Gracie Gillam Biography
Gracie Gillam also credited as Grace Phipps is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for starring as Lela in Disney Channel’s Teen Beach Movie and Teen Beach 2. Before 2017, she used her birth name, Grace Phipps, professionally. She later changed her name because she wanted a stage name based on “Gilliam,” a family name.
Gracie Gillam Age
Gillam was born Grace Victoria Phipps on May 4, 1992, in Austin, Texas, U.S.A. She is 32 years old as of 2024. Gillam celebrates her birthday on May 4th.
Gracie Gillam Height
Gillam stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 2 inches.
Gracie Gillam Family
Gillam was born to Kate and Gilliam Phipps in Austin, Texas. She grew up in Boerne, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas alongside Liam Phipps.
Gracie Gillam Husband
Gillam got married to Nat Zang in May 2023 in Arizona. They shared news of their engagement in January 2022. The couple started dating in November 2017. Further, they co-starred in Z Nation where she portrayed Sgt Lilly while he portrayed 10K. Nat was born on March 4, 1996, and is 28 years old as of 2024.
Gracie Gillam Net Worth
Gillam has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an actress, singer, and dancer.
Gracie Gillam Teen Beach Movie
Gillam starred as Lela in Teen Beach Movie opposite Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell, a role she reprised in Teen Beach 2. Lela is a confident and spirited biker girl who develops a romantic relationship with Tanner, one of the surfer boys despite the rivalry between surfers and bikers.
Gracie Gillam Z Nation
Gillam starred as Sgt. Lilly in Syfy’s Z Nation from 2017 to 2018. St. Lilly helps her father in running the refugee camp. Following her father’s passing, she becomes involved with the chief survivor group and joins them on their journey of surviving in a post-apocalyptic world.
Gracie Gillam Education
Gillam studied at Robert E. Lee High School’s North East School of the Arts. There, she majored in Musical Theater and graduated summa cum laude. In 2016, she was an undergraduate student at Columbia University. In 2010, she clinched the Las Casas Performing Arts Scholarship Competition.
Gracie Gillam Career
Gillam relocated to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career after she graduated high school in 2010. She secured the role of Bee in DreamWorks’ Fright Night in 2011 after spending a week in Los Angeles. That same year, she initiated the regular role of Amy in ABC Family’s The Nine Lives of Chloe King. A Los Angeles agent signed her after seeing her performance as Rizzo in a theater production of Grease.
From 2012 to 2013, Gillam played the recurring role of April Young in the CW’s The Vampire Diaries, appearing in 10 episodes of SN 4. In 2013, she starred as Lela in Teen Beach Movie opposite Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell. She also appeared in several solos such as Falling for Ya. That same year, she starred in three episodes of ABC’s Baby Daddy as Megan, as Hael in Supernatural, and as Zoe in The Signal.
Gillam starred in Disney’s Austin & Ally episode, Directors & Divas, as Brandy Braxton in 2014. The following year, she reprised her role as Lela in Teen Beach 2 opposite Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton, and John DeLuca. That same year, she starred as Mona Wilson in Dark Summer.
Gillam portrayed a troubled teen cheerleader in Some Kind of Hate in 2015. That same year, she starred in three episodes of Fox’s Scream Queens as Mandy. She also starred as Alice in Paul Solet’s Tales of Halloween. Additionally, she starred in CSI: Cyber as Vanessa Gillerman and Erica Young in Hawaii Five-0. She appeared on the cover of the June/July 2015 issue of Girls’ Life. She starred as Sgt. Lilly in Syfy’s Z Nation from 2017 to 2018.
Music
Gillam performed some of the songs in Teen Beach Movie soundtrack like Falling for Ya, Cruisin’ for a Bruisin, Like Me, Meant to Be, and Coolest Cats in Town. The soundtrack entered the Billboard 200 chart at number eight in July 2013.
Falling for Ya and Cruisin’ for a Bruisin hit topped Billboard’s Kid Digital charts for weeks. Further, Falling for Ya hit #25 on the Heatseekers Songs chart and #66 on the Hot Digital Songs chart.
During her appearance in the Austin & Ally episode, Directors & Divas, she performed The Pilot and the Mermaid with Ross Lynch. Her song Gotta Be Me from Teen Beach 2 won her a 2015 Teen Choice Song from a Movie or TV Show Award nomination in 2015.
Gracie Gillam Movies and TV Shows
Gillam starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as
- The Signal
- Baby Daddy
- Supernatural
- Dark Summer
- The Lost Weekend
- Scream Queens
- Scream Queens
- Stolen In Plain Sight
- Superhost
Gracie Gillam Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and often posts on her Instagram and Twitter. She has over 610K followers on Instagram and over 99K on Twitter.