Jillian Rose Reed

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Jillian Rose Reed
Jillian Rose Reed February 2015.jpg
Reed in February 2015
Born (1991-12-20) December 20, 1991 (age 32)
Hollywood, Florida, United States
OccupationActress
Years active2008 - present
SpouseMarty Shannon
Relatives Robbie 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 .

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010L.A. VampireJailbait VampireShort film
2013 Age of Dinosaurs Jade Jacobs
2014 Confessions of a Womanizer Megan
2014Finding AliceAliceShort film; voice role
2015Jillian Rose Reed Takes the #KylieJennerChallengeHerselfShort film
2018Sharon 1.2.3.Linda

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Zoey 101 Girl #3Episode: "Rumor of Love"
2008–2009 Weeds SimoneRecurring role; 7 episodes
2009 Hung Skinny Girl TracieEpisode: "The Pickle Jar"
2010 Community Kelly CortlandtEpisode: "The Art of Discourse"
2010 The Middle ShannonEpisode: "Errand Boy"
2011–2016 Awkward Tamara KaplanMain role; 89 episodes
2011 Pair of Kings TessaEpisode: "The One About Mikayla's Friends"
2012 My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 Sienna BrooksTelevision film
2013 Supah Ninjas Gina / WallflowerEpisode: "Wallflower"
2013 Ghost Ghirls LizzieGuest role; 2 episodes
2014Del Weston on FilmHerselfEpisode: "Del Weston's Action on Film Show with Jillian Rose Reed"
2014 Jessie AbbeyEpisode: "Acting with the Frenemy"
2015 Todrick HerselfGuest
2016Whats So Scary About Common CoreBethTelevision film
2016-2017On Hiatus with Monty GeerJulie ReedGuest role; 2 episodes
2016–2020 Elena of Avalor Naomi TurnerMain role; voice role
2016 Elena and the Secret of Avalor Naomi TurnerTelevision film; voice role
2017 Daytime Divas Kali TEpisode: "And the Loser Is..."
2017MondaysElleTelevision mini-series
2018 Lucifer CeCeEpisode: "Let Pinhead Sing!"
2022 Raven's Home NoriEpisode: "Mr. Petracelli's Revenge"

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Awkward. WebisodesTamara KaplanMain role; 3 episodes
2017FoursomeConstanceGuest role; 2 episodes
2018Love DailyGwenEpisode: "The Truth of Dating"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResults
2012 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress AwkwardNominated

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