Troian Avery Bellisario is an American actress. She currently stars as Spencer Hastings

Spencer Hastings

Spencer Hastings is a fictional character in the Pretty Little Liars book series. She is portrayed by Troian Bellisario in the ABC Family television adaption.-Characterization:...

 in the ABC Family

ABC Family

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 series Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars (TV series)

Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family...

.

Career

Bellisario made her acting debut in the 1988 film Last Rites

Last Rites (film)

Last Rites is a 1988 thriller film written and directed by Donald P. Bellisario and starring Tom Berenger.-Synopsis:Father Michael is a New York priest with close ties to the Mafia crime syndicate -- his father is a don. The priest's brother-in-law, a mafia boss, is murdered while having sex with...

at the age of 3. From 1990 to 2007, she guest starred on Quantum Leap, Tequila and Bonetti

Tequila and Bonetti

Tequila and Bonetti is an American comedy-drama series starring Jack Scalia. The series originally aired on CBS from January 17, 1992 to April 17, 1992...

, JAG

JAG (TV series)

JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...

, First Monday

First Monday

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and NCIS

NCIS (TV series)

NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...

, television series that were produced by her father Donald Bellisario

Donald Bellisario

Donald Paul Bellisario is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and sometimes wrote episodes for the TV series Magnum, P.I., Airwolf, Quantum Leap, JAG, and NCIS...

. In 1998, she co-starred with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen are American actresses and entrepreneurs.Both have appeared in television and films since infancy. Since then, they have continued their celebrity through numerous television programs, films, interviews, as well as commercial endorsements...

 in the film Billboard Dad

Billboard Dad

Billboard Dad is a 1998 American direct-to-video comedy film, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.-Plot:Set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler , who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister Tess , a member of a high diving team, who try various stratagems to get their widowed dad Max,...

. Beginning in 2006, Bellisario began appearing in a number of independent short films namely, Unspoken, Archer House and Intersect. In November 2009, Bellisario was cast as Spencer Hastings

Spencer Hastings

Spencer Hastings is a fictional character in the Pretty Little Liars book series. She is portrayed by Troian Bellisario in the ABC Family television adaption.-Characterization:...

 in the TV series Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars (TV series)

Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family...

based on the book series of the same name

Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars is a series of more than 10 young adult novels by Sara Shepard, from 1981–present, which have been made into a television show . The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader,...

 by Sara Shepard

Sara Shepard

Sara Shepard is an American author known for the bestselling Pretty Little Liars series of young-adult novels.-Biography:Shepard graduated from Downingtown West High School in Downingtown, Pennsylvania in 1995, and got her undergraduate degree from New York University. She later received an MFA...

. Her picture is sometimes shown on the CBS television show NCIS

NCIS (TV series)

NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...

 as Sarah McGee, the sister of Timothy McGee, played by real-life stepbrother (Sean Murray).

Personal life

Bellisario graduated from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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. Her mother is African American

African American

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,and her father is of Italian

Italy

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 and Serbian

Serbia

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 descent.

She is currently dating actor Patrick J. Adams

Patrick J. Adams

Patrick J. Adams is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Mike Ross in USA Network's series Suits.-Personal life:...

. The two met when Adams guest starred on Pretty Little Liars in 2010.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Last Rites Last Rites (film) Last Rites is a 1988 thriller film written and directed by Donald P. Bellisario and starring Tom Berenger.-Synopsis:Father Michael is a New York priest with close ties to the Mafia crime syndicate -- his father is a don. The priest's brother-in-law, a mafia boss, is murdered while having sex with...	Nuzo's daughter
1990	Quantum Leap	Teresa	1 episode
1992	Tequila and Bonetti Tequila and Bonetti Tequila and Bonetti is an American comedy-drama series starring Jack Scalia. The series originally aired on CBS from January 17, 1992 to April 17, 1992...	Teresa Garcia	1 episode
1998	JAG JAG (TV series) JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...	Erin Terry	1 episode
	Billboard Dad Billboard Dad Billboard Dad is a 1998 American direct-to-video comedy film, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.-Plot:Set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler , who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister Tess , a member of a high diving team, who try various stratagems to get their widowed dad Max,...	Kristen
2002	First Monday First Monday First Monday was a short-lived U.S. television midseason replacement drama centered on the U.S. Supreme Court. Like another 2002 series, "The Court," it was inspired by the prominent role the Supreme Court played in settling the 2000 presidential election...	Kimberly Baron	2 episodes
2005–2006	NCIS NCIS (TV series) NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...	Sarah McGee	2 episodes
2006	Unspoken	Jani
2007	Archer House	Tatum
2009	Intersect	Victoria
2010–present	Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars (TV series) Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family...	Spencer Hastings Spencer Hastings Spencer Hastings is a fictional character in the Pretty Little Liars book series. She is portrayed by Troian Bellisario in the ABC Family television adaption.-Characterization:...	Main role
2010	Consent	Amanda	Main role
2011	Peep World Peep World Peep World is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Barry W. Blaustein and starring an ensemble cast, including Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Ben Schwartz, Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Kate Mara, Judy Greer, Stephen Tobolowsky, Taraji P...	P.A.	post-production

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work nominated	Result
2011	Teen Choice Awards Teen Choice Awards The Teen Choice Awards, are an annual awards show that air on the Fox cable channel, that honor the year's biggest biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, voted by teen viewers aged 14 through 17. Winners receive an authentic full size surfboard designed with...	Choice Summer TV Star: Female	Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars (TV series) Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family...

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