Janel Parrish (L), childhood photo with her mother and sister
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Janel Parrish (L), childhood photo with her sister
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Janel Parrish (C), childhood photo with her family
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Janel Parrish, childhood photo with her father
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Janel Parrish, childhood photo
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College/University
Career
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2012
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, USA
Janel Parrish arrives at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards at Gibson Amphitheatre on July 22, 2012, in Universal City, California. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer)
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2012
6000 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA
Janel Parrish arrives at the Screening Of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars" Special Halloween Episode at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on October 16, 2012, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
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2013
6838 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Janel Parrish arrives for the world premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' "Oz The Great And Powerful" at the El Capitan Theatre on February 13, 2013, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin)
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2013
8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620, USA
Janel Parrish attends the VIP opening of Knott's Scary Farm HAUNT at Knott's Berry Farm on October 3, 2013, in Buena Park, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta)
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2014
665 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
Janel Parrish is photographed at the Fox 2014 Teen Choice Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on August 10, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FOX)
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2014
189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
(L-R) Actresses Janel Parrish, Ashley Benson, and Shenae Grimes-Beech attends the REVOLVE Pop-Up Launch Party at The Grove on November 4, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Sciulli)
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2014
Janel Parrish and Valentin Chmerkovskiy
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2014
3021 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405, USA
Janel Parish attends the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund's Inaugural Super Saturday LA hosted by Molly Sims and Rachel Zoe at Barker Hangar on May 17, 2014, in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez)
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2015
555 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA 91608, USA
Janel Parrish attends The Celebrity Experience at Hilton Universal Hotel on January 7, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren)
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2015
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Janel Parrish is seen at Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa on March 1, 2015, in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. (Photo by John Parra)
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2015
9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Janel Parrish attends Disney ABC Television Group's 2015 TCA Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 4, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez)
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2016
9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Janel Parrish performs onstage during the 24th and final "A Night at Sardi's" to benefit the Alzheimer's Association at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 9, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant)
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2016
6838 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Janel Parrish arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere "Alice Through The Looking Glass" at the El Capitan Theatre on May 23, 2016, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
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2017
777 Chick Hearn Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA
Janel Parrish attends the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on April 29, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris)
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2017
3400 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Janel Parrish at Backstage Creations Celebrity Retreat at Teen Choice 2017 - Day 2 at Galen Center on August 13, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp)
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2017
3400 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Janel Parrish arrives at the Teen Choice Awards 2017 at Galen Center on August 13, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
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2018
9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232, USA
Janel Parrish attends a screening of Netflix's "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" at Arclight Cinemas Culver City on August 16, 2018, in Culver City, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez
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2019
9009 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA
Janel Parrish (L) and Lana Condor arrive at SYFY's new series "Deadly Class" premiere screening at The Roxy Theatre on January 03, 2019, in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards)
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2019
6525 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Janel Parrish attends the "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists" Premiere at Hollywood Athletic Club on March 15, 2019, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire)
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2019
1617 N El Centro Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
(L to R) Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish at the Young Hollywood Studio on April 22, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Mendez)
Achievements
Membership
Awards
Teen Choice Award
2017
3400 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
(L-R) Logan Paul, Janel Parrish, and Lucy Hale speak onstage during the Teen Choice Awards 2017 at Galen Center on August 13, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
6000 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA
Janel Parrish arrives at the Screening Of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars" Special Halloween Episode at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on October 16, 2012, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
Janel Parrish arrives for the world premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' "Oz The Great And Powerful" at the El Capitan Theatre on February 13, 2013, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin)
Janel Parrish attends the VIP opening of Knott's Scary Farm HAUNT at Knott's Berry Farm on October 3, 2013, in Buena Park, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta)
Janel Parrish is photographed at the Fox 2014 Teen Choice Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on August 10, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FOX)
(L-R) Actresses Janel Parrish, Ashley Benson, and Shenae Grimes-Beech attends the REVOLVE Pop-Up Launch Party at The Grove on November 4, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Sciulli)
Janel Parish attends the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund's Inaugural Super Saturday LA hosted by Molly Sims and Rachel Zoe at Barker Hangar on May 17, 2014, in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez)
Janel Parrish is seen at Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa on March 1, 2015, in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. (Photo by John Parra)
Janel Parrish attends Disney ABC Television Group's 2015 TCA Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 4, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez)
Janel Parrish performs onstage during the 24th and final "A Night at Sardi's" to benefit the Alzheimer's Association at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 9, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant)
Janel Parrish arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere "Alice Through The Looking Glass" at the El Capitan Theatre on May 23, 2016, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
(L-R) Logan Paul, Janel Parrish, and Lucy Hale speak onstage during the Teen Choice Awards 2017 at Galen Center on August 13, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Janel Parrish at Backstage Creations Celebrity Retreat at Teen Choice 2017 - Day 2 at Galen Center on August 13, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp)
Janel Parrish attends a screening of Netflix's "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" at Arclight Cinemas Culver City on August 16, 2018, in Culver City, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez
Janel Parrish (L) and Lana Condor arrive at SYFY's new series "Deadly Class" premiere screening at The Roxy Theatre on January 03, 2019, in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards)
Janel Parrish attends the "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists" Premiere at Hollywood Athletic Club on March 15, 2019, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire)
(High School is about to get a makeover when the highly po...)
