Elizabeth Gillies

Elizabeth Gillies (2015)

Elizabeth Gillies at the ATX TV Festival (2015)

Elizabeth Egan Gillies (born July 26, 1993 in Haworth , New Jersey ) is an American actress , singer and dancer .

Life

Gillies attended Haworth Public School in her hometown of Haworth , New Jersey . Then she went to the Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest . She has a brother who is three years her junior.

Gillies is allergic to numerous foods as well as gluten and is therefore a vegan .

Career

Gillies was already in front of the camera for commercials as a child. Since 1995 she has made commercials for chewing gum and cell phones. She first appeared in a Nickelodeon series in the 1990s, and in 1995 she got the role of 4-year-old Melissa in the series 6 to 8 Frozen Zone . In 2007, Gillies got roles in The Black Donnellys and Locker 514 , which gave her career a boost. In 2008, Gillies received a role in the film Harold . In the summer of 2008 she was cast for the musical 13 , in which she sang the two songs Opportunity and It Can't Be True . It was there that she met her colleague Ariana Grande , who later also played a leading role in Victorious . The musical was a huge success until its end on January 4, 2009. In 2009, Gillies won the National Youth Theater Award for her performance in Musical 13 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical. After the end of the musical, she played the role of Shelby Wexler in the film The Glamor Clique - Cinderella's Revenge .

From 2010 to 2013, Gillies was seen on the American television program Victorious . In the series developed by Dan Schneider , she played the role of Jadelyn "Jade" West . Like all other leading actors in Victorious , she played in the crossover between Victorious and iCarly, also produced by Dan Schneider . In the Victorious episode The Ugly Duckling , Gillies sang the song Give It Up with Ariana Grande . The song was released on August 2, 2011, along with other songs from the TV series, on the Victorious soundtrack . In 2011, Gillies, along with the cast of Victorious, received a nomination for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Best Television Series . She had short appearances at the side of Victoria Justice in the music videos Freak the Freak Out , Beggin 'on Your Knees , All I Want Is Everything and Make it in America , which were produced for the television series.

In 2011, Gillies took part in a special edition of the American quiz show BrainSurge along with other actors . In the same year she also starred as Heather on the television series Big Time Rush . Since 2011 she has spoken to Daphne in the Nickelodeon animated television series Winx Club . In 2012 she recorded the song We Are Believix for this series , for which a music video with Gillies was shot.

Gillies privately records various cover versions of well-known songs such as Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones , Jealous Guy by John Lennon or Yoü and I by Lady Gaga and then uploads them to YouTube . In 2012 she covered the Keane song Somewhere Only We Know with Max Schneider .

Gillies was able to secure a leading role in The CW television series The Denver Clan , a remake of the television series of the same name from the 1980s. Since October 2017 she has played the role of Fallon Carrington . Since April 2019 she has also played the role of Alexis Carrington .

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Santa Baby (with Ariana Grande )   CH 77 12/30/2018 (2 weeks)

Singles

• 2011: Give It Up (with Ariana Grande )
• 2012: Take a Hint (with Victoria Justice )
• 2013: Santa Baby (with Ariana Grande)

Filmography (selection)

• 1995: 6 to 8 Frozen Zone (TV series)
• 2007: Locker 514 (TV movie)
• 2007: The Black Donnellys (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2008: Harold
• 2009: The Battery's Down (TV series, episode 2x02)
• 2008: The Glamor Clique - Cinderella's Revenge (The Clique)
• 2010-2013: Victorious (TV series, 56 episodes)
• 2011: iCarly: Party mit Victorious ( iCarly: iParty with Victorious , TV movie)
• 2011: The Death and Return of Superman (short film)
• 2011–2014: Winx Club (TV series, voice, 65 episodes)
• 2011: Big Time Rush (TV series, episode 2x27)
• 2012: White Collar (TV series, episode 3x12)
• 2013: The Exes (TV series, episode 3x08)
• 2014: Sam & Cat (TV series, episode 1x23)
• 2014: Animal
• 2014: Killing Daddy (TV movie)
• 2015: Vacation - Wir sind die Griswolds (Vacation)
• 2015–2016: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (TV series, 20 episodes)
• since 2017: The Denver Clan ( Dynasty , TV series)
• 2018: Arizona

Musicals

• 2008: 13

Awards and nominations

Tabular overview of awards and nominations
year	Award	For	category	result
2009	National Youth Theater Awards	13	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical	Won

Web links

Commons : Elizabeth Gillies  - Collection of Images

• Elizabeth Gillies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Elizabeth Gillies in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Elizabeth Gillies in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Biography of the characters of Victorious . Nick.com . Retrieved January 12, 2011.
2. ↑ Elizabeth Gillies Biography . tvrage.com . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
3. ↑ Victoria Justice & Elizabeth Gillies: 'Freak The Freak Out' Friends . justjaredjr.buzznet.com . November 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2011. 
4. ↑ Elizabeth Gillies: TODAY IS MY BROTHER GEORGE'S 15TH BIRTHDAY! . Twitter: Elizabeth Gillies (verified account). April 23, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
5. ^ Allyson Koerner: Elizabeth Gillies Explains How to Maintain Vegan Diet . In: ecorazzi.com . Ecorazzi. August 1, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
6. ↑ Harold (2008) - Internet Movie Database . imdb.com. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
7. ^ New Musical 13 to Close on Broadway in January 2009 . playbill.com. November 21, 2008. Archived from the original on April 28, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
8. ↑ ^{a b} 2008 - 2009 Fourth Annual National Youth Theater Awards! . nationalyouththeatre.com. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
9. ↑ Victorious - Who's Who? . nick.de. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2011. 
10. ↑ Keke Palmer & Ariana Grande: "Winx Club" Fairies . justjaredjr.buzznet.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 9, 2011. 
11. ↑ Elizabeth Gillie's official YouTube account . youtube.com. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
12. ^ "Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane (ft. Max Schneider & Elizabeth Gillies) . youtube.com. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
13. ↑ Chart sources: CH