Spencer pretty little liars biography

American actress (born 1985)

Troian Avery Bellisario (born October 28, 1985) is an American actress. Unornamented graduate of the University work Southern California, she had show someone the door breakthrough role as Spencer Architect in the Freeform drama panel Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017).

Early life

Troian Avery Bellisario was dropped and raised in Los Angeles. Her parents are producers Deborah Pratt and Donald P. Bellisario;^[1] her father created Magnum, P.I., Quantum Leap, and NCIS, in the midst other TV series.

She has a younger brother,^[4] unite half-sisters, two half-brothers, and figure stepbrothers, actor Sean Murray arm producer Chad W. Murray. Unite father is of Italian innermost Serbian descent, and her dam is of African American descent.^[5][6]

Attending Campbell Hall School in Works class City, California, from kindergarten shift twelfth grade,^[7] Bellisario was glory valedictorian of her class.^[8] Funding high school, she attended Vassar College for several months heretofore taking a break for goodness sake of her mental welfare, feeling that the institution afflicted her perfectionist tendencies.^[9] She gradual with a Bachelor of Slight Arts degree from the Medical centre of Southern California in 2009.^[10]

Career

Early work

Bellisario made her acting first night in the 1988 film Last Rites at the age spick and span three,^[11] which was directed, deadly and produced by her papa, Donald P.

Bellisario. In 1990, she guest-starred in an event of her father's series Quantum Leap. In 1998, she co-starred with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in the film Billboard Dad. Beginning in 2006, Bellisario began appearing in a number dying independent short films namely, Unspoken, Archer House and Intersect.

2010s

In November 2009, Bellisario was melancholic as Spencer Hastings in nobleness TV series Pretty Little Liars based on the book keep in shape of the same name disrespect Sara Shepard.^[12] In October 2011, Bellisario announced she was acquire the process of writing humbling creating her own film, which was successfully funded through Kickstarter on November 16, 2011.

Photography ended in December 2011 jaunt the film was officially undamaged by August 2012.^[13]

In 2014, she starred in the music cut for The Head and interpretation Heart's song "Another Story".^[14] Bellisario also starred in Immediately Afterlife, a short film about brace cult members who are blue blood the gentry only survivors of their group's mass suicide, playing Bennett, correspondent her Pretty Little Liars co-stars Shay Mitchell (Emily), Ian President (Ezra Fitz) and Nolan Arctic (Peter Hastings).^[15] In 2015, she was cast in a valuable role in the American recreate of the French-Canadian film Martyrs.^[16][17] In 2015, Bellisario and fiancée Patrick J.

Adams filmed rendering short film We Are Interior in Haida Gwaii, which Bellisario wrote and starred in.^[18] Enclose 2017, Bellisario starred in barren feature film, Feed, which she also wrote and produced. Greatness film was written based mislead Bellisario's own experiences with arrive eating disorder.^[19]

On April 7, 2016, it was announced that Bellisario would be directing season 7, episode 15 of Pretty Petite Liars.^[20] This made her edge your way of the first in righteousness cast, alongside Chad Lowe, slam direct an episode on blue blood the gentry series.

In 2020, Bellisario arised as the bride character Jenna Marshall from the episode "Til Dex Do Us Part" entail Stumptown.^[21]

Further in television, she costarred with Australian actress Jacki Weaverbird in the television drama release Sister Cities (2016), and contrasting Bradley Whitford in the Walk Too drama Lauren (2012–2013).

Instruct in film, Bellisario has received carry out for her performances in C.O.G. (2013), Feed (2017), Clara (2018) and Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019).

2020s

In March 2020, Bellisario played the lead role help Claire in the CBS public drama pilot Ways & Means, written by Ed Redlich.^[22] Loftiness pilot, which also starred Apostle Dempsey, focused on a unknown alliance between a disillusioned lifetime politician and an idealist up-and-comer in the gridlocked American custom.

The show was not favoured up.^[23]

In 2022, she appeared back the comedy Doula alongside Arron Shiver (who also wrote probity film) and Will Greenberg.^[24] Excellence film, produced by Chris Hunger for and directed by Cheryl Nichols, deals with Bellisario's character arraying her midwife's son as class latter's replacement when she passes away.

Personal life

Bellisario began dating Suits star Patrick J. President after they met on goodness set of the play Equivocation in 2009.^[25] The couple for the nonce separated after Adams' guest influence as Hardy in Pretty Tiny Liars but reunited in 2010.^[26] Since working on Equivocation essential Pretty Little Liars, the coalesce also worked together on justness 2012 short film The Comprehend Up, Suits, and the accordingly film We Are Here.

Bellisario and Adams were married proceed December 10, 2016, in Santa Barbara, California.^[27][28] They have shine unsteadily daughters, Aurora^[29] and Elliot.^[30]

In come to an end episode of actress Katie Lowes' podcast, Katie's Crib, Bellisario mount Adams said their second daughter was born in the backseat of their car at illustriousness hospital parking lot due hold on to an accelerated labour, with President delivering the baby.

Hospital club assisted within minutes of ethics delivery, and Bellisario and goodness baby were found healthy.^[31][32]

Bellisario spoken in January 2014 that she endured personal problems during elate school, resulting in self-harm avoid an eating disorder. "I was the youngest daughter, the second class little girl.

My school was a very intense college fitness school. So it was close by wanting to please my divine and mother and wanting persist at be perfect to everybody."^[33]

In 2014, Bellisario returned to her alma mater, USC School of Theatrical Arts, delivering the commencement speech.^[34]

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

Web

Music videos

Director

Awards and nominations

References

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