Malese Jow

Malese Jow
Birth name	Elizabeth Melise Jow
Born	February 18, 1991 (1991-02-18) (age 20) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Genres	Teen pop, rock
Occupations	Actress, singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1997–present
Website	Official Myspace Official Twitter

Malese Jow (born February 18, 1991) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for playing Geena Fabiano, a girl interested in fashion and designing her own clothes on the Nickelodeon television teen sitcom Unfabulous, and Anna, a teenage vampire on The CW television teen drama The Vampire Diaries.

Personal life

Born as Elizabeth Malese Jow in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jow moved to California with her mother and siblings when she was 9 years old. Jow's father is Chinese American, while her mother is mixed Caucasian and Cherokee . She has a younger sister and two younger brothers.

Career

When she was 6, Jow appeared on Barney and Dellaventura, but her acting career took off when she landed the role of Geena Fabiano in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous alongside Emma Roberts. Geena was Addie Singer's diva best friend, obsessed with fashion and designing her own clothes. The teen sitcom lasted three seasons and earned Jow several Young Artist Award nominations.

Since the shows ending in 2007, Jow has appeared in Bratz:The Movie as Quinn and has guest starred on Wizards of Waverly Place, portraying the role of famous actress, Ruby Donahue. In 2008 she guest starred on The Young and the Restless as Hannah, and in 2009 she portrayed "Look-alike Carly" on iCarly, another series on Nickelodeon. That same year she acted in The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Gail and Disney show Hannah Montana as Rachel. She also made a cameo in the 2009 movie Aliens in the Attic.

In 2010, Jow appeared in the first season of The Vampire Diaries (The CW). She played the part of Anna, a vampire that seems to have evil intentions, but just wanted to set her mother free. She tries to use Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) to approach the Salvatore brothers and Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev), but ends up falling for him. In the season finale, she tells Jeremy that she plans to leave, and gives him a vial of her blood so that he can become a vampire and join her. The first season ends with Anna attempting to protect Jeremy and the citizens of Mystic Falls from an imminent vampire attack when she is captured and killed by Jeremy's uncle, John (David Anders).

Jow appeared in ABC's 2010 movie You're So Cupid! as Megan, and played Alice Cantwell, the best friend of Christy Lee (Brenda Song), in the film The Social Network. She also guest starred on an episode of TNT television series Leverage. She is currently starring in the Nickelodeon television series The Troop as Cadence Nash. In 2011, she guest starred in Big Time Rush as Lucy Stone and in the series Desperate Housewives as Violet.

Jow appears again on The Vampire Diaries' third season.

Jow has also appeared in American band, All Time Low's music video for their single, "Time Bomb"

Music career

Singles

• Caught Up in You

• Mista DJ

• Where You Belong

• Go Go

• Left Waiting

• Hey Oh

• No Better

• Red Light

• Turn Away

• Sound Of Summer

• He Said She Said

• Live 4 Today

• You Had It All

• You Left Me In The Air

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Barney & Friends	Tea party girl	One episode "Pennies, Nickels, Dimes"
	Dellaventura	Orphan Child	One episode "Dreamers"
2003	The Brothers Garcia	Celeste	One episode "Right Place, Right Time"
2004	Unfabulous	Geena Fabiano	Main Role (2004–2007)
2005	All That	Herself
2007	Bratz: The Movie	Quinn	Released to theaters August 3, 2007
	Wizards of Waverly Place	Ruby Donahue	One episode "Movies"
2008	The Young and the Restless	Hannah	Two episodes
2009	iCarly	Carly's clone	One episode "iLook Alike"
	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Gail	One episode "Night at Band Camp"
	Hannah Montana	Rachel	One episode "He Could Be the One"
	Aliens in the Attic	Julie	Girl at the end
2010	You're So Cupid!	Megan	Poppy Productions
	The Social Network	Alice	Columbia Pictures
	Leverage	Josie Martin	One episode "The Boost Job"
2011	Desperate Housewives	Violet	One episode "Then I Really Got Scared"
	Big Time Rush	Lucy Stone	2 episodes
	The Troop	Cadence Nash	13 episodes in Season 2 on Nickelodeon
	The Vampire Diaries	Anna	2010–2011

References

External links

• Malese Jow at the Internet Movie Database
• Malese Jow's Official Myspace Profile on Myspace
• Malese Jow Interview

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