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Janel Parrish Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Husband, Family, Career& More)

Janel Parrish is an American actress and singer who is well-known for her portrayal of Mona Vanderwaal in the famous series Pretty Little Liars in the year of 2010.

Hallmark Channel hired Janel Parrish for the movie Holly & Ivy in 2020. Which was her first Hallmark movie, where she worked with popular actor Jeremy Jordan.

Later Janel worked in many popular Hallmark Channel movies and series like Right in Front of Me, Coyote Creek Christmas, Family History Mysteries: Buried Past, etc

Janel Parrish BiographyPersonal Details

Full Name Janel Meilani Parrish
Nick Name Janel
Date of Birth October 30, 1988
Age 36 years as of October 2024
Birth Place Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Origin Residence Los Angeles, United States
Ethnicity Multiracial (Asian and White)
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Religion Christianity
Nationality American
Profession Actress and Singer
School
  • Moanalua High School
  • Moanalua Elementary School
Education Qualification Graduate
Net Worth USD 1 Million as of 2024
Marital Status Married
Debut
  • 1999 – Baywatch (Tv)
  • 2007 – Bratz (Film)

Physical Appearance

Eye Color Brown
Hair Color Black
Figure 34-25-34
Height 5’2″ Feet
Weight 53 kg
Dress Size 4 (US)
Shoe Size 6.5 (US)

Personal Life (Family, Friends, Boyfriends, Children)

Father Mark Parrish
Mother Joanne Parrish
Sibling Melissa Nohelani (Sister)
Girlfriends/Affairs
  • Justin Altamura
  • Val Chmerkovskiy (2014)
  • Payson Lewis (2013-2014)
  • Brant Daugherty (2010-2013)
Husband Chris Long ​(married in 2018)

Early Life, Family, and Relationship

Janel Parrish was born on 30th October 1988 and was born in Oahu, Hawaii, USA.  Janel Meilani Parrish is the birth name of Janel Parrish. She grew up in Honolulu in her teens in California.

Janel Parrish with her mom
Janel Parrish with her dad

Her mother Joanne is Chinese and is actually of Han Chinese descent. Janel’s father Mark Parish is German and Irish and also of English descent and she has one sister named Melissa Nohelani. Melissa is older than her by eight years and her name is Melissa Nohelani.

Janel Parrish with her sister

Her sister had served as an officer in U.S. Army and her parents were bodybuilders previously also a notable thing is her mother was working in a Honolulu health club. When she was six years old she saw a production at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center which was The Phantom of the Opera and fell in love with the performance.

Janel Parrish started playing the piano and within a year he was also studying, acting, and singing. She has entered talent contests and has become well-known to local Oahu residents.

Janel Parrish with her grandma

When she was at the age of fourteen she was on the remake of Star Search in the year of 2003 and performed the song On My Own and Les Miserables.

She has attended Moanalua Elementary School. As for her high school, she went to Moanalua High School for her freshman year.

She was living in Kaneohe, Hawaii till she was at the age of fourteen and her family moved to Burbank in Los Angeles so she could pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Education

She was also studying acting, and singing and was in tap dance and jazz dance too. She was educated at Moanalua Elementary and Moanalua High School. Janel was left after ninth grade to be homeschooled and when she was fourteen she shifted to Los Angeles with her family. In that very year, she also entered the talent competition Star Search in the year of 2003 and never progressed further from the first round.

Janel Parrish with her husband Chris Long

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Career, Struggle, Turning Point, and Success

Actress Janel Parrish was starting her acting career in the year of 1996 and it was in the role of Young Cosette in Les Miserables.

Which was her first performance on the US national tour then she transferred to Broadway production and she subsequently guest starred in various TV series before landing her breakthrough role as Jade in Bratz in the year 2007.