High School is about to get a makeover when the highly popular dolls with a passion for fashion come to life in their first-ever live-action theatrical debut.
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(The emotional and heartfelt story of the devastating effe...)
The emotional and heartfelt story of the devastating effects that a school shooting has on the students and teachers involved. April Showers is based on true events as told by a survivor.
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Filled with mystery, scandal, and intrigue, Pretty Little Liars continues for another suspenseful season. Based on the best-selling book series, the one-hour drama revolves around four teenage girlfriends - Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Spencer Hastings, and Emily Fields - who each began receiving threatening messages from someone named "A" one year after the supposed murder and disappearance of their friend Alison DiLaurentis.
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Janel Parrish is an American actress, singer, and dancer who is best known for the role of Mona Vanderwaal, the mysterious villain in the popular Freeform series Pretty Little Liars. She has also acted in the movie Bratz: The Movie, and has taken part in the 19th season of Dancing with the Stars.
Background
Ethnicity:
Parrish's father, Mark, is of Irish, English, and German descent. Her mother, Joanne, is of Han Chinese ancestry.
At age 6, Parrish began piano lessons, and within a year was also studying acting, singing, tap dance and jazz dance. 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.
Education
Parrish was educated at Moanalua Elementary and Moanalua High School but left after ninth grade to be homeschooled.
Janel Parrish fell in love with acting at the age of 6 when she saw a production of the musical, The Phantom of the Opera. She dreamt of becoming an actor, just like those she had seen on stage. In order to realize her dreams, she took acting, singing and dancing lessons and began playing the piano. She entered several local talent hunts and her fame spread through her local community.
Her dreams came true in 1996 when she was cast to play a young version of the orphan, Cosette, in the musical Les Miserables. She embarked on a country-wide tour with the company and also performed on Broadway. Her good showing in Les Miserables brought her roles in other theatrical productions (To Kill a Mockingbird) as well as a TV series, Baywatch.
In 2000, she was featured in Disney's made-for-TV live-action incarnation of the Pinocchio story entitled Geppetto. She then went on to appear as the character Vanessa in the short-lived sitcom The O'Keefes, as well as appearing in many Disney shows and made-for-TV movies on the Disney channel.
At 14, she moved to Los Angeles with her family. That same year, she entered the talent competition Star Search (2003) but did not progress further than the first round. Parrish began playing piano at age six. At age 14, on January 3, 2003, she appeared on the 2003 remake of Star Search, performing the song On My Own.
Along with appearances on The Bernie Mac Show, Zoey 101 and The O.C.. She also landed a recurring role in the hit NBC series Heroes. As her acting career gained momentum, Parrish decided to leave school.
Janel Parrish got a well-deserved break in 2007 when she landed a role as one of the main protagonists in the musical comedy, Bratz. Even though the movie was not a commercial success, it helped propel her to fame. Since Bratz, Parrish has gone on to appear in several movies and TV series.
In 2007, Parrish was signed to Geffen Records to produce her first album. Her first single, Rainy Day, one that she has written, along with its music video, was released on July 7, 2007, and was also featured on the Bratz Motion Picture Soundtrack. She also makes a brief appearance in Prima Js Rockstar music video, which is also on the soundtrack. She also made an appearance in NLT's She Said, I Said music video. She provided background vocals for the song.
Parrish was cast in a recurring as Mona Vanderwaal in the hit ABC Family TV series Pretty Little Liars based on the book series by Sara Shepard. She originally auditioned for Spencer Hastings before being offered the role of Mona. In March 2012, Parrish was promoted to series regular from the third season onward.
Parrish returned to her theater stage roots in Over the Moon Productions' intimate presentation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening as Anna and understudying for Lindsay Pearce, a former contestant of The Glee Project, as Wendla.
In 2014, she became a contestant in the nineteenth season of Dancing With the Stars, partnered with professional Val Chmerkovskiy. She made it into the finals and placed third overall. She also starred in the TV movie High School Possession as Lauren Brady.
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.
In 2017, it was announced that Janel would reprise her role as Mona Vanderwaal in the Pretty Little Liars spin-off, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. She would serve as the main character, instead of a series regular.
On July 12, 2019, Trespassers, a horror movie starring Parrish, premiered.
(Filled with mystery, scandal, and intrigue, Pretty Little...)
2010
Religion
Janel Parrish is non-religious.
Views
Being of mixed race, Janel Parrish supports diversity in the film industry. She once stated: "It's time, that's all I have to say. Let's keep on going, more diversity, all of it. I'm so happy to represent the community."
Quotations:
"Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play the piano and musical theater is my background."
"I am really looking forward to being a role model for girls."
"Beauty lies within a person that is willing to do anything for their love, love is beauty within the heart."
"Wanting to be accepted is something I like a lot of people can relate to."
Personality
Due to her mixed ethnicity, Parrish is called Happa in Hawaii. Happa is a term to describe a half Asian person.
Physical Characteristics:
Janel Parrish has a height of 5 ft 2 in or 157 cm, and a weight of 50 kg or 110 pounds. She has dark brown long hair and light brown eyes. Parrish has more than 20 tattoos.
Interests
dancing, singing, puzzles
Writers
Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard
Sport & Clubs
Cardio Barre
Connections
Parrish began dating chemical engineer Chris Long in September 2016 and became engaged to him on October 23, 2017. They married on September 8, 2018, at Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii.