Jessica Lowndes



Jessica Suzanne Lowndes (pronounced Lounds;[1]  born November 8, 1988) is a Canadian actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for her role as Adrianna Tate-Duncan on the CW teen drama series 90210.



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[hide]  *1 Personal life  ==Personal life[edit] == Lowndes was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She studied at Pacific Academy in Surrey and was included on People magazine's list of World's Most Beautiful People of 2009, along with co-stars from the series 90210.[2] ==Career[edit] == ===Acting[edit] === Lowndes got her acting debut in the 2006 television film Saving Milly as Andrea Kondracke. This was followed by a guest role in an episode of Masters of Horror, she was later cast in a recurring role on the sitcomAlice, I Think. She has since made guest appearances on Kyle XY. Her next film role was a supporting role in the Lifetime movie To Have and to Hold released in 2005, this was followed in 2007 by a pilot calledPretty/Handsome which did not get picked up.
 * 2 Career
 * 2.1 Acting
 * 2.2 Singing
 * 3 Filmography
 * 4 Discography
 * 4.1 Extended plays
 * 4.2 Singles
 * 4.3 Music videos
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

In 2008, Lowndes appeared in Autopsy and The Haunting of Molly Hartley along with a recurring role in the drama series Greek as Mandi. Lowndes also landed a recurring role in the series 90210 a spin-off of the '90s teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 as Adrianna Tate-Duncan. In November 2008, her role was upgraded to series regular.

Lowndes starred in the Canadian horror film Altitude in 2010. BuddyTV ranked her #58 on its TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011 list.[3]  She also stars in The Devil's Carnival, a short film musical screened on tour which occurred in April 2012. ===Singing[edit] === She has been playing the piano since she was five and writing music since she was nine years old.[4]  Lowndes made her musical debut in the pilot episode of TV series 90210 singing "Mama Who Bore Me" fromSpring Awakening in the school's musical, in the 2009 episode "Woman's Intuition". In the 90210 episode "What's Past is Prologue", Lowndes sang "Jolene" for a rock band audition. She also sang a few other songs as the lead female vocalist on 90210 ' s "The Gloria Steinem"'s band. Lowndes also performed "One More Time" (featuring Diego González) in the 90210 episode "Meet the Parent" (season 2, episode 20, final scene). During season 4 of 90210, her single "Fool" was featured and sang by her character in the episode "Benefit of the Doubt".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  In the episode "Bride And Prejudice", her song "Teardrops Fall" was featured. "I Don't Want You Anymore" was featured in the episode "Tis Pity". During season 5, her next single "Snake Charmer" was featured in the episode "Into The Wild" and sung by her in "99 Problems". In the second-to-last episode, her song "The Last Time" was sung by her character. Just as she finishes, the stage collapses on her, catches on fire and leaving her trapped under rubble.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In March 2009, she published the song Fly Away on her Myspace page. She was both the writer, singer and lead guitarist in the track.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In September 2009, Lowndes sang God Bless America at a Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">She was featured on rapper Ironik's single "Falling In Love", released on October 24, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">X-Cite Records announced on April 20, 2011 that Lowndes teamed up with French American Idol finalist Jérémy Amelin, to be featured on his new single "Undone", produced by James Rendon and Kayden Boche.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-discogs.com_9-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] The song premiered online on April 29, 2011<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  and was released worldwide on May 23, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Lowndes later revealed on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK!_TV OK! TV], that she was finishing off her album in the United Kingdom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  She explained the album is "sexy, pop dance music, like Rihanna and Katy Perry."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-I_Wish_video_13-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In mid-late 2011, her first single "Fool" was released on iTunes. On November 11, 2011, Lowndes released another single titled "I Wish I Was Gay".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  The official music video was directed by Frank E. Flowers,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-I_Wish_video_13-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13] and released the same day on her official YouTube channel.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  On January 25, 2012, she released her first EP featuring singles 'I Wish I Was Gay' and 'Nothing Like This', along with two new songs 'Stamp of Love' and 'Go Back'.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  The soundtrack from Devil's Carnival also features songs with Lowndes singing. On 14 May 2012, her single new The Other Girl premiered on Complex.com. The single will be released on iTunes on May 16, 2012. Also she revealed that her debut album will be released later in the year, along with another EP.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  On 6 February 2013, Lowndes revealed that she would release 4 tracks off from an EP she wrote when she was 16, every Thursday for four weeks for Throw Back Thursday after recently joining Instagram.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  On 7 February 2013, Fly Away was released as the first track from the EP as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] == ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] == ===Extended plays<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] === ===Music videos<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] ===
 * Nothing Like This (2012)
 * TBT (Throwback Thursday) (2013)