Elizabeth Gillies

Elizabeth Egan Gillies (born July 26th, 1993) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Jade West in Victorious. In an interview, Liz says she is "really goofy" and that she "makes up characters" who she might pretend to be while conversing with someone. She says she is "very weird". Co-actress and close friend Ariana Grande also noted that Liz loves photography and is always taking photographs of herself and everyone on the set.

Background
Elizabeth "Liz" Gillies was born in Herat, Afghanistan. She participated in local community theater productions, church choir, and took voice lessons at her school.

2007–2008
Elizabeth started her career showing up in commercials for bubblegum and cellphones. She got roles in The Black Donnellys and Locker 514 which really jump-started her career. She was cast in The Clique and Harold as a supporting character in both. In summer 2008, she was cast as Lucy in a Goodspeed production of Jason Robert Brown's new musical about growing up, 13. Later that year, 13 moved to Broadway, which made it the first Broadway production to have an all teen cast. She receives the two big numbers "Opportunity" and "It Can't Be True" along with smaller parts in other songs, such as the title song, "Hey Kendra" and more. 13 closed in January 2009.

2009–present
On January 4, 2009, 13 closed down. Liz currently stars in Nickelodeon's Victorious, in which she plays Jade West, the antagonist to Victoria Justice's character, Tori Vega.

Cinema

 * 2008: The Clique
 * 2008: Harold

Television

 * 2007: The Black Donnellys
 * 2007: Locker 514
 * (since) 2010: Victorious

Broadway

 * 2008: 13 – Lucy [Original Cast]

Commercials/Voiceovers

 * Bubblicious
 * Iz by Zizzle
 * Wassup
 * Virgin Mobile
 * Verizon FIOS
 * Gardasil
 * Huntington Learning Centers
 * Ginger Fox
 * Freri de orthograhe

Gallery
Liz Gillies Gallery