Janel Parrish Hallmark Movies

Premiere Date Hallmark Movies Prime Videos/ DVD link
December 7, 2024 Sugarplummed (CtC) Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish
October 12, 2024 Haunted Wedding (FiL) Janel Parrish and Dominic Sherwood
November 4, 2023 Never Been Chris’d (CtC) Cast- Janel Parrish and Tyler Hynes
January 08, 2023 Family History Mysteries: Buried Past Cast- Niall Matter, Janel Parrish
October 30, 2021 Coyote Creek Christmas (CtC) Janel Parrish and Ryan Paevey
April 17, 2021 Right in Front of Me Janel Parrish and Marco Grazzini
November 1, 2020 Holly & Ivy (MoC) Janel Parrish and Jeremy Jordan

Janel Parrish Movies and TV Shows List:

Film:

Year Movies Name Worked As
Upcoming Sydney vs. Sean Sydney
2022 The Ray Faith
2022 Until We Meet Again Lisa Wagner
2021 Christmas Is Cancelled Brandy Barnes
2021 To All the Boys: Always and Forever Margot Covey
2020 Mighty Oak Gina Jackson
2020 To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You Margot Covey
2018 Tiger Charlotte
2018 Hell Is Where the Home Is Estelle
2018 To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Margot Covey
2018 I’ll Be Watching Kate Riley
2012 Celeste and Jesse Forever Savannah
2011 4 Wedding Planners Hoku Wolf
2011 One Kine Day Leilani
2010 Triple Dog Cicely
2009 April Showers Vicki
2009 Fired Up! Lana
2007 Bratz Jade

Television Shows:

Year Title Worked As
2021 Coyote Creek Christmas Paige Parker
2021 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! Herself (host)
2021 Right in Front of Me Carly
2020 Holly & Ivy Melody
2020–2021 Magnum P.I. Maleah
2019 Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists Mona Vanderwaal
2018 I’ll Be Watching Kate Riley
2017 Rosewood Selena Monet
2016 Rush Hour Nina Taylor
2015 The Mysteries of Laura Jillian Havemeyer
2014 High School Possession Lauren Brady
2014 Dancing with the Stars Herself
2014 Drop Dead Diva Chelsea Putnam
2013 Hawaii Five-0 Rebecca Fine
2010–2017 Pretty Little Liars Mona Vanderwaal
2009 True Jackson, VP Kyla
2007–2008 Heroes May
2006 The O.C. Leah
2006 Zoey 101 Sara
2004 The Bernie Mac Show Laura
2003 Star Search Herself (Junior Singer)
2000 Geppetto Natalie
1999 Baywatch Hina

Music Videos:

Year Title Worked As
2015 When It’s Over Janel Parrish
2015 Lay Me Down Brian Justin Crum & Janel Parrish
2015 Come On Get Happy The Coca-Cola Artists
2007 She Said, I Said (Time We Let Go) NLT
2007 Rainy Day Janel Parrish
2007 Rockstar Prima J

Stage Shows:

Year Title Worked As
2017–2018 Grease Sandy Dumbrowski
2017 Cruel Intentions: The Musical Cecile Caldwell
2017 A Walk to Remember: The Musical Jamie Sullivan
2015 Cruel Intentions: The Musical Kathryn Merteuil
2012 Spring Awakening Anna
2001 On Dragonfly Wings Wendy Waterbug
2000 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Beth Bradley
1999 Here’s Love Susan Walker
1998 To Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch
1996 Les Misérables Young Cosette

Awards & Achievements

  • In 2012 she won the Teen Choice Award For Choice TV Villain.
  • In 2013 also she won the Teen Choice Award For Choice TV Villain.
  • In 2016 and 2017 she won Teen Choice Award For Choice TV Villain.

Unknown Facts

  • Janel’s mother is of Chinese descent and her father is Caucasian.
  • When she was a six-year-old child she started to begin piano lessons within a year of time.
  • On September 2018, Actress Janel Parrish got married with Chris Long at Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii and Janel’s husband is a Chemical Engineer.
  • Janel’s Father-in-law was killed by a drunk driver.
  • She loves dogs and has a pet dog.

Janel Parrish Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Husband, Family, Career& More)

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