Grace Phipps

Grace Phipps

Phipps in 2011
Born Grace Victoria Phipps[1]
(1992-05-04) May 4, 1992
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actress, singer, and dancer
Years active 2010–present
Known for
Home town Boerne, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas

Grace Victoria Phipps (born May 4, 1992)[2] is an American actress, singer and dancer.

Grace Phipps is well known for starring in Disney channel movies Teen Beach Movie and Teen Beach 2. She is also known for her role as April in Season 4 of The Vampire Diaries. In 2011, immediately after graduating from high school, Phipps starred in the prime role as Bee in the 2011 major movie remake of the 1985 horror film Fright Night, a DreamWorks movie. That year, she also originated the role of Amy in The Nine Lives of Chloe King, an ABC Family series. She was cast as edgy beauty April Young in The Vampire Diaries in 2012, appearing in ten episodes in season four.[3]

In 2013, she starred as Lela in Teen Beach Movie, the second highest-rated cable movie in television history, and a Disney Channel Original Movie. Her song "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'", with Ross Lynch and Jason Evigan, reached # 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year. In 2015, she starred, again as Lela, in teen musical Teen Beach 2, which premiered as the most-watched cable movie of 2015.

Phipps has also appeared in the comedy series Baby Daddy, in the fantasy horror TV series Supernatural, and in teen sitcom Austin & Ally. She has also acted in black comedy horror TV series Scream Queens, in horror comedy Tales of Halloween, in the police procedural drama TV series CSI: Cyber and Hawaii Five-0, and on the cover of the June/July 2015 issue of Girls' Life.

Early life

Phipps was born in Austin, Texas, to Kate and Gil Phipps.[4] She has a younger brother, Liam Phipps.[4]

She was raised in Boerne, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas, where she graduated from Robert E. Lee High School's North East School of the Arts, where she majored in Musical Theater and graduated summa cum laude.[4][5] She is currently an undergraduate student at Columbia University.

In 2010, she won the Las Casas Performing Arts Scholarship Competition.[6] A Los Angeles agent signed Phipps after seeing her star as tough girl Rizzo in a theater production of the musical Grease.[7][8][9]

Career

Acting

Following her 2010 high school graduation, Phipps moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. After seven days in LA she landed the prime role as spunky Bee in the DreamWorks 2011 major movie remake of the 1985 comedy horror film Fright Night. That year she also originated the regular role of Amy in the ABC Family fantasy drama series The Nine Lives of Chloe King.[7][10][11] The series was cancelled after one season.[12]

In 2012 through 2013, Phipps was cast as April Young, a recurring character who plays an edgy natural beauty in The CW's supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries,[13][14] and appeared in ten episodes of the fourth season. It was later confirmed that she would return for another season.[15]

In 2013, Phipps appeared as cute biker girl Lela, in an Annette Funicello impression, in Teen Beach Movie, a Disney Channel Original Movie, singing and dancing along with Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell.[16][17][18] The movie, with an audience of 13.5 million viewers, was the second-highest-rated cable movie in television history.[19][20] Phipps had a number of featured solos, including the song "Falling for Ya".[21]

Also in 2013, Phipps appeared in three episodes of the ABC TV comedy series Baby Daddy as Megan (love interest of Ben (Jean-Luc Bilodeau)), in the fantasy horror TV series Supernatural as Hael, and in the short The Signal as Zoe.[22][23] The following year, Phipps appeared in Disney's teen sitcom Austin & Ally episode "Directors & Divas," as diva movie star Brandy Braxton.[24][25]

In 2015, Phipps starred and reprised her role as fiercely independent and brassy biker chick Lela in a sequel teen musical, Teen Beach 2, along with Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton, and John DeLuca.[26][27][28] It premiered with 5.8 million viewers, as the most-watched cable movie of 2015.[29]

Also in 2015, Phipps starred in the horror movie Dark Summer, playing the part of Mona Wilson. She also played the lead role of a troubled teen cheerleader named Kaitlin in the emotional horror/slasher film Some Kind of Hate, which was featured in the 2015 Stanley Film Festival.[17][30][31]

That year, she also appeared in three episodes of the black comedy horror TV series Scream Queens on Fox as Mandy, and was a beauty gangleader named Alice in Paul Solet's punk rock revenge segment of horror comedy Tales of Halloween.[30][32][33][34][35] In addition, she appeared in the police procedural drama TV series CSI: Cyber as Vanessa Gillerman, and in the police procedural TV series Hawaii Five-0 as Erica Young.[36][37] She was also featured on the cover of the June/July 2015 issue of Girls' Life.[38][39]

Phipps starred with Spencer Breslin and Sierra McCormick in the 2016 horror movie Some Kind of Hate, which played at the Stanley Film Festival, the Fantasia International Film Festival, and FrightFest.[40][41][42][43][44][45]

Music

The Teen Beach Movie soundtrack, which entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 8 in July 2013, was released featuring songs performed by Phipps, including her as a main artist in the song "Falling for Ya," and featured in the songs "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'," "Like Me," "Meant to Be," and "Coolest Cats in Town."[46] "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'" and "Falling for Ya" topped Billboard's Kid Digital charts for weeks, with "Falling for Ya" reaching # 25 on the Heatseekers Songs Chart and # 66 on the Hot Digital Songs Chart.[46][47] In 2014, Phipps appeared in the Austin & Ally episode "Directors & Divas"[24][25] and performed "The Pilot and the Mermaid" with Ross Lynch.

