1. Janel Meilani Parrish was born on October 30,1988 and is an American actress and singer.
38 Facts About Janel Parrish
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Janel Parrish starred as Mona Vanderwaal in the mystery-drama television series Pretty Little Liars and its spin-off Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, and as Margot Covey in the To All the Boys film series.
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Janel Parrish portrayed Young Cosette in the Broadway production of Les Miserables, and Jade in the teen comedy film Bratz.
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Janel Parrish finished in third place on the tenth season of Fox's The Masked Singer in 2023.
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Janel Parrish has one sister, Melissa Nohelani, who is eight years older and served as an officer in the US Army.
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Janel Parrish's parents are former bodybuilders, and her mother worked for a Honolulu health club.
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At the age of nine, Parrish saw a production of The Phantom of the Opera at the Neal S Blaisdell Center and fell in love with the idea of performing.
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Janel Parrish began playing the piano, and within a year was studying acting, singing, tap and jazz dance.
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Janel Parrish entered several talent contests, and became well known to local Oahu residents.
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Janel Parrish attended Moanalua Elementary School, and Moanalua High School for her freshman year.
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Janel Parrish lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii until the age of 14, when she and her family moved to Burbank, Los Angeles so she could pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
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Janel Parrish was then homeschooled in order to accommodate her work schedule.
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Janel Parrish began her acting career when she was cast as Young Cosette in the National Touring Company of Les Miserables, and later portrayed the role for two months in the Broadway production at the Imperial Theatre.
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In 1999, Janel Parrish landed her first substantial television role in NBC's action series Baywatch, appearing in two episodes as Hina, a young girl whom Mitch Buchannon saves from drowning.
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In 2000, Janel Parrish was featured in Disney's live-action television film based on the Pinocchio story Geppetto, portraying the role of Natalie.
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Janel Parrish then went on to appear as Vanessa in The WB's short-lived sitcom The O'Keefes.
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Janel Parrish appeared in shows and made-for-television films on the Disney Channel, and guest starred in Fox's sitcom The Bernie Mac Show, Nickelodeon's children's comedy-drama series Zoey 101, and Fox's teen drama series The OC.
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Janel Parrish then portrayed Bratz member Jade in the 2007 live-action film Bratz.
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Janel Parrish provided her voice for the Bratz 4 Real video game.
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Janel Parrish then landed a recurring role in the NBC supernatural drama series Heroes.
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Janel Parrish played Mona Vanderwaal for the duration of the Freeform teen drama series Pretty Little Liars, based on the book series by Sara Shepard.
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In March 2012, Janel Parrish was promoted to a series regular for the third season, and stayed a regular for the remainder of the series.
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In February 2012, Janel Parrish returned to her stage roots in a production of the musical Spring Awakening.
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Janel Parrish portrayed Anna, while understudying the lead female role of Wendla Bergmann.
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Also in 2014, Janel Parrish led the cast of the Lifetime thriller film High School Possession as Lauren Brady.
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In November 2017, Janel Parrish began portraying Sandy Dumbrowski in a Toronto production of Grease, alongside Katie Findlay.
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Janel Parrish then portrayed Lisa Wagner in the romance film Until We Meet Again, alongside Jackson Rathbone.
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Janel Parrish co-starred as Margot Covey in the film adaptation of Jenny Han's young adult romance novel To All the Boys I've Loved Before, with Lana Condor and John Corbett, and appeared alongside Angela Trimbur and Fairuza Balk in the home-invasion thriller Hell Is Where the Home Is.
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Janel Parrish reprised her role as Mona Vanderwaal in the Pretty Little Liars spin-off drama series, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.
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In 2023, Janel Parrish competed in season 10 of Fox's singing competition series The Masked Singer as "Gazelle".
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At age eight, Janel Parrish won a statewide singing competition in Hawaii.
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Janel Parrish began writing her own music as a teenager and eventually became the lead singer of the three-piece girl group, Impulse.
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In 2007, Janel Parrish was signed to Geffen Records as a solo artist to produce her first album.
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Janel Parrish made appearances in Prima J's music video for "Rockstar" and NLT's music video for "She Said, I Said", which were both featured on the Bratz soundtrack.
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Janel Parrish has graced the covers of numerous fashion magazines, including Nationalist, Pulse Spikes, Luca, Vulkan and Modeliste.
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Janel Parrish is popular on social media and endorses products such as beauty and wellness products on Instagram.
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Janel Parrish began dating chemical engineer Chris Long in September 2016, and became engaged to him on October 23,2017.
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Janel Parrish's father-in-law was killed by a drunk driver two weeks before the wedding.