Personal life

Samuels is the daughter of Kathy, a producer for unscripted series, and Scott, a U.S. marshal. She has three brothers, Cody, Harrison, and Jack, and one sister, Heather.

She is currently studying Marketing and Intellectual Property at Stanford University. Taking off a semester to film Scream Queens, she returned to school January 2016. She is also in the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta.

Career

Samuels held a recurring role as Gertrude "Gigi" Hollingsworth in Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel. She then appeared in the films The Stepfather (2009) and Furry Vengeance (2010). She also starred in two series cancelled in their first season: the ABC series The Gates as Andie Bates and the ABC Family series The Nine Lives of Chloe King, in which she played Chloe.

Samuels next appeared in the recurring role of Bonnie Lipton in the fourth season of the FX horror series American Horror Story. She co-starred with Mae Whitman and Bella Thorne in the high school comedy film The Duff (2015). She played a leading role in season one of the FOX horror comedy series Scream Queens.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Final Approach	Mary Jo	Video (Also released as Junior Pilot)
2005	A Host of Trouble	Maureen	Short film
2005	The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend	Young Super Hot Girl	Short film
2009	The Stepfather	Beth Harding
2010	Furry Vengeance	Amber
2014	Helicopter Mom	Carrie
2015	The Duff	Jess Harris
2015	Sharon 1.2.3.	Sharon #3	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Drake & Josh	Ashley Blake	Episode: "Little Divas"
2005	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Brianna	Episode: "The Fairest of Them All"
2005	That's So Raven	Chrissy Collins	Episode: "Goin' Hollywood"
2006	Love, Inc.	Maureen	Episode: "Arrested Development"
2007-08	Wizards of Waverly Place	Gigi Hollingsworth	3 episodes
2009	Bless This Mess	Libby	Television film
2010	The Gates	Andie Bates	Main role (13 episodes)
2011	The Nine Lives of Chloe King	Chloe King	Lead role (10 episodes)
2013	Bloodline	Bird Benson	Television film
2014	American Horror Story: Freak Show	Bonnie Lipton	4 episodes
2015	Scream Queens	Grace Gardner	Lead Role (13 episodes)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2011
	Teen Choice Award	Choice Breakout Show	The Nine Lives of Chloe King	Nominated
		Choice Breakout Star	Herself	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]