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Jillian Rose Reed
Reed in February 2015
Born (1991-12-20) December 20, 1991 (age 32)
Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
RelativesRobbie Tucker (brother)

Jillian Rose Reed (born December 20, 1991)[1][2] is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Tamara Kaplan in MTV's TV series Awkward.

Early life

Reed was born in Hollywood, Florida and raised in Coral Springs, Florida.[3][4] She has two brothers, an older brother Matt and her younger brother is fellow actor Robbie Tucker.[5][4][6] She performed competitive dance when she was about 4 as well as competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan when she was twelve.[4]

Career

From 2008 to 2009, Reed played Simone on the dark comedy-drama series Weeds.[4]

In 2011, Reed was cast as Tamara Kaplan on the MTV original series Awkward.[7] The role earned her a Young Artist Award nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress.[8] In 2012, she starred in the TV film My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 as Sienna Brooks.[4]

She played Megan in the 2014 film Confessions of a Womanizer with Andrew Lawrence and Gary Busey.[1]

Reed also appeared in a 2014 episode of Jessie titled "Acting with the Frenemy" where she played Abbey.[9] She also guest starred on two episodes of Jack Black's Yahoo series Ghost Ghirls.[9]

Personal life

Reed is involved with the American Diabetes Association due to her brother Matt having Type 1 Diabetes. Reed said in an interview with USA Today that "a lot of people think diabetes isn't one of those things that can happen to you. With the success of Awkward, I did have a voice. I can say something and people will listen, I can use social media and not just to tweet pictures of my cat."[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 L.A. Vampire Jailbait Vampire Short film
2013 Age of Dinosaurs Jade Jacobs
2014 Confessions of a Womanizer Megan
2014 Finding Alice Alice Short film; voice role
2015 Jillian Rose Reed Takes the #KylieJennerChallenge Herself Short film
2018 Sharon 1.2.3. Linda

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Zoey 101 Girl #3 Episode: "Rumor of Love"
2008–2009 Weeds Simone Recurring role; 7 episodes
2009 Hung Skinny Girl Tracie Episode: "The Pickle Jar"
2010 Community Kelly Cortlandt Episode: "The Art of Discourse"
2010 The Middle Shannon Episode: "Errand Boy"
2011–2016 Awkward Tamara Kaplan Main role; 89 episodes
2011 Pair of Kings Tessa Episode: "The One About Mikayla's Friends"
2012 My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 Sienna Brooks Television film
2013 Supah Ninjas Gina / Wallflower Episode: "Wallflower"
2013 Ghost Ghirls Lizzie Guest role; 2 episodes
2014 Del Weston on Film Herself Episode: "Del Weston's Action on Film Show with Jillian Rose Reed"
2014 Jessie Abbey Episode: "Acting with the Frenemy"
2015 Todrick Herself Guest
2016 Whats So Scary About Common Core Beth Television film
2016-2017 On Hiatus with Monty Geer Julie Reed Guest role; 2 episodes
2016–present Elena of Avalor Naomi Turner Main role; 22 episodes, voice role
2016 Elena and the Secret of Avalor Naomi Turner Television film; voice role
2017 Daytime Divas Kali T Episode: "And the Loser Is..."
2017 Mondays Elle Television mini-series
2018 Lucifer CeCe Episode: "Let Pinhead Sing!"

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Awkward. Webisodes Tamara Kaplan Main role; 3 episodes
2017 Foursome Constance Guest role; 2 episodes
2018 Love Daily Gwen Episode: "The Truth of Dating"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Results
2012 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress Awkward Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b Casey Lewis (May 2013). "'Awkward' Star Jillian Rose Reed on Mean Girls, Ex-Boyfriends, and '90s Heartthrobs". Teen Vogue. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Happy birthday to me... Got to see all my girls!!!!". Jillian Rose Reed verified Twitter. December 21, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  3. ^ "Jillian Rose Reed on Awkward". MTV. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e David Raterman (March 7, 2012). "MTV's Jillian Rose Reed is all about dance workouts". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Gayle Jo Carter (September 19, 2014). "Cause Celeb: It's Jillian Rose Reed vs. diabetes". USA Today. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  6. ^ Kristine Hope Kowalski (November 23, 2014). "Jillian Rose Reed Shares Her Fave Diabetes-Friendly Sugar-Free Snack". Twist. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  7. ^ Kirsten Schofield (November 11, 2014). ""Awkward" Star Jillian Rose Reed Has Wise Advice for BFFs". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  8. ^ "Actress Jillian Rose Reed Gets "Awkward"". The Queen Latifah Show. October 18, 2013. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  9. ^ a b Jethro Nededog (November 4, 2013). "'Awkward's' Jillian Rose Reed to Play New Frenemy on 'Jessie' (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
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