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Troian Avery Bellisario is an American actress. She currently stars as Spencer Hastings in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Trivia 5 Awards 6 Gallery

BiographyEdit

Bellisario was born in Los Angeles County, California. She is the daughter of television producer Donald Bellisario and actress Deborah Pratt. Pratt portrayed a character named Troian in the Quantum Leap episode "A Portrait for Troian," The character Troian was named after Troian Bellisario. Deborah, her mother, is African American, which makes Troian 50% African American. She is the half-sister of Michael Bellisario. Actor Sean Murray and producer Chad W. Murray are her stepbrothers. Her step brother Sean Murray plays Special Agent Timothy McGee on the hit TV series NCIS.

CareerEdit

Bellisario made her acting debut in the 1988 film Last Rites at the age of three. From 1990 to 2007, she guest starred on Quantum Leap, Tequila and Bonetti, JAG, First Monday and NCIS, television series that were produced by her father Donald Bellisario. In 1998, she co-starred with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in the film Billboard Dad. Beginning in 2006, Bellisario began appearing in a number of independent short films namely, Unspoken, Archer House and Intersect. In November 2009, Bellisario was cast as Spencer Hastings in the TV series Pretty Little Liars based on the book series of the same name by Sara Shepard.

FilmographyEdit

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Last Rites	Nuzo's daughter	Theatrical film
1990	Quantum Leap	Teresa	1 episode
1992	Tequila and Bonetti	Teresa Garcia	1 episode
1998	JAG	Erin Terry	1 episode
1998	Billboard Dad	Kristen	Direct-to-video film
2002	First Monday	Kimberly Baron	2 episodes
2005– 2006	NCIS	Sarah McGee	2 episodes
2006	Unspoken	Jani	Independent short film
2007	Archer House	Tatum	Independent short film
2007	Intersect	Victoria	Independent short film
2010– present	Pretty Little Liars	Spencer Hastings	Main Role
2010	Consent	Amanda	Main role
2011	Peep World	P.A.	Theatrical film, post-production
2012- present	Lauren	Lauren	Main Role
2012	Pleased to Meet You	Carson	Main Role
2012	The Come Up	Jessica	Independent short film
2012	Exiles	Juliet	Independent short film
2012	Joyful Girl	Belle	Independent short film
2013	C.O.G.	Jennifer	Main Role

TriviaEdit

• Her Father, Donald P. Bellisario, wrote the "Quantum Leap"(1989) episode, "Quantum Leap: A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971 (#2.11)"",(1989), which aired in 1989, when Troian was four. Troian's mother, Deborah Pratt played "Troian" in the episode.
• Is the step-sister of Sean Murray, who plays Agent Tim McGee on "NCIS" (2003), and she has appeared in it several times as Sarah McGee, Tim McGee's sister.
• She is doing a movie called Immediately Afterlife with Shay Mitchell.
• She and Lucy Hale are good friends on set. 
• She and Keegan Allen are also good friends on the set.
• She is currently in a relationship with actor Patrick J. Adams, who portrayed Hardy on Pretty Little Liars.
• Troian isn’t a Justin Bieber or Jonas Brothers fan.
• Troian’s taste in music, is made of mainly indie rock.
• Troian has a special necklace that she wears with anything. This is her “must-have” accessory.
• In a fantasy world, she would be a rock star. When she was younger, she had a "very intense obsession with death" and was fascinated by forensic scientists and morticians. She had a "draw to work with the dead."
• When she has free time on the set, Troian likes to sleep, write, and work on other projects.
• Both Troian and Spencer are studious and put a lot of pressure on themselves to succeed. We see Spencer's uptight and focused attitude on the show, and Troian said that she was valedictorian of her class, she "felt that [she] had to be the best and the brightest at everything otherwise [she] wasn't worth anything." One big difference is that Troian has learned to re-evaluate her priorities and Spencer has not yet had the life experience necessary to see that need. If Troian was to describe Spencer's superpower, she'd say it was her intellect.

AwardsEdit

Year	Award	Category	Work Nominated	Result
2010	Vision Festival	Best Acting (Female Lead)	Consent	Won
2010	FirstGlance Philadelphia	Best Actress	Consent	Won
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer TV Star: Female	Pretty Little Liars	Nominated
2012	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer TV Star: Female	Pretty Little Liars	Won
2013	IAWTV Awards	Best Female Performance (Drama)	Lauren	Nominated
2013	New York Festivals	Best Performance by an Actress	Lauren	Won
2013	Streamy Awards	Best Female Performance (Drama)	Lauren	Nominated
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress: Drama	Pretty Little Liars	Pending

GalleryEdit

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