Troian Bellisario
Troian Avery Bellisario ( born October 28, 1985 in Los Angeles County, California) is an American actress, best known for her starring role as Spencer Hastings in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars.
Private
Troian Bellisario is daughter of television producer Donald Bellisario and actress Deborah Pratt. She is the sister of Nicholas Dante Bellisario, half-sister of actor Michael Bellisario and Producers David Bellisario and Julie B. Watson and step-sister of Sean Murray actor and producer Chad W. Murray.
Since early 2012, Bellisario is in a relationship with actor Patrick J. Adams. In mid-February 2014, got engaged the two.
Career
Bellisario made her acting debut in 1988 at the age of three years in the film Last Rites. She had from 1990 to 2007 mainly engaged in various series and films her father more guest appearances. Among other things, 1990 in the series Quantum Leap, 1992 in Tequila and Bonetti Dramedyserie and 1998 JAG - The Call of Duty. In 2002 she had her first recurring role as Kimberly Baron in the series First Monday. In the series NCIS they had in 2005 and 2006 a further recurring guest role as Timothy McGee's sister, this is played by Sean Murray, her stepbrother.
In 1998, she starred alongside Mary -Kate and Ashley Olsen in the film The best father in the world. As of 2006, Bellisario began to appear in a number of independent short films, so 2006 Unspoken, Archer House, 2007 and 2009 in Intersect and Before the Cabin Burned Down. In November 2009, she was cast as Spencer Hastings and occupied in the TV series Pretty Little Liars. The series, based on the eponymous book series, Sara Shepard, will be broadcast in June 2010. 2010 Bellisario was also seen in a lead role of the film as well as a supporting role Consent of the movie Peep World.
2012 Bellisario played the lead role in the three-part web series Lauren, who deals with rape in the U.S. Army. Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter here, working with the Bellisario among others in the pilot episode of Pretty Little Liars. Lauren was nominated for several awards and also Bellisario was nominated as Best Actress a Drama Series at the IAWTV Awards and the Streamy Awards and won the award at the New York Festivals Due to the success the web series was renewed for a season with 12 episodes, which published in 2013 been.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Troian Bellisario received her first nomination in 2011 as Spencer Hastings in the TV series Pretty Little Liars '. So far, she won two Teen Choice Awards. As part of the main cast of Pretty Little Liars, she won at the 2011 Young Hollywood Awards in the category Cast To Watch. For the main role in the webseries Lauren Bellisario was also nominated several times and won the 2013 New York Festivals award for Best Actress.