Elizabeth Gillies Biography

Elizabeth Gillies is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her role as Lucy in the musical 13 and Jade West in the Nickelodeon sictom Victorious.

She began her career in commercials. Her first television appearance was in The Black Donnellys (2007). From 2010-13, she played Jade West in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious. She had a main role in the FX comedy series, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2015–16).

Early Life

Elizabeth Egan Gillies was born on July 26, 1993 in Haworth, New Jersey and her family resides there. She has one younger brother, born 1996. She is of partial Italian descent.

Elizabeth Gillies went to Haworth Public School in her hometown. After this she went to Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest.

Career

At the age of three years, she was in front of a camera for the first time. She made advertising spots. Elizabeth began acting professionally at the age of 12. Shortly after the closing of “13”, she went on to land the role of “Jade West” in the hit Nickelodeon series, Victorious (2010). Elizabeth made her Broadway debut at age 15. She has a main role in FX’s rock ‘n’ roll comedy series Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.

She appeared in commercials for companies such as Virgin Mobile, starred as Shelby Wexler in The Clique, and was cast for a supporting role in Harold as well.

Since 2017, she has starred as Fallon Carrington in The CW television series Dynasty, a reboot of the 1980s series of the same name.

She had a small role as Heather on the Nickelodeon television series Big Time Rush. Since 2011 she voices Daphine on the Nickelodeon Animation series Winx Club.

In addition to acting, Elizabeth is also focusing heavily on music and is working on her album. Elizabeth plays piano and has been singing ever since she could. Having a strong passion for classic rock music, some of her more well-known covers include “Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones, “Jealous Guy” by John Lennon, “Father & Son” by Cat Stevens and “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.