Jillian Rose Reed (born December 20, 1991) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Tamara Kaplan in MTV's TV series ''

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Early life

Reed was born in Hollywood, Florida, and raised in

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. She has two brothers, an older brother Matt and her younger brother is fellow actor

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. She performed

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when she was about 4 as well as competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan when she was twelve.

Career

From 2008 to 2009, Reed played Simone on the dark comedy-drama series '' Weeds''. In 2011, Reed was cast as Tamara Kaplan on the MTV original series ''

''. The role earned her a

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nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress. In 2012, she starred in the TV film '' My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3'' as Sienna Brooks. She played Megan in the 2014 film '' Confessions of a Womanizer'' with Andrew Lawrence and

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. Reed also appeared in a 2014 episode of '' Jessie'' titled "Acting with the Frenemy" where she played Abbey. She also guest starred on two episodes of Jack Black's Yahoo series ''Ghost Ghirls''.

Personal life

Reed is involved with the American Diabetes Association due to her brother Matt having type 1 diabetes. Reed said in an interview with ''

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'' that "a lot of people think diabetes isn't one of those things that can happen to you. With the success of ''Awkward'', I did have a voice. I can say something and people will listen, I can use social media and not just to tweet pictures of my cat."

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Awards and nominations

References

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Jilian Rose Reed
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