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

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's TV series '' Awkward''.

Early life

Reed was born in

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, and raised in

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

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''. In 2011, Reed was cast as Tamara Kaplan on the MTV original series '' Awkward''. 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

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's Yahoo series ''Ghost Ghirls''.

Personal life

Reed is involved with the

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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

External links

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