Throwback to my first year of college way back when. Three of my friends and I would gather once a week to watch the MTV show "Awkward" starring none other then my next person who is here to be on the #Whitterview- Jillian Rose Reed.
Jillian played Tamara Kaplan, the best friend of Jenna- the main character of Awkward.
It's time to get to know Jillian, so as always, let's get to it!
Introducing........ JILLIAN ROSE REED!
Tell me about your background (family, where you grew up, background, etc)
Jillian played Tamara Kaplan, the best friend of Jenna- the main character of Awkward.
It's time to get to know Jillian, so as always, let's get to it!
Introducing........ JILLIAN ROSE REED!
Tell me about your background (family, where you grew up, background, etc)
JR: I grew up in a small historic town in Michigan, called Northville. I’m the only girl AND the middle child. Which means I never had to deal with middle child syndrome, because the only girl means I’m the automatic favorite. Lucky me.
Did you always want to be an actress?
JR: yes! I grew up doing musical theater and always saw myself pursuing that. Until I was old enough to learn I could actually pursue tv and film!
Where were you when you got your first big break?
JR: My first big job was a recurring role on the Showtime series, Weeds. I was living here in LA with my grandparents at the time, who were helping me pursue my dreams!
What was your favorite episode of Awkward?
JR: Oh man. There’s so many good ones!! I really loved episodes where Tamara and Jenna’s friendship was challenged. It gave Ashley and I such great material to work on, but was also so great to work on these characters relationship with each other.
Favorite memory from the show?
JR: Just the big family that we created. We were all so close (and still are) and we all loved coming to work. I miss seeing all of their faces every day at 5:45am.
If you google your name a video of Beau Mirchoff comes up and he talks about how he used to lock you in your trailer- did that happen often? Do you have any other cast behind the scenes prank story’s?
JR: Ugh. It didn’t happen often. It happened just enough to keep me frustrated but not enough that I started to question what was going on. The other best prank story was beau and I put a whoopi cushion under Brett’s couch seat, so while we were filming he sat down in the scene and thought he farted. And he truly thought it was him too. It was awesome.
Have you ever been really star struck by anyone you’ve worked with?
JR: I worked with Jason Ritter on a project called Ghost Girls and was super stoked because I was a huge John Ritter fan. He looks so much like his dad, it was surreal
You were stuck in a jumper in a dressing room- where are your favorite places to shop?
JR: DON'T REMIND ME! I shop almost exclusively at forever 21. I love affordable fashion because it allows me to mix it up all the time.
Tell me about your blog and what you like to talk about?
JR: I launched the blog in January as a way to connect further with my followers. I like to cover Fashion, beauty, mental health, relationships, or anything my readers specially request!
Do you have anything coming up we can look it for you in?
JR: I voice Naomi on Disney Channel’s Elena of Avalor which airs on Disney on Saturday mornings!
Your insta photos are so beautiful, do you use any types of filters to make them look so exquisite?
JR: Thank you, that’s the best compliment! I shoot all my photos on a Canon 7D for quality, and I edit them in Lightroom which is a photoshop program!
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