Malese Jow

Elizabeth Melise Jow (born February 18, 1991), best known as Malese Jow and recently Melise, is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Geena Fabiano on the Nickelodeon sitcom Unfabulous, Lucy Stone on the Nickelodeon musical sitcom Big Time Rush and as Anna, a teenage vampire on The CW's fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries. She starred as Julia Yeung in the short-lived CW science fiction romantic drama Star-Crossed. Jow starred as Mareth Ravenlock in season two of The Shannara Chronicles. She has most recently been cast in Invincible for Amazon set for release in 2020.

Malese Jow
Malese Jow at WonderCon 2014
Background information
Birth nameElizabeth Melise Jow
Born (1991-02-18) February 18, 1991
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1997–present

Early life

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jow moved to California with her mother Lanae Tillery Jow, one sister, Makenna Jow, two brothers Jensen and Braden Jow and their cousin Chris Nightingale when she was nine years old. Jow is Chinese American.[1] As a child, she would often sing the national anthem at local baseball games.[2]

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 Nickelodeon sitcom Unfabulous with Emma Roberts 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 Young Artist Award 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 Wizards of Waverly Place, The Young and the Restless, iCarly, The Secret Life of the American Teenager and the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana and co-starred in the 2009 science fiction comedy Aliens in the Attic.

In 2010, Jow appeared in the first season of The CW fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries. She played Anna, a vampire. Jow briefly re-appeared in the third season.[3] 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 TNT crime comedy-drama Leverage. Then she went on to star in the Nickelodeon action/science fiction sitcom The Troop as Cadence Nash.[4]

Jow in June 2012

In 2011, Jow began a recurring role in the second season of the Nickelodeon musical sitcom Big Time Rush as Lucy Stone, an aspiring rock musician and a brief love interest of Kendall Knight (Kendall Schmidt) and later on becomes the love interest of James Diamond (James Maslow). She guest-starred in the ABC mystery comedy-drama Desperate Housewives as Violet.[5]

In 2012, Jow starred in The CW drama pilot Shelter, produced by J. J. Abrams and Mark Schwahn, where she played Morgan. It was not picked up by the network.[6]

In January 2013, Jow confirmed her role in the crime comedy Plastic.[7] 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.[8]

In February 2013, Jow was revealed to be the new host of The Vampire Diaries side show, TVD Rehash (Re#ash) replacing previous host Arielle Kebbel.[9] 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.[5][10] In May 2013, Oxygen was picked up and retitled Star-Crossed. The series was part of the 2013–14 mid season schedule.[11] In August 2013, production began for Star-Crossed. The show ran for one season from February 17 to May 12, 2014.[12] 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 Linda Park on the CW's superhero drama The Flash.[13] In 2015, Malese was listed in Maxim's Hot 10.[14] On August 25, 2015, Malese was announced to be reprising her role as Linda Park as a friend of Iris for multiple episodes.[15][16] In the second season's fifth episode, "The Darkness and the Light," Malese played villainess Dr. Light, who is Earth 2 Linda Park.[17] On February 2, 2017, it was announced Malese would be playing Mareth Ravenlock on MTV's The Shannara Chronicles.[18] On NCIS: Los Angeles, she played Jennifer Kim, who is the illegitimate daughter of late NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger (Miguel Ferrer). 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
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Bratz: The Movie Quinn
2009 Aliens in the Attic Julie
2010 You're So Cupid! Megan
2010 The Social Network Alice Cantwell Hollywood Film Festival for Ensemble of the Year
Nominated—Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Ensemble Cast
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble
2014 Plastic Beth
2016 Sisters of the Groom Sarah Adams Hallmark Movie
2018 I Wrote This For You Ariana
2019 Escape Plan: The Extractors Daya

