Meg Elizabeth Donnelly (born July 25, 2000) is an American actress. She portrayed Taylor Otto in the
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sitcom ''
American Housewife
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'', and Addison in the 2018
Disney Channel Original Movie
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Zombies
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Zombies 3
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'' (2022). Since 2022, she has starred as Mary Campbell in the CW television series ''
The Winchesters
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Synopsis
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'', which serves as a prequel to '' Supernatural''.
Early life
Donnelly was born in New York City and grew up in
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Far Hills, New Jersey
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Career
Donnelly co-starred as Ash in the 2013
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series ''Team Toon''. She was the American face of Clean and Clear's 2015 Awkward to Awesome campaign, and was the understudy for the role of
Louisa von Trapp
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in the
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television special ''
The Sound of Music Live!
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''. Donnelly also appeared in the feature film ''The Broken Ones'' that premiered at the 2017 SOHO International Film Festival.
Donnelly played the starring role of Taylor Otto in the ABC sitcom ''
American Housewife
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'' from 2016 to 2021. On August 5, 2018, Donnelly released her first single, "Smile". On March 1, 2019, Donnelly released her second single, "Digital Love".
She stars as Addison in the
Disney Channel Original Movie
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musical ''
Zombies
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'' that premiered on February 16, 2018. In February 2019, it was announced that Donnelly would be reprising her role as Addison for a ''Zombies'' sequel, '' Zombies 2'', which premiered on Disney Channel on February 14, 2020. A third entry in the series, ''Zombies 3'', was released in July and August 2022 on
Disney+
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and Disney Channel, respectively.
In March 2022, Donnelly was cast in the co-lead role of Mary Campbell in the '' Supernatural'' spinoff, ''
The Winchesters
''The Winchesters'' is an American dark fantasy drama television series developed by Robbie Thompson and is a spinoff from and prequel to ''Supernatural''. The series premiered on October 11, 2022, on The CW.
Synopsis
Set in the 1970s, Dean W ...
'', which was picked up to series by
The CW
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