Elizabeth Malese Jow
Elizabeth Malese Jow (Birth Name: Elizabeth Melise Jow) was born on February 18th 1991. She grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, then Malese moved to California with her mother and siblings when she was 9 years old. Jow is half Chinese American and part Cherokee. She has a younger sister and two younger brothers.
Career:
Malese Jow is an American singer, songwriter, actress. Best known for playing Geena Fabiano on the Nickelodeon TV teen sitcom UnFabulous & Anna on The CW teen drama The Vampire Diaries.
When Jow was 6, she appeared on Barney and Dellaventura, but her acting career took off when Malese landed the role of Geena Fabiano in The Nickelodeon TV series UnFabulous alongside Emma Roberts. Geena was Addie Singer`s best friend, obsessed with fashion and designing her own clothes. The teen sitcom lasted three seasons earned Jow several Young Artist Award nominations.
Since UnFabulous ended in 2007, Malese 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 movie Aliens in the Attic.
In 2010, Malese Jow appeared in the first season of The Vampire Diaries (The CW) as Anna (Annabelle).
Then She 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 TV series Leverage. She is currently starring in the Nickelodeon TV 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 appeared again on The Vampire Diaries` 3rd season. Malese has also appeared in American Band, All Time Low`s music video for their single, "Time Bomb".
Jow's guest star role as Lucy Stone is BTR is a new recurring role in season 3 of the show.