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Genevieve Knight Hannelius (born December 22, 1998) is an American actress, singer, and YouTube personality who made her acting debut starring as Courtney Patterson on the
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series '' Surviving Suburbia'' (2009). She had recurring roles on the Disney Channel series '' Sonny with a Chance'' (2009–2010) and '' Good Luck Charlie'' (2010–2011), and soon received recognition for her role as Avery Jennings in the
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sitcom '' Dog with a Blog'' (2012–2015). She has also voiced Rosebud in the Air Buddies film series (2011–2013), for which she won a
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in 2012 and starred as Christa Carlyle in the crime series ''
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'' (2017).


Early life

Hannelius was born in
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,
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to Eric and Karla Hannelius. Her father is Swedish. She moved to
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at age three, and then moved to
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at the age of nine with her family to pursue acting. She is an alumna of the Los Angeles-based Young Actor's Studio. She graduated from Sierra Canyon High School in May 2017. In January 2022, Hannelius moved to
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,
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.


Acting career

As a child, Hannelius had roles in theater, which include playing
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in the Children's Theater of Maine's production of ''Madeline's Rescue'' in summer 2006 and Jenny in ''
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'' with Children's Theatre of Maine and Maine State Music Theater. She began acting portraying Courtney Patterson on the sitcom '' Surviving Suburbia'', playing the daughter of Bob Saget's character.Hannelius had a recurring role on '' Sonny with a Chance'', a
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original series as Dakota Condor, a guest role on ''
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'' as a fan named Tiffany and a recurring role on '' Good Luck Charlie'' as Jo Keener. She also played Emily Pearson in the Disney Channel original film ''
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'' in 2010. and voiced the character Rosebud in ''
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'', for which she won a
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; she reprised the role in its sequels '' Treasure Buddies'' and ''
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''. In February 2011, she was cast for a lead role in the pilot of the ''
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'' spin-off series ''
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'', however the pilot was not picked up to series. In 2012, Hannelius was cast as Avery Jennings on the Disney Channel series '' Dog with a Blog'', which premiered in October of that same year, and ran until 2015; on average, it attained millions of viewers per episode. In 2014, she guest starred as Mad Mack on the Disney Channel series '' Jessie'', and voiced Lady Joy on the Disney Junior series '' Sofia the First''. In 2017, Hannelius starred as Christina Carlyle in the
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mockumentary crime series ''
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'', which received critical acclaim, and earned a
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nomination. In 2019, she starred in an online interactive series titled "Timeline". In 2020, she starred as Heather in the
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horror film ''Day 13''. She will next star in the upcoming comedy film ''Sid is Dead''.


Other ventures

Hannelius is an avid supporter of the domestic violence charity organization A Window Between Worlds, and has been hosting its annual fundraising event, "Art in the Afternoon", since 2013. In November 2014, it was announced that Hannelius was launching a customized nail-wrap app titled "Make Me Nails". Hannelius stated that she was inspired to create the app because "I wanted to make nail art more accessible for young people. I was doing my own nail-art tutorials, and I could see that my fans were recreating my designs, and that was so cool to me. I wanted to take that to the next level and really give them something more personal." In 2019, Hannelius created G Polish, a brand of cruelty-free
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nail polish.


Filmography


Film


Television


Discography


Awards and nominations


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hannelius, G 1998 births 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers Actresses from Boston American child actresses American child singers American people of Swedish descent American stage actresses American television actresses American voice actresses Living people Sierra Canyon School alumni