Meg Donnelly
American actress (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meg Elizabeth Donnelly[2] (born July 25, 2000[3]) is an American actress. She played Taylor Otto in the ABC sitcom American Housewife (2016–2021), Addison Wells in the Disney Channel film series Zombies (2018–present), and Mary Campbell in the CW television series The Winchesters (2022–2023).
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| Born | Meg Elizabeth Donnelly July 25, 2000 New York City, U.S.[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Website | megdonnelly |
Early life
Donnelly was born in New York City and grew up in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey.[1][4] She is an only child.[5] She began training in voice, dance and acting at the Annie’s Playhouse School of Performing Arts in Far Hills, New Jersey at the age of six. She has appeared as a featured vocalist in several Kids of the Arts, Broadway Kids and Time To Shine productions in New York City.[6] While in New York, to better communicate with Japanese exchange students at her high school, she began learning their language, later releasing one of her singles in Japanese.[7]
Career
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Donnelly co-starred as Ash in the 2013 Netflix series Team Toon.[1] She was the American face of Clean and Clear's 2015 Awkward to Awesome campaign,[1] and was the understudy for the role of Louisa von Trapp in the NBC television special The Sound of Music Live!.[8] She starred in the 2015 Nickelodeon pilot Future Shock, but it was not sold.[9]
Donnelly played the starring role of Taylor Otto in the ABC sitcom American Housewife from 2016 to 2021.[10] She replaced actress Johnny Sequoyah who played the character in the series' pilot.[11] Critics cited this as Donnelly's breakout role.[12][13] She then appeared in the independent film The Broken Ones, which premiered at the 2017 SOHO International Film Festival.[14][15]
Donnelly stars as Addison in the Disney Channel Original Movie musical Zombies, which premiered on February 16, 2018.[16][17] She then released her debut single, "Smile," on August 5, 2018.[18][19] On March 1, 2019, she released her second single, "Digital Love".[20] She reprises the role of Addison in the sequels Zombies 2,[21] which premiered on Disney Channel on February 14, 2020; Zombies 3, which was released in July and August 2022 on Disney+ and Disney Channel, respectively;[22] and the upcoming sequel Zombies 4, which was greenlit in February 2024 with Donnelly set to executive produce.[23][24][25]
In 2022, Donnelly was cast as Mary Campbell, the future mother of Dean and Sam Winchester, in the Supernatural spin-off The Winchesters,[26] which was picked up to series by The CW in May and cancelled after one season.[27][28] Also in 2022, she played the recurring role of Val in the Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.[29] In 2023, she voiced Kara Zor-El / Supergirl in the film Legion of Super-Heroes, a role she reprised the following year in the Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths trilogy.[30][31] Donnelly subsequently was among the finalists to play Supergirl in the live action film Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, though the part was ultimately given to Milly Alcock.[32][33]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Broken Ones | Lilly Kelly | Independent film |
| 2023 | Legion of Super-Heroes | Kara Zor-El / Supergirl | Voice role |
| 2024 | Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths | Kara Zor-El / Supergirl | Voice role |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Young Jacklyn | 1 episode |
| Team Toon | Ash | Main role | |
| 2015 | Future Shock | Annie | Unsold pilot |
| 2015–2016 | What Would You Do? | Various | 3 episodes |
| 2016–2021 | American Housewife | Taylor Otto | Main role |
| 2018 | Zombies | Addison Wells | Television film |
| 2020 | Zombies 2 | Addison Wells | Television film |
| Spider-Man | Scream | Voice role; episode: "Maximum Venom" | |
| 2020–2021 | Zombies: Addison's Monster Mystery | Addison Wells | Voice role |
| 2021 | Bunk'd | Priscilla Preston | Episode: "Frien'ds Forever" |
| 2022 | Zombies 3 | Addison Wells | Television film; also co-producer |
| High School Musical: The Musical: The Series | Val | Recurring role | |
| 2022–2023 | The Winchesters | Mary Campbell | Main role |
| 2023–present | Zombies: The Re-Animated Series | Addison Wells | Voice role |
| 2025 | Chibiverse | Addison Wells | Voice role; episode: "Cheer Up Chibis" |
| Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires | Addison Wells | Television film; also executive producer |
Personal life
In February 2024, Donnelly confirmed she was in a relationship with American actor and The Winchesters costar, Drake Rodger.[34]
References
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