In 2015, her song "Gotta Be Me" from Teen Beach 2 was nominated in the Teen Choice Awards as the Choice Song from a Movie or TV Show; she sang the song with Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton, John Deluca, and Jordan Fisher.[48]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Fright Night Bee
2013 The Signal Zoe Short
2015 Dark Summer Mona Wilson
2015 Some Kind of Hate Kaitlin
2015 Tales of Halloween
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Nine Lives of Chloe King Amy Tiffany Martin Main role
2012–13 The Vampire Diaries April Young Recurring role
2013-2015 Baby Daddy Megan Recurring role
2013 Teen Beach Movie Lela TV film; Disney Channel Original Movie
2013 Supernatural Hael Episode: "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here"
2014 Austin & Ally Brandy Braxton Episode: "Directors & Divas"
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Erica Young Episode: "Wawahi moeʻuhane (Broken Dreams)"
2015 CSI: Cyber Vanessa Gillerman Episode: "Selfie 2.0"
2015 Teen Beach 2 Lela TV film; Disney Channel Original Movie
2015 Scream Queens Young Mandy Greenwell Recurring role

Discography

Soundtrack albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
US
[49]		 US
OST
[49]		 BEL
[50]		 CAN
[49]		 FRA
[51]		 NL
[52]		 NZ
[53]		 SPA
[54]		 UK
[55]
Teen Beach Movie[56] 3 1 176 14 76 56 30 15 36
Teen Beach 2[57]
  • Released: June 23, 2015
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Label: Walt Disney
 10 1 — — 129 — — 67 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[58]		 US
Heat.
[49]		 IRL
[59]		 UK
[60]
"Cruisin' for a Bruisin'"
(with Ross Lynch & Jason Evigan)		 2013 82 6 90 117 Teen Beach Movie
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[58]		 US
Heat.
[49]		 US
Holiday
[61]		 UK
[60]
"Like Me"
(with Maia Mitchell, Ross Lynch & Spencer Lee)		 2013 101 10 — 177 Teen Beach Movie
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

  1. ↑ "Phipps Texas Births, 1926–1995". familytreelegends.com.
  2. ↑ "New Kids On Your TV Block 2011: The Girls". Portrait Magazine. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Todd Williams & Grace Phipps, 'The Vampire Diaries'". Zimbio. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Grace Phipps, Lee Grad Star". The Bugle Call. September 16, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Jeanne Jakle: NESA grad is making friends in Hollywood". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Las Casas competition awards college-bound performers". San Antonio Current.
  7. 1 2 "Jeanne Jakle: NESA grad is making friends in Hollywood". San Antonio Express-News.
  8. ↑ "S.A.'s TV presence: Who's in, out?". San Antonio Express-News.
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  10. ↑ "Meet Grace Phipps, Chloe King's BFF". Alloy Entertainment. May 23, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Grace Phipps Joins Vampire Diaries For Season 4". CINEMABLEND. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  12. ↑ Gorman, Bill (September 15, 2011). "'The Nine Lives Of Chloe King' Canceled By ABC Family". TV by the Numbers.
  13. ↑ McGrath, Jenny (July 19, 2012). "Grace Phipps Cast as Vampire Diaries' New Character April". Wetpaint. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  14. ↑ Ross, Robyn (19 July 2012). "Grace Phipps Joins The Vampire Diaries". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  15. ↑ Jordahl, Lindsey (June 24, 2013). "Vampire Diaries Season 5: Grace Phipps Would Love For April to Be... - Exclusive". Wetpaint. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Disney’s ‘Teen Beach 2,’ a Return to Sun and Bubble Gum". The New York Times. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  17. 1 2 "How the director of 'Some Kind of Hate' turned a Disney star into a slasher villain". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  18. ↑ Lipke, David. "Disney Bets on the Sixties Look With 'Teen Beach Movie'". WWD. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Surf's up again in Disney Channel's 'Teen Beach 2'". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  20. ↑ Nordyke, Kimberly (11 August 2013). "D23 Expo: 'Teen Beach Movie' Cast on Big Ratings, Getting Mobbed and Hopes for a Sequel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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  22. ↑ Philiana Ng (18 December 2012). "'Vampire Diaries' Grace Phipps on 'Baby Daddy' - Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "ABC Family Casts Lacey Chabert and Grace Phipps to Guest Star in New Episodes of Original Series 'Baby Daddy'". TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  24. 1 2 Thompson, Heather (25 January 2015). "TV Show Characters With Perfect Valentine's Day Hairstyle Ideas". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  25. 1 2 "'Teen Beach Movie' Reunion: 'TVD' Grace Phipps with Ross Lynch On 'Austin & Ally' New WTW Episode". Classicalite. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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  28. ↑ "This First Look at Teen Beach Movie 2's Amazing '60s Fashion Will Have You Drooling - E! Online". E! Online. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  29. ↑ "Nielsen ratings: 'Teen Beach 2,' BET Awards". USA TODAY. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  30. 1 2 "Q&A: Actress Grace Phipps on "SOME KIND OF HATE"". FANGORIA®. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  31. ↑ Austin Siegemund-Broka (28 April 2015). "'Some Kind of Hate' Teaser Trailer Feminist Slasher Horror - Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  32. ↑ "Grace Phipps Talks Some Kind of Hate". Dread Central. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  33. ↑ Harvey, Dennis. "'Tales of Halloween' Review: Quantity Over Quality - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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  35. ↑ "'Tales of Halloween' Review". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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  53. ↑ "Chart history: New Zealand". charts.org. New Zealand Singles Chart / Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
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  58. 1 2 Songs of Ross Lynch on Billboard:
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