Tabitha Zimmerman

**Tabitha Zimmerman** is a major character in the *ABND* series. She was introduced in World of Chances as Alex Zimmerman's estranged older sister.

She was portrayed by Lauren Jauregui as a young adult and later by Jennifer Connelly.

## Series Overview

Prior to World of Chances, Alex Zimmerman claimed to be an only child. With the exception of Peyton Carson and Kara Moore, none of Alex's friends knew Tabitha existed, even his longtime girlfriend Amity Hills, who appears shocked when she is greeted by Tabitha in a towel at Alex's apartment shortly after their breakup. Amity initially assumes that Tabitha is a new lover of Alex's but the confusion is cleared up soon after when they run into each other again. Tabitha is in and out of Alex's life, usually to ask for money or a place to stay when she gets into a fight with their parents. Though she is older than Alex, she has relied on her father and ex-boyfriends for monetary assistance and finally claims to want to stop that habit, even breaking off her engagement with a man named James. Later, Tabitha returns to ask Alex for help which he refuses, though he does get her a job working as Santana Lopez's assistant. Through this, Santana is closer to the action of Lima and gets to travel the world with a popstar. She still has to live in a rundown apartment, however, and due to her personality not many of Alex's friends want to hang out with her, with the exception of John Brown and later Amity herself. In Push to the Limit, Tabitha forms a friendship with Amity, which later develops into something deeper. Amity confides about her relationship issues with her boyfriend Christopher Anderson to Tabitha while they're stuck together in Juliet Vasquez's house during an earthquake and Tabitha teaches Amity how she kisses, prompting Amity to realize her attraction towards Tabitha ("Shake It Up"). Amity breaks up with Christopher and tells Tabitha how she feels through a new song, Starving, but Tabitha rejects her advances and even embarrasses Amity by asking if she can date Christopher. At a cruise hosted by her brother, Tabitha causes trouble, especially for Amity when she outs her crush on her in front of all of the guests. Despite being shunned by the rest of the gang, Tabitha maintains a close relationship with Santana and goes out on tour with her in It's Not Over Yet, causing Shana Davis to resent her and fight with Santana constantly. At the VMAs, Tabitha walks the red carpet with Santana and brags about being the subject of Amity's song, causing the world to realize that Amity is bisexual. Despite this, Santana still remains a friend to Tabitha, but later lets her go as her assistant to heal her marriage with Shana. At Harmony and Dan's wedding, Tabitha sees Christopher alone and begins flirting with him. Later, Kitty Wilde develops an interest in Christopher and the two fight over him, despite his clear feelings for Amity. Amity witnesses this and decides not to pursue a relationship with Christopher anymore, seeming heartbroken about it and resenting Tabitha even more.

## Biography

* World of Chances
* Race to the Finish
* Push to the Limit
* It's Not Over Yet

Running From The Past

Tabitha is first seen by Amity in Alex's apartment wearing nothing but a towel. Alex calls out that the shower is ready and Amity assumes that he is sleeping with her, not knowing Tabitha is actually his sister.

Damaged

The Teen Choice Awards

Plan B

Rush

Accomplishment

Small Bump

Phone Hacks and Skype

1, 2 Step

Daddy Issues

October

Ben's First Birthday

New Faces, Same Places

Take It Off Or Take Off

Same Directions

Break Free

Perfect Sense

I Will Be

Let It Go

2023 MTV Video Music Awards

AlexEndedFrancescaParty

The High Road
Reunion League Tour Rehearse Coffee Dad

## Personality

Tabitha is shown to have a really intense personality. She is usually dislike by people until they get to know her, and even then they may not like her. Tabitha is manipulative, childish and very dependent of others, as shown by the way she refuses to take on a job or date anyone unless money is involved. In that sense, she is also very greedy and often a snob.

Though she loves her brother, she enjoys making him as well as other people around him uncomfortable. She often brings up taboo or sensitive subjects in a blunt or vulgar manner and is thus very inappropriate.

She is on the inside closed off, however, as shown by her relationship with Amity. She does not let others see the real her, ever, and tends to push people away when she starts to actually like them and vice versa.

## Relationships

* Amity Hills

*Main article: Amity-Tabitha Relationship* *(Tamity)*
Tabitha and Amity first meet when Amity mistakes her for Alex's new lover soon after their breakup. After the confusion is cleared up, Tabitha doesn't see much of Amity, as Amity is clearly uncomfortable with anything that has to do with Alex. In Push to the Limit when Amity is finally starting to get over Alex, she extends an arm of friendship to Tabitha after noticing that not many others in Lima has. During the earthquake in Shake It Up the two get trapped together in a room upstairs. After a duet, Tabitha kisses Amity to show her how she should kiss Christopher to raise the passion. This prompts Amity to develop an attraction for Tabitha and later share her feelings through a song. After Tabitha rejects Amity, their relationship turns into animosity, with Tabitha doing everything she can to push Amity away and even going to the extremes of outing her, first with her friends and later in It's Not Over Yet to the whole world. After this, Tabitha pursues Amity's ex Christopher romantically and that's the final straw in Amity holding out any hope that they could ever be friends or anything else again.Songs

**Total:** 1

* B4
* B5
* B6

World of Chances

Solos

Duets

Solos (in a group number)

Race to the Finish

Solos

Duets

Solos (in a group number)

Push to the Limit

Solos

Duets

Solos (in a group number)

## Trivia

* Tabitha was submitted during the character contest prior to World of Chances.
* Her Twitter account is @tabitha\_zim