Meg Elizabeth Donnelly (born July 25, 2000) is an American actress. She portrayed Taylor Otto in the ABC sitcom '' American Housewife'', and Addison in the 2018
Disney Channel Original Movie
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'' Zombies'' and its sequels, '' Zombies 2'' (2020) and '' Zombies 3'' (2022). Since 2022, she has starred as Mary Campbell in the CW television series '' The Winchesters'', which serves as a prequel to ''
Supernatural
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''.
Early life
Donnelly was born in New York City and grew up in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey. She is an only child. She began training in voice, dance and acting at the Annie’s Playhouse School of Performing Arts in
Far Hills, New Jersey
Far Hills is a borough in Somerset County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the population was 919,Broadway Kids and Time To Shine productions in New York City.
Career
Donnelly co-starred as Ash in the 2013
Netflix
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series ''Team Toon''. She was the American face of
Clean and Clear
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Most products aim towards young women and men, but some treat a wider range of conditions, such as the "SOFT" line. Clean & Clear is currently available in 46 c ...
's 2015 Awkward to Awesome campaign, and was the understudy for the role of
Louisa von Trapp
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in the
NBC
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television special '' The Sound of Music Live!''. Donnelly also appeared in the feature film ''The Broken Ones'' that premiered at the 2017 SOHO International Film Festival.
Donnelly played the starring role of Taylor Otto in the ABC sitcom '' American Housewife'' from 2016 to 2021. On August 5, 2018, Donnelly released her first single, "Smile". On March 1, 2019, Donnelly released her second single, "Digital Love".
She stars as Addison in the
Disney Channel Original Movie
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musical '' Zombies'' that premiered on February 16, 2018. In February 2019, it was announced that Donnelly would be reprising her role as Addison for a ''Zombies'' sequel, '' Zombies 2'', which premiered on Disney Channel on February 14, 2020. A third entry in the series, ''Zombies 3'', was released in July and August 2022 on
Disney+
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and Disney Channel, respectively.
In March 2022, Donnelly was cast in the co-lead role of Mary Campbell in the ''
Supernatural
Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...
'' spinoff, '' The Winchesters'', which was picked up to series by
The CW
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