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Barney & Friends Tea party girl Episode: "Pennies, Nickels, Dimes"
1997 Dellaventura Orphan child Episode: "Dreamers"; uncredited
2003 The Brothers Garcia Celeste Episode: "Right Place, Right Time"
2004–07 Unfabulous Geena Fabiano Main role; 41 episodes
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (2005, 2006, 2008)
2007 Wizards of Waverly Place Ruby Donahue Episode: "Movie"
2008 The Young and the Restless Hannah 2 episodes
2009 iCarly Fake Carly Shay Episode: "iLook Alike"
2009 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Gail Episode: "One Night at Band Camp"
2009 Hannah Montana Rachel 2 episodes
2009–11 The Vampire Diaries Annabelle "Anna" Zhu 18 episodes
2010 Leverage Josie Episode: "The Boost Job"
2011 The Troop Cadence Nash Main role (season 2); 13 episodes
2011 Desperate Housewives Violet Episode: "Then I Really Got Scared"
2011–13 Big Time Rush Lucy Stone 14 episodes
2012 CSI: Miami Amanda Reed Episode: "Friendly Fire"
2014 Star-Crossed Julia Yeung Main role; 10 episodes
2014 Castle Hillary Cooper Episode: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2014 Presumed Dead in Paradise Madison Ashland Television film
2015 The Flash Linda Park, Doctor Light 7 episodes
2015 Filthy Preppy Teen$ Beatrix Bishop 8 episodes
2015–18 NCIS: Los Angeles Jennifer Kim 3 episodes
2016 Sweet/Vicious Chloe Freeman Episode: "Tragic Kingdom"
2016 Sisters of the Groom Sarah Adams Television film
2017 The Shannara Chronicles Mareth Ravenlock 10 episodes
2020 Invincible Kate Cha / Dupli-Kate (voice) Upcoming

Discography

Singles
Title Year Album
"Trying to Sleep" [19] 2018 TBA

Music video
Title Year Director
"Trying to Sleep" 2018 Melise
As a guest appearance
Year Title Artist
2009 "When You're Around" C&C
2009 "The In Crowd" Mitchel Musso
2010 "Til I Forget About You" Big Time Rush
2011 "Famous" Lissa Lauria
2011 "Time-Bomb" All Time Low[20]
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References
  1. Michael Smith (2010). "Little' Tulsa Girl in Big New Movie". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  2. "Interview with Malese Jow". myfanbase.de. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  3. Wetpaint Visitor (July 19, 2011). "Malese Jow On TVD Season 3: "I'm All For a Love Square" | The Vampire Diaries". Wetpaint. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  4. "EXCLUSIVE: Matt Shively and Malese Jow are Joining The Troop! | BOP and Tiger Beat Online". BopandTigerBeat.com. October 15, 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  5. "'Vampire Diaries' alum Malese Jow joins The CW's 'Oxygen,' NKOTB's Joey McIntyre in 'The McCarthys'". Zap2it. February 21, 2013. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  6. "'Vampire Diaries' star Malese Jow scores 'Shelter' role - From Inside the Box". Zap2it. March 30, 2012. Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  7. "Malese graces the cover of Nationalist Magazine's March 2015 Issue". MaleseJow.net. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  8. "Cher Lloyd to Guest Star on "Big Time Rush"". Clevvertv.com. January 23, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  9. "TVD Rehash with Malese Jow: A View to a Kill (EP412) (VIDEO) | Vampire-Diaries.net | A Fansite for The Vampire Diaries & The Originals". Vampire-Diaries.net. February 4, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  10. "'Glee', 'Vampire Diaries' stars join The CW's 'Oxygen' - US TV News". Digital Spy. February 22, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  11. Patrick Munn (May 9, 2013). "The CW Picks Up 'The 100', 'Reign, 'Star Crossed' & 'The Tomorrow People' To Series". TVWise. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  12. "Star-Crossed Fansite – Your first source for all StarCrossed CW News". Starcrossedfan.com. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  13. "'Vampire Diaries' star Malese Jow joins 'The Flash' as Linda Park". Entertainment Weekly. October 27, 2014.
  14. Sean Abrams (March 17, 2015). "Hot 10: Malese Jow". Maxim. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  15. "The Flash season 2: Malese Jow returning to play Linda Park". Entertainment Weekly. August 25, 2015.
  16. Justin Harp (August 26, 2015). "The Flash season 2 will bring back Malese Jow as Linda Park". Digital Spy.
  17. "'The Flash' season 2, episode 5 preview: Dr. Light's arrival; Barry Allen, Patty Spivot go on a date". CarterMatt.com. October 28, 2015.
  18. http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/01/shannara-chronicles-season-2-production-cast/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. "Trying To Sleep by Melise". itunes.apple.com.
  20. "Malese Jow Stars in All Time Low Music Video". Vampirediaries.alloyentertainment.com. November 29, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
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