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sitcom ''

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'', Lucy Stone on the Nickelodeon musical sitcom ''

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'' and as Anna, a teenage vampire on

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's fantasy drama ''

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''. She starred as Julia Yeung in the short-lived CW science fiction romantic drama ''

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''. Jow starred as Mareth Ravenlock in season two of '' The Shannara Chronicles''. She voiced Dupli-Kate in the

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animated series ''

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''.

Early life

Born in

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, Jow moved to

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with her mother Lanae Tillery Jow, one sister, Makenna Jow, two brothers Jensen and Braden Jow when she was nine years old. Jow is mixed; she is European, Cherokee, and Chinese American. As a child, she would often sing the national anthem at local baseball games.

Career

When she was six years old, Jow appeared on ''Barney'' and ''Dellaventura'', but her acting career took off when she won a co-starring role in the

sitcom ''

'' with

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where she played Geena Fabiano, one of the best friends of Roberts' character Addie Singer. The show ran for three seasons from 2004 to 2007 and earned Jow several

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nominations. When ''Unfabulous'' ended in 2007, Jow co-starred in the animated film '' Bratz: The Movie'' as Quinn and has guest-starred on the shows ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the

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series ''

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'' and co-starred in the 2009 science fiction comedy ''

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''. In 2010, Jow appeared in the first season of

fantasy drama ''

''. She played Anna, a vampire. Jow briefly re-appeared in the third season. That same year, Jow co-starred in the fantasy romance film ''You're So Cupid!'' as Megan, and the drama film '' The Social Network'' as Alice Cantwell. She also guest-starred on an episode of

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crime comedy-drama '' Leverage''. Then she went on to star in the Nickelodeon action/science fiction sitcom ''

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'' as Cadence Nash. Malese Jow 3, 2012

In 2011, Jow began a recurring role in the second season of the Nickelodeon musical sitcom ''

'' as Lucy Stone, an aspiring rock musician and a brief love interest of Kendall Knight (

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) and later on becomes the love interest of James Diamond (

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). She guest-starred in the ABC mystery comedy-drama ''

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'' as Violet. In 2012, Jow starred in The CW drama pilot ''Shelter'', produced by J. J. Abrams and

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, where she played Morgan. It was not picked up by the network. In January 2013, Jow confirmed her role in the crime comedy ''

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''. That same month, it was also announced that Jow would reprise her role as Lucy Stone on ''Big Time Rush'' in the fourth and final season. In February 2013, Jow was revealed to be the new host of ''The Vampire Diaries'' side show, ''TVD Rehash (Re#ash)'' replacing previous host

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. Later that month, it was announced that Jow would be joining the CW science fiction romantic drama pilot ''Oxygen'', as Julia Yeung, a girl who has an illness which may be cured by aliens. In May 2013, ''Oxygen'' was picked up and retitled ''

''. The series was part of the 2013–14 mid season schedule. In August 2013, production began for ''Star-Crossed''. The show ran for one season from February 17 to May 12, 2014. In 2014, Jow was in the television movie ''Presumed Dead in Paradise'' and played Madison Ashland. On October 27, 2014, she was announced to have a recurring role as

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on the CW's superhero drama ''

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''. In 2015, Malese was listed in ''

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''s Hot 10. On August 25, 2015, Malese was announced to be reprising her role as

as a friend of Iris for multiple episodes. In the second season's fifth episode, "The Darkness and the Light," Malese played villainess Dr. Light, who is Earth 2

. On February 2, 2017, it was announced Malese would be playing Mareth Ravenlock on MTV's '' The Shannara Chronicles''. On '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', she played Jennifer Kim, who is the illegitimate daughter of late NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger (

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). In September 2017, it was revealed that Malese would be playing Daya in the upcoming '' Escape Plan: The Extractors'' movie. Malese has begun filming a new feature film as of November 2017 titled ''I Wrote This For You''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

*
2007 Malese Jow interview
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