G. Hannelius

G. Hannelius

Hannelius at the Hannah Montana: The Movie premiere in April 2009
Born Genevieve Knight Hannelius
December 22, 1998
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation Actress, voice actress, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur
Years active 2009–present
Website
www.ghannelius.com
External images
G. Hannelius in 2013

Genevieve Knight Hannelius[1] (born December 22, 1998),[1][2] known professionally as G. Hannelius (or G Hannelius), is an American teen actress and singer-songwriter. She currently stars as Avery Jennings in the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog. Prior to this, she had recurring roles in the Disney Channel series Sonny with a Chance and Good Luck Charlie. She has also starred in Leo Little's Big Show and has done voice work as Rosebud in the Air Buddies films. She also guest starred in Disney Channel's series Jessie.

Early life and career

Hannelius was born in Boston, Massachusetts.[3] Her father is Swedish.[4] She moved to southern Maine at age three. She started acting at a young age. Her theater roles include playing Madeline in the Children's Theater of Maine's production of Madeline's Rescue in summer 2002.[5] and Jenny in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing with Children's Theatre of Maine and Maine State Music Theater. She moved to California for three months to try out auditions, and she was so successful that her family relocated permanently to Los Angeles in 2008. Hannelius is an alumna of the Los Angeles-based Young Actor's Studio.[6]

Hannelius played Courtney Patterson on the sitcom Surviving Suburbia, playing the daughter of Bob Saget's character.[7] She had a recurring role on Sonny with a Chance,[8] a Disney Channel Original Series as Dakota Condor, a guest role on Hannah Montana as a fan named Tiffany[5] and a recurring role on Good Luck Charlie as Jo Keener.[9] She also played Emily Pearson in the Disney Channel original film Den Brother in 2010, and was the voice talent of Rosebud in Spooky Buddies and the following films Treasure Buddies and Super Buddies.

In February 2011, she was cast for a lead role in the pilot of the High School Musical spin-off series Madison High, however the pilot was not picked up to series.[10] As of 2013, she plays Avery Jennings on the Disney Channel series Dog with a Blog, it premiered on October 12, 2012. 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.

Hannelius has several singles available on the iTunes Store and Google Play. Staying Up All Night was her first release in 2011. Since then seven more have been released. Hannelius has written six of her songs. She performed the song 'Friends Do' on the Disney sitcom 'Dog With a Blog', which was played on Radio Disney in May 2014, and released on iTunes the following September.

She does nail art tutorials on her YouTube channel, GbyGNailArt. In November 2014, it was announced that Hannelius was launching a customized nail-wrap app titled 'Make Me Nails' with Lauren Jones, digital marketer, in partnership with Watson Creative and MINX nails. In March 2015, it was confirmed via Instagram that Make Me Nails would be released on April 2nd. The day before the scheduled release, the date was pushed back to April 4th due to glitches in the app.

Filmography

Films and television films
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Black & Blue Zoe
2010 Den Brother Emily Pearson Television film
The Search for Santa Paws Janie
2011 Spooky Buddies Rosebud Voice
2012 Treasure Buddies Rosebud Voice
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups Charity Voice
2013 Super Buddies Rosebud Voice
Television shows and appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Surviving Suburbia Courtney Patterson Main role
2009–10 Sonny with a Chance Dakota Condor Recurring role
2009 Hannah Montana Tiffany "Jake... Another Little Piece of My Heart" (season 3: episode 16)
Rita Rocks Brianna Boone "Why Can't We Be Friends?" (season 2: episode 11)
2010–11 Good Luck Charlie Jo Keener Recurring role (Season 1)
2011 I'm in the Band Ms. Dempsey "Iron Weasel: The Video Game" (season 2: episode 2)
Love Bites Maddy Tinnelli "TMI" (season 1: episode 6)
Madison High N/A Pilot Filmed, Never Aired
2012–present Dog with a Blog Avery Jennings Lead role
2013 Fish Hooks Amanda Voice; "A Charity Fair to Remember" (season 3: episode 4)[11][12]
2014 Jessie Mackenzie "Mad Mac" "Creepy Connie 3: The Creepening" (season 3: episode 11)
2014 Sofia the First Lady Joy Voice; "Sofia the Second" (season 2: episode 10)
2014 Wander Over Yonder Little Bits Voice; "The Stray" (season 1: episode 30)[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Know Your Castmates: Dog With A Blog. Disney Channel. Event occurs at 33 seconds. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ G. Hannelius (January 9, 2010). "Q and A | G_Hannelius" [Official site]. Twitter. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
  3. ↑ "G Hannelius: Bio" GHannelius.com [Official site]. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Here Come the Girls!". Disney. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Medianet (2010). "Cast Biographies: G Hannelius". Disney ABC Television Group. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
  6. ↑ Jeff Alan-Lee, et al. (2010). "Our Actors ...". The Young Actor's Studio. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
  7. ↑ Alessandra Stanley (April 6, 2009). "At Home on the Outskirts, With Goofy, Grumpy Dad". The New York Times, p. C1.
  8. ↑ Astral (August 3, 2010). "Den Brother headlines Family Channel". [Press release]. Canada NewsWire.
  9. ↑ Mcnamara, Patricia (July 27, 2010). "Meet G Hannelius". Girls' Life. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
  10. ↑ Nellie Andreeva (February 17, 2011). "Disney Channel’s Music-Driven ‘HSM’ Offshoot ‘Madison High’ Gets Pilot Order". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  11. ↑ "Twitter / G_Hannelius: Did anyone watch the new Fish". Pic.twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  12. ↑ "Fish Hooks Cast and Details". Tvguide.com. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  13. ↑ Jackson, Ryan. "November 2014 Programming Highlights" (PDF). Disney XD Medianet. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

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