Chandler Kinney

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Chandler Kinney
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Born (2000-08-03) August 3, 2000 (age 24)
Years active2012–present

Chandler Kinney (born August 3, 2000) [1] [2] is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Willa in Disney's Z-O-M-B-I-E-S franchise and Tabby Haworthe in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin .

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Early life and education

Kinney was born on August 3, 2000, in Sacramento, California. [3] She started dancing when she was three, and is trained in tap, jazz and hip-hop. She studied dance at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. [4] She began acting at age nine. She also has a black belt in martial arts. [5]

Kinney and her mother founded the organization Chandler's Friends, which helps disadvantaged youths. [6] She was homeschooled, and took a gap year before she studied at UCLA. [7]

Career

Throughout her early acting career, she had guest roles on the Disney Channel shows Girl Meets World and K.C. Undercover , and the Nickelodeon show The Haunted Hathaways . [8] Her first major role was as Catherine Dillman in Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street . [9] She then went on to star as Riana Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon. [7] In 2020, she joined the Z-O-M-B-I-E-S franchise as Willa, a werewolf who first appears in Zombies 2 . [10] [11]

In July 2021, Kinney was announced to be starring in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin , a 2022 spinoff of Pretty Little Liars . It was announced she would be playing Tabby, an aspiring director and horror movie buff. [12]

On September 4, 2024, Kinney was announced as a contestant on season 33 of Dancing with the Stars. She is partnered with professional dancer Brandon Armstrong. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Battlefield America Chantel
2013Company TownAlly McKinleyTelevision movie
2020 Zombies 2 Willa
2022 Zombies 3
TBDHidden Secrets 4: Back in TimeMariahTelevision movie, in production
TBD Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires Willa

Short films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Zombies 2: Wolf TalesWillaVoice role
Addison's Moonstone Mystery
2021ZOMBIES: Addison's Monster Mystery
2023Zombies: The Re-Animated Series Shorts
2024-present Zombies: The Re-Animated Series

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 American Horror Story Older JuliaEpisode: "Madness Ends"
90210 OliviaEpisode: "You Can't Win Em All"
2014 The Haunted Hathaways Mirabelle6 episodes
2014–2016 Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Catherine DillmanMain role
2015 Girl Meets World VanessaEpisode: "Girl Meets Texas: Part 2"
2016–2019 Lethal Weapon Riana MurtaughMain role
2017 K.C. Undercover Monique2 episodes
2021 The Ghost and Molly McGee Tammy Myers (voice)Episode: "Howlin' Harriet/The (Un)natural"
2022 Robot Chicken Buttercup, MJ, Animal Adoption Woman (voice)Episode: "May Cause a Squeakquel"
2022–2024 Pretty Little Liars Tabitha "Tabby" HawortheMain role
2024 Dancing with the Stars HerselfContestant on season 33

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