animal was filmed in the summer of 2013 in Manchester, Connecticut, and was produced by Drew Barrymore. The film also features Gillies' former Winx Club co-star Keke Palmer and was released on iTunes June 17, 2014.[19]
=== 2015–present: Further actingEdit ===
In 2015, Gillies was cast as Heather in the remake of Vacation. The film received a wide release on July 29, 2015. She was then cast in the comedy series Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Gigi, an aspiring singer and daughter of a former rock star named Johnny Rock (portrayed by the show's creator Denis Leary).[20] The show premiered July 16, 2015 to mixed reviews, but Gillies' performance as Gigi was well received. The show ran for two seasons, with the second-season finale airing on September 1, 2016. On September 9, 2016, FX declined to renew the show for a third season, effectively canceling the series.[21]
In 2017, Gillies was cast as Fallon Carrington in The CW television series Dynasty, a reboot of the 1980s series of the same name.[5][22][23] After Nicollette Sheridan left the role of Fallon's mother Alexis Carrington near the end of the second season, Gillies began playing the character temporarily, as well as continuing to portray Fallon.[24][25]
In 2019, Gillies, alongside Matt Bennett, made a surprise appearance during the November 19th show of her Victorious co-star Ariana Grande's Sweetener World Tour in Atlanta, Georgia in which Grande and Bennett performed "I Think You're Swell", while Grande and Gillies performed "Give It Up", both songs from Victorious.[26]
== FilmographyEdit ==
=== FilmEdit ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2008	Harold 	Evelyn Taylor 	
2008	The Clique 	Shelby Wexler 	Direct-to-video film
2011	The Death and Return of Superman 	Eradicator folks	Short film
2012	Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom	Daphne 	Voice role (English dub)
2014	Animal 	Mandy 	
2015	Vacation 	Heather 	
2018	Arizona 	Kelsey 	[27]
=== TelevisionEdit ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2007 	The Black Donnellys 	Young Jenny 	3 episodes
2009 	The Battery's Down 	Bat Mitzvah guest 	Episode: "Bad Bad News"
2010–2013 	Victorious 	Jade West 	Main role
2011 	iCarly 	Jade West 	Crossover special: "iParty with Victorious"
2011 	Big Time Rush 	Heather Fox 	Episode: "Big Time Secret"
2011–2015 	Winx Club 	Daphne 	Voice role; 24 episodes
2012 	White Collar 	Chloe Woods 	Episode: "Upper West Side Story"
2013 	The Exes 	Tracy Cooper 	Episode: "Prelude to a Kiss"
2014 	Sam & Cat 	Jade West 	Episode: "#TheKillerTunaJump: #Freddie #Jade #Robbie"
2014 	Killing Daddy 	Callie Ross 	Television film
2015–2016 	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 	Gigi 	Main role
2015 	The Penguins of Madagascar	Singer 	Voice role; episode: "The Penguin Who Loved Me"
2015 	American Dad! 	Lena Horne 	Voice role; episode: "A Star Is Reborn"
2017–present	Dynasty 	Fallon Carrington / Alexis Carrington (2019)	Main role
2018 	Robot Chicken 	Sun Baby, Marie "Slim" Browning 	Voice role; episode: "Gimme That Chocolate Milk"
2019 	Welcome to the Wayne 	Parana Sycamore 	Voice role; episode: "That's Squidjit Bowling"
=== Video gamesEdit ===
Year	Title 	Role
2012	Victorious: Time to Shine 	Jade West (voice)
2012	Victorious: Taking the Lead	Jade West (voice)
=== Music videosEdit ===
Year	Title 	Artist
2010	"Freak the Freak Out" 	Victoria Justice
2011	"Beggin' on Your Knees" 	Victoria Justice
2011	"All I Want Is Everything"	Victoria Justice
2011	"Take a Hint" 	Victoria Justice and herself
2011	"Time in the Day" 	Mikey Deleasa
2012	"Time of Our Life" 	Big Time Rush
2012	"Make It in America" 	Victoria Justice
2012	"We Are Believix" 	Herself
2012	"You Don't Know Me" 	Herself
2013	"Right There" 	Ariana Grande
2015	"Die Trying" 	Herself
2016	"Bang Bang" 	Herself
2018	"Thank U, Next"[28] 	Ariana Grande
== TheaterEdit ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2008–2009	13 	Lucy 	Original Broadway cast
2013 	Jawbreaker: The Musical	Courtney	Workshop reading
== Discography ==