Gracie Gillam

Gracie Gillam

Grace Victoria Phipps Padilla (born May 4, 1992), also known professionally as Gracie Gillam, is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Grace Phipps is well known for starring in the Disney Channel movies Teen Beach Movie and Teen Beach 2. In 2011, soon after graduating from high school, Phipps starred in the prime role as Bee in the 2011 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 10 episodes in season four. 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 number 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.

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