Victoria Justice

Victoria Dawn Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress and singer.

She has received several accolades, including two Young Artist Awards and nominations for three Imagen Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and three Kids' Choice Awards.

Justice made her acting debut with a guest appearance on the comedy drama series Gilmore Girls (2003), and rose to fame on Nickelodeon, playing Lola Martinez on the comedy drama series Zoey 101 (2005–2008), Tori Vega on the teen sitcom Victorious (2010–2013), and Jordan Sands in the television comedy horror film The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010).

She and her family moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, in 2003.

While filming Victorious, Justice attended Cleveland High School before completing her diploma through a home school program.

In 2003, Justice began her acting career when she was 10 years old, making a guest appearance on the Gilmore Girls episode "The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles".

Justice portrayed Jill No. 2, a walk-on role.

After her appearance in the series, her family moved to Los Angeles, when Justice began to pursue a career in acting.

The following year, Justice guest-starred on the second episode of the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in which she played a young pageant contestant named Rebecca.

Later, Justice was cast as Stella, a young girl who begins seeing visions of Mary Magdalene, in Aaron Ruell's 2005 short film Mary.

In 2005, Justice was accepted into the musical theatre program at the Millikan Performing Arts Academy in Los Angeles.

She appeared in advertisements for companies such as Ralph Lauren, Gap, Guess, Mervyn's, Peanut Butter Toast Crunch, and Ovaltine.

During that same year, Justice landed a main role in the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 as Lola Martinez, a new student who is an aspiring actress.

On landing the role, she said, "I was extremely happy; I was bouncing up and down and screaming. That was a really great moment."

Justice's character was introduced in the second season on September 11, 2005.

She also made a cameo appearance in the R-rated film When Do We Eat?, and played the role of Rose in the Hallmark television film Silver Bells, the latter of which became a Hallmark Hall of Fame film.

In 2006, Justice made a guest appearance on an episode of Everwood in the episode "Enjoy the Ride".

Also in 2006, Justice played the supporting role of Holly in the thriller film The Garden.

The film was met with negative reviews from critics.

Zoey 101 ended its run on May 2, 2008.

In music, Justice has recorded several songs for the soundtracks of her acting projects, including Victorious and the 2009 Nickelodeon musical Spectacular!.

In 2009, she announced plans to guest star on an episode of Nickelodeon's series The Naked Brothers Band.

The TV special, titled Valentine Dream Date, featured Justice portraying herself.

Justice did not record new music until 2009, when she starred in the Nickelodeon musical Spectacular!, in which Justice performs three songs.

The film aired on Nickelodeon on February 16, 2009.

The film became one of Nickelodeon's most popular movies, attracting an audience 3.7million viewers on its premiere night.

After the success of The Naked Brothers Band special in which Justice guest starred, she appeared in another episode, "The Premiere", on April 11, 2009.

She later appeared in episodes of iCarly, True Jackson, VP, The Troop, and BrainSurge.

Justice announced in 2009 that she would be working on a thriller film, set for theatrical release.

Unlike initial plans of a theatrical release, the film had a limited preview release on December 12, 2009, and was returned to post production.

Ultimately the film's worldwide release was canceled.

Justice confirmed that she would be starring in her own musical show on Nickelodeon called Victorious, explaining the show's genesis thus: "I was on Zoey 101. When I was 12, Dan Schneider cast me as a new character, Lola Martinez. From there, I worked with him for three years, on three seasons of Zoey 101. And, after that, Dan found out that I could also sing and dance as well as act, so he thought it would be really cool to create a show for me on Nickelodeon, called Victorious."

The film received generally positive reviews from several critics and held a 76 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of 2011.

She subsequently appeared in the romantic comedy film The First Time (2012), the teen film Fun Size (2012), the comedy drama film Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2015), the teen comedy film The Outcasts (2017), the romance film Trust (2021), the comedy film Afterlife of the Party (2021), and the romantic comedy film A Perfect Pairing (2022), and also starred in the lead role of Lindy Sampson on the MTV thriller television series Eye Candy (2015).

Her debut single "Gold" was released in 2013.

Since 2013, Justice has lived with her parents in an Encino Hills home she purchased.

She took a seven-year hiatus from music, making her comeback with the track "Treat Myself", released in December 2020.

Victoria Dawn Justice is the daughter of Serene Reed and Zack Justice.

Her father is of English, German, and Irish descent; while her mother, originally from the Bronx, is of Puerto Rican ancestry.

She has a younger half-sister named Madison Grace Reed.