Elizabeth Gillies
Age: 31
Birthplace: Haworth, New Jersey, U.S.
Elizabeth Egan "Liz" Gillies (born July 26, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She appeared in several television series and commercials, before acquiring her first significant role prior to her 17th birthday, playing Jade West on the television series Victorious. She made her Broadway debut at age 15 in the musical 13, playing the character of Lucy. She has a main role in FX's rock 'n' roll comedy series Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.
Career
Acting
Elizabeth Gillies was born in Haworth, New Jersey and is partially of Italian descent. She started her acting career at age twelve when she went to a local open casting call and began appearing in commercials for companies such as Virgin Mobile. Her first television role was as a recurring character in The Black Donnellys. She appeared in three episodes. She later starred in The Clique as Shelby Wexler and had a supporting role in Harold. In the summer of 2008, she was cast as Lucy in a Godspeed production of Jason Robert Brown's new musical about growing up, 13, with 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. 13 ran through January 4, 2009.
Gillies starred in the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious as Jade West. The show premiered on March 27, 2010, and ended on February 2, 2013. A doll of her character was released in 2012. Gillies also voiced Daphne on the animated series Winx Club, and recorded Winx Club's official song, "We Are Believix." She has guest starred in White Collar and Big Time Rush, and was a contestant on the Nickelodeon game shows BrainSurge and Figure It Out. In January 2014, Gillies reprised her role as Jade West in the one-hour episode special of the spin-off series of Victorious and iCarly, Sam and Cat, titled "The Killer Tuna Jump." Gillies was in 3 episodes of the Black Donnellys as Young Jenny also as fans say she was in "THE DEATH AND THE RETURN OF SUPERMAN". in 2008 Liz appeared in "battery s down" as well as Jawbreaker The Musical in 2014. She had small roles in "WHITE COLLAR" and "THE EXES".
Gillies appeared in the horror film Animal, which was filmed in Manchester, Connecticut and can currently be seen on iTunes. Produced by Drew Barrymore, the film co-stars her Winx Club co-star, Keke Palmer, and was released on June 17, 2014. As of December 2013, Gillies was in the process of working on another film entitled "Killing Daddy". It aired on Lifetime on July 5, 2014.
In 2015, Gillies was cast in the comedy series Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll as Gigi, an aspiring singer and daughter of a former rock star. The show premiered July 16, 2015.
Music
Gillies has appeared in several songs on the soundtracks Victorious (soundtrack) 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, and it was later featured in Victorious 3.0.
Gillies has a YouTube account called LizGilliesOfficial, where she uploads covers of popular songs including: "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones, "You and I" by Lady Gaga, "For No One" by The Beatles, "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon, "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens and "One and Only" by Adele. She has also covered songs with Max Schneider ("Somewhere Only We Know") and Ariana Grande ("The Christmas Song").
In July 2012, it was reported that Gillies was working on an alternative rock album.
On December 10, 2013, Gillies recorded a duet with Ariana Grande called "Santa Baby" for Grande's Christmas EP Christmas Kisses.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Harold | Evelyn Taylor | |
2008 | Clique, TheThe Clique | Shelby Wexler | Direct-to-video |
2011 | Death and Return of Superman, TheThe Death and Return of Superman | Eradicator folks | Short film |
2012 | Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom | Daphne (voice) | English dub |
2014 | Animal | Mandy | |
2015 | Vacation | Heather |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Black Donnellys, TheThe Black Donnellys | Young Jenny | 3 episodes |
2009 | Battery's Down, TheThe Battery's Down | Bat Mitzvah guest | Episode: "Bad Bad News" |
2010-13 | Victorious | Jade West | Main role; 58 episodes |
2011 | iCarly | Jade West | Episode: "iParty with Victorious" |
2011 | Big Time Rush | Heather Fox | Episode: "Big Time Secret" |
2011-15 | Winx Club | Daphne (voice) | 24 episodes |
2012 | White Collar | Chloe Woods | Episode: "Upper West Side Story" |
2013 | Exes, TheThe 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 | American Dad! | Lena Horne (voice) | Episode: "A Star is Born" |
2015-present | Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll | Gigi | Main role |
2015 | Penguins of Madagascar, TheThe Penguins of Madagascar | Singer (voice) | Episode: "The Penguin Who Loved Me" |
Music videos
Year | Title | Artist |
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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" | Mickey 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 |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008-09 | 13 | Lucy | Original Broadway cast |
2013 | Jawbreaker: The Musical | Courtney | Workshop reading |
Discography
Singles
As featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album |
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UK |
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"Santa Baby" (Ariana Grande featuring Liz Gillies) |
2013 | 155 | Christmas Kisses |
Promotional singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
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US |
US Bub. |
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"Give It Up" (With Ariana Grande) |
2011 | — | 23 | Victorious |
"Take a Hint" (with Victoria Justice) |
2012 | — | — | Victorious 2.0 |