Skyler Samuels | |
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Samuels at Comic-Con in 2015
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Born |
Skyler Rose Samuels April 14, 1994 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2004–present |
Television |
Skyler Rose Samuels (born April 14, 1994) is an American actress, best known for her roles in the television series Wizards of Waverly Place, The Gates, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, and Scream Queens.
Samuels is the daughter of Kathy, a producer for unscripted series, and Scott, a U.S. marshal. She has three brothers, Cody, Harrison, and Jack, and one sister, Heather.
She studied Marketing and Intellectual Property at Stanford University. Taking off a quarter to film Scream Queens, she returned to school in January 2016 and graduated in June 2016. She was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Samuels held a recurring role as Gertrude "Gigi" Hollingsworth in Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel. She then appeared in the films The Stepfather (2009) and Furry Vengeance (2010). She also starred in two series cancelled in their first season: the ABC series The Gates as Andie Bates and the ABC Family series The Nine Lives of Chloe King, in which she played Chloe.
Samuels next appeared in the recurring role of Bonnie Lipton in the fourth season of the FX horror series American Horror Story. She co-starred with Mae Whitman and Bella Thorne in the high school comedy film The Duff (2015). She played a leading role in season one of the FOX horror comedy series Scream Queens.