Jillian Shea Spaeder

Jillian Shea Spaeder (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress, singer and songwriter (where she works under the name Jillian Shea). After making her acting debut in 2015 on several segments of OMG! for DreamWorksTV and an appearance on the Nickelodeon series Nicky, Ricky, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn. She was also cast as the lead role of Bailey in the Disney XD series Walk the Prank. Spaeder made guest appearances on the Netflix series No Good Nick in 2019 and Disney Channel's Just Roll With It in 2020. Later that year, Spaeder was cast as Jane in a leading role in the Disney + movie Godmothered. 
Spaeder’s debut single and music video, "Story," was released in 2018. She has released several standalone singles, most notably “Runaway,” the theme song for the Brat TV show Crazy Fast and "Something Better" which has garnered more than 375,000 streams on Spotify as of December 2020.
== Early life ==
Jillian Shea Spaeder was born on September 27, 2002, in Paoli, Pennsylvania. Spaeder first started performing with her parents’ cover band at the age of nine and studied with a private acting coach before landing her first equity theater role in a 2013 holiday Panto production at 
People’s Light & Theatre Company in her hometown of Malvern, Pennsylvania.
== Career ==
2014 – 2018: Career beginnings
Spaeder initially came out to Los Angeles temporarily for pilot season in early 2015, appearing in several OMG skits for DreamWorksTV and guest starring as McKenna in an episode of Nickelodeon’s Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn. In May 2015, Spaeder landed the role of Bailey in the Disney XD series Walk the Prank, which premiered April 1, 2016 and ran for three seasons, ending in 2018. In 2017, Spaeder recorded the duet “Invisible” with Australian singer-songwriter, Ky Baldwin. Using just her first and middle names (Jillian Shea) for her musical endeavors, Spaeder debuted her first single “Story,” with a music video, in July 2018.
2019 - present: Music, producing/directing, film debut
Spaeder released “Barely Changed," produced by musical director and producer Mike Avenaim, in January 2019. In August of 2019, Spaeder appeared as Maria in the Netflix series No Good Nick. 
Working with producer Mikal Blue, she released “Talk Too Loud” in June 2019. Again collaborating with Blue, Spaeder released “Something Better” in September 2019. Spaeder also co-wrote, directed, and produced a video for this track with Lilia Buckingham. Later that year Spaeder released “Runaway,” which she co-composed as the theme song for the Brat TV show Crazy Fast, in November 2019. The official video premiered in December 2019.
In March 2020, she had a guest roll as Bum-Around Bobbi on Disney Channel’s Just Roll With It, and played the role of Summer in the film To the Beat!: Back 2 School. Shortly after, Spaeder released “i don't know,” a song she wrote and recorded at home during the quarantine, with her father Bill Spaeder producing. She also filmed and released a video for the track. Spaeder followed this up in May 2020 with the ballad “3:43 a.m.,” produced by David Kidd, and “Worth My Time,” produced by Avenaim and Kidd, in July 2020.
In October 2020, Spaeder and Buckingham were awarded an Influence Change 2020 Influencer Innovation Fund Grant to create a short film to promote voting among young people. The two produced the film It Counts, written by Buckingham directed by Spaeder. Both performed in the film as well.
In 2020 Spaeder was cast as Jane in the Disney + holiday film, Godmothered, which was released in December 2020. Playing Jane, the older daughter of Mackenzie (Isla Fisher) who overcomes stage fright thanks to the help of a young fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell). In the film she performs “Rise Up (Joy to the World)” and “Hero” in the movie and on the soundtrack.
== Musical Style ==
As a singer-songwriter, Spaeder has cited Tori Kelly, Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran, Meghan Trainor, Adele, and Julia Michaels as musical influences.
== Discography ==
Singles:
* Story (2018)
* Barely Changed (2019)
* Talk Too Loud (2019)
* Something Better (2019)
* Runaway (2019)
* i don't know (2020)
* 3:43 am (2020)
* Worth My Time (2020)
* Let It Snow (2020)
*2021 (2020)
== Filmography ==
Film Roles	Film Roles 	Film Roles
Year 	Title 	Role
2020 	To The Beat!: Back 2 School	Olivia
2020 	It Counts 	Summer
2020 	Godmothered 	Jane
Television Roles	Television Roles 	Television Roles
Year 	Title 	Role(s)
2015 	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn	McKenna
2015 	OMG 	Rachel, Sisbot
2016-2018 	Walk the Prank 	Bailey Shuster
2019 	No Good Nick 	Maria
2020 	Just Roll With It 	Bum Around Bobbi
Music Videos	Music Videos
Year 	Title
2018 	Story
2019 	Something Better
2020 	i don't know
Category:American actresses
Category:American singers
Category:American songwriters