Early life

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jow moved to California with her mother Lanae Tillery Jow, one sister Makenna Jow and two brothers Jensen and Braden Jow, when she was nine years old. Jow is of half-Chinese American and part-Cherokee descent. As a child, she would often sing the national anthem at local baseball games.

Career

When she was six years old, Jow appeared on Barney and Dellaventura, but her acting career took off when she won a co-starring role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Unfabulous with Emma Roberts where she played Geena Fabiano, one of the best friends of Roberts' character Addie Singer. The show ran for three seasons from 2004 to 2007 and earned Jow several Young Artist Award nominations.

When Unfabulous ended in 2007, Jow co-starred in the animated film Bratz: The Movie as Quinn and has guest-starred on the shows Wizards of Waverly Place, The Young and the Restless, iCarly, The Secret Life of the American Teenager and the Disney show Hannah Montana and co-starred in the 2009 science fiction comedy Aliens in the Attic.

In 2010, Jow appeared in the first season of The CW fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries. She played Anna, a vampire. Jow briefly re-appeared in the third season. That same year, Jow co-starred in the fantasy romance film You're So Cupid! as Megan, and the drama film The Social Network as Alice Cantwell. She also guest-starred on an episode of TNT crime comedy-drama Leverage. Then she went on to star in the Nickelodeon action/science fiction sitcom The Troop as Cadence Nash.

In 2011, Jow began a recurring role in the second season of the Nickelodeon musical sitcom Big Time Rush as Lucy Stone, an aspiring rock musician and a brief love interest of Kendall Knight (Kendall Schmidt) and later on becomes the love interest of James Diamond (James Maslow). She guest-starred in the ABC mystery comedy-drama Desperate Housewives as Violet.

In 2012, Jow starred in The CW drama pilot Shelter, produced by J. J. Abrams and Mark Schwahn, where she played Morgan. It was not picked up by the network.

In January 2013, Jow confirmed her role in the crime comedy Plastic. That same month, it was also announced that Jow would reprise her role as Lucy Stone on Big Time Rush in the fourth and final season.

In February 2013, Jow was revealed to be the new host of The Vampire Diaries side show, TVD Rehash (Re#ash) replacing previous host Arielle Kebbel. Later that month, it was announced that Jow would be joining the CW science fiction romantic drama pilot Oxygen, as Julia Yeung, a girl who has an illness which may be cured by aliens. In May 2013, Oxygen was picked up and retitled Star-Crossed. The series was part of the 2013-14 mid season schedule. In August 2013, production began for Star-Crossed. The show ran for one season from February 17 to May 12, 2014. In 2014, Jow was in the television movie Presumed Dead in Paradise and played Madison Ashland. On October 27, 2014, she was announced to have a recurring role as Linda Park on the CW's superhero drama The Flash. In 2015, Malese was listed in Maxim's Hot 10. On August 25, 2015, Malese was announced to be reprising her role as Linda Park as a friend of Iris for multiple episodes. In the second season's fifth episode, "The Darkness and the Light," Malese played villainess Dr. Light, who is Earth 2 Linda Park.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Bratz: The Movie	Quinn
2009	Aliens in the Attic	Julie
2010	You're So Cupid!	Megan
2010	Social Network, TheThe Social Network	Alice Cantwell	Hollywood Film Festival for Ensemble of the Year Nominated—Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble
2014	Plastic	Beth

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Barney & Friends	Tea party girl	Episode: "Pennies, Nickels, Dimes"
1997	Dellaventura	Orphan child	Episode: "Dreamers"; uncredited
2003	Brothers Garcia, TheThe Brothers Garcia	Celeste	Episode: "Right Place, Right Time"
2004-07	Unfabulous	Geena Fabiano	Main role; 41 episodes Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series
2007	Wizards of Waverly Place	Ruby Donahue	Episode: "Movie"
2008	Young and the Restless, TheThe Young and the Restless	Hannah	2 episodes
2009	iCarly	Fake Carly Shay	Episode: "iLook Alike"
2009	Secret Life of the American Teenager, TheThe Secret Life of the American Teenager	Gail	Episode: "One Night at Band Camp"
2009	Hannah Montana	Rachel	2 episodes
2010-11	Vampire Diaries, TheThe Vampire Diaries	Annabelle "Anna" Zhu	Recurring role; 18 episodes
2010	Leverage	Josie	Episode: "The Boost Job"
2011	Troop, TheThe Troop	Cadence Nash	Main role (season 2); 13 episodes
2011	Desperate Housewives	Violet	Episode: "Then I Really Got Scared"
2011-13	Big Time Rush	Lucy Stone	Recurring role; 14 episodes
2012	CSI: Miami	Amanda Reed	Episode: "Friendly Fire"
2014	Star-Crossed	Julia Yeung	Main role; 10 episodes
2014	Castle	Hillary Cooper	Episode: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2014	Presumed Dead in Paradise	Madison Ashland	Television film
2015	Flash, TheThe Flash	Linda Park / Doctor Light	Recurring role; 7 episodes
2015-16	NCIS: Los Angeles	Jennifer Kim	Episodes: "Cancel Christmas", "Granger, O."
2016	Filthy Sexy Teen$	Beatrix	Upcoming series

Music video roles

Year	Title	Artist
2009	"When You're Around"	C&C
2009	"The In Crowd"	Mitchel Musso
2010	"Til I Forget About You"	Big Time Rush
2011	"Famous"	Lissa Lauria
2011	"Time Bomb"	All Time Low

[ Source: Wikipedia ]