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Jessica Lowndes (born November 8, 1988) is a Canadian actress, pop singer and song writer. She is best known for her role as Adrianna Tate-Duncan on TV series 90210.
Personal life
Jessica Lowndes was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She studied at Pacific Academy in Surrey and was included on People magazine's list of World's Most Beautiful People of 2009, along with co-stars from the series 90210.
Jessica Lowndes is of English, Ukrainian and German descent.
Career
Acting
Lowndes got her acting debut in the 2005 TV movie, Saving Milly as Andrea Kondracke. This was followed by a guest role in an episode of Masters of Horror, she was later cast in a recurring role on the sitcom Alice, I Think. She has since made guest appearances on Kyle XY. Her next film role was a supporting role in the Lifetime movie To Have and to Hold released in 2006, this was followed in 2007 by a pilot called Pretty/Handsome which did not get picked up.
In 2008, Lowndes appeared in Autopsy and The Haunting of Molly Hartley along with a recurring role in the drama series Greek as Mandi. Lowndes also landed a recurring role in the series 90210 a spin-off of the 90s TV teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 as Adrianna Tate-Duncan. In November 2008, her role was upgraded to series regular.
Lowndes starred in the Canadian horror film Altitude in 2010. BuddyTV ranked her #58 on its TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011 list. She also stars in Devil's Carnival, an upcoming short film musical to be screened on tour beginning in April, 2012.
Singing
She has been playing the piano since she was five and writing music since she was nine years old. Lowndes made her musical debut in the pilot episode of TV series 90210 singing in the shows fictional school play, in the 2009 episode "Woman's Intuition". She serenaded her character's boyfriend, singing and playing the guitar. In the 90210 episode "What's Past is Prologue", Lowndes sang "Jolene" for a rock band audition. She also sang a few other songs as the lead female vocalist on 90210's "The Glorious Steinem"'s band. Lowndes also performed "One More Time" (featuring Diego González) in the 90210 episode "Meet the Parent" (season 2, episode 20, final scene). During season 4 of 90210, her single "Fool" was featured and sang by her character in the episode "Benefit of the Doubt".
In March 2009, she published the song Fly Away on her Myspace page. She was both the writer, singer and lead guitarist in the track.
In September 2009, Lowndes sang God Bless America at a Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium.
She was featured on rapper Ironik's single "Falling In Love", released on October 24, 2010.
In a May 2011 interview on OK! TV, Lowndes revealed that she was finishing off her album in the United Kingdom. She explained the album is "sexy, pop dance music, like Rihanna and Katy Perry." In mid-late 2011, her first single, "Fool" was released on iTunes. On November 11, 2011, Lowndes released another single titled "I Wish I Was Gay" on iTunes. The official music video which was directed by Frank E. Flowers, was released the same day on her YouTube channel. On January 25, 2012, she released her first EP featuring singles 'I Wish I Was Gay' and 'Nothing Like This', along with two new songs 'Stamp of Love' and 'Go Back'. The soundtrack from Devil's Carnival also features songs with Lowndes singing. On 14 May 2012, her single new The Other Girl premiered on Complex.com. The single will be released on iTunes on May 16 2012. Also she revealed that her debut album will be released later in the year, along with another EP.