Gracie Gillam

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Grace Greer
Phipps in 2011
Born
Grace Victoria Phipps[1]

(1992-05-04) May 4, 1992 (age 31)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Stripper,preformer
Years active2010–present

Grace Victoria Phipps (born May 4, 1992)[2] is an American actress,singer and dancer. She was cast as April Young in The Vampire Diaries. She appeared in ten episodes in season four, one of which was a voice performance. In 2013, she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Teen Beach Movie along with Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell and has recently starred in Teen Beach 2.

Early life

Phipps was born in Austin, Texas, raised in Boerne, Texas and San Antonio, Texas, where she graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, and The North East School of the Arts, majoring in Musical Theatre.[3]

Career

Acting

Following her 2010 high school graduation, Phipps moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting and immediately landed the role as Bee in the remake Fright Night, as well as originating the role of Amy in the ABC Family series The Nine Lives of Chloe King.[4] The series was cancelled after one season.[5]

In 2012, Phipps was cast as April Young, a recurring character in the CW's The Vampire Diaries[6] and appeared in ten episodes of the fourth season. It was later confirmed that she would return for another season.[7]

In 2013, Phipps appeared as Lela in the Disney Channel Original Movie Teen Beach Movie along with Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell. Phipps had a number of featured solos, including the song "Falling for Ya".[8] Phipps was announced to appear in Austin & Ally episode "Directors & Divas" as Brandy Braxton. Phipps reprised her role as Lela in a sequel, Teen Beach 2,, along with Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton and John DeLuca who reprised their roles in the sequel.

In 2015, Phipps starred in the horror movie Dark Summer. She played the part of Mona.

Music

The Teen Beach Movie soundtrack was released featuring songs performed by Phipps including her as a main artist in the song "Falling for Ya," and featured in the songs "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'," "Like Me," "Meant to Be," and "Coolest Cats in Town." In 2014, Phipps appeared in the Austin & Ally episode "Directors & Divas" and performed "The Pilot and the Mermaid" with Ross Lynch.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Fright Night Bee
2013 The Signal Zoe Short
2015 Dark Summer Mona Wilson
2015 Some Kind of Hate Kaitlin
2015 Tales of Halloween Post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Nine Lives of Chloe King Amy Tiffany Martin Main Role
2012–2013 The Vampire Diaries April Young Recurring Role
2013 Baby Daddy Megan Recurring Role
2013 Teen Beach Movie Lela TV film; Disney Channel Original Movie
2013 Supernatural Hael Episode: "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here"
2014 Austin & Ally Brandy Braxton Episode: "Directors & Divas"
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Erica Young Episode: "Wawahi moeʻuhane (Broken Dreams)"
2015 CSI: Cyber Vanessa Gillerman Episode: "Selfie 2.0"
2015 Teen Beach 2 Lela TV film; Disney Channel Original Movie
2015 Scream Queens Young Mandy Greenwell Recurring Role

Discography

Soundtrack albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title Album details
Teen Beach Movie
  • Released: July 16, 2013
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[9] 		US
Heat.
[10] 		IRL
[11] 		UK
[12]
"Cruisin' for a Bruisin'"
(with Ross Lynch & Jason Evigan) 		2013 82 6 90 117 Teen Beach Movie
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[9] 		US
Heat.
[10] 		US
Holiday
[13] 		UK
[12]
"Like Me"
(with Maia Mitchell, Ross Lynch & Spencer Lee[disambiguation needed]) 		2013 101 10 — 177 Teen Beach Movie
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ Texas Births, 1926-1995
  2. ^ "New Kids On Your TV Block 2011: The Girls". Portrait Magazine. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  3. ^ "Jeanne Jakle: NESA grad is making friends in Hollywood". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  4. ^ "Meet Grace Phipps, Chloe King's BFF". Alloy Entertainment. 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  5. ^ Gorman, Bill (September 15, 2011). "'The Nine Lives Of Chloe King' Canceled By ABC Family". TV by the Numbers.
  6. ^ McGrath, Jenny (2012-07-19). "Grace Phipps Cast as Vampire Diaries' New Character April". Wetpaint. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  7. ^ Jordahl, Lindsey (2013-06-24). "Vampire Diaries Season 5: Grace Phipps Would Love For April to Be... - Exclusive". Wetpaint. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  8. ^ "Grace Phipps: From The Vampire Diaries to Teen Beach Movie". July 23, 2013.
  9. ^ a b Songs of Ross Lynch on Billboard:
  10. ^ a b List of Lynch's albums and singles on Billboard:
  11. ^ "Ireland Charts - Ross Lynch". Irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  12. ^ a b "CHART: CLUK Update 27.07.2013 (wk29)". Zobbel. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
  13. ^ "Top Holiday Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-05-13.

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