
Malese Jow (born Elizabeth Melise Jow) was born February 18th, 1991 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is an American actress, singer and song writer. Malese moved to California with her mother and siblings when she was 9 years old.
Malese Jow, at the young age of 6, appeared on ‘Barney’ and ‘Dellaventura’, but her acting career took off when she landed the role of, Geena Fabiano in the hit Nickelodeon tv series, ‘Unfabulous’ alongside
Malese also appeared in, ‘Bratz, The Movie’, as Quinn and has guest starred on, ‘Wizards Of Waverly Place’, portraying the role of famous actress, Ruby Donahue.
In 2008 she participated as a guest on, ‘The Young & The Restless’ as Hannah, and in 2009 she portrayed, Look-alike Carly on ‘iCarly’, again another popular Nickelodeon show. She was also on, ‘The Secret Life Of The American Teenager’ as Gail and Hannah Montana as Rachel. Malese had a cameo in the movie, ‘
In 2010, Malese secured her spot in the hearts of almost everyone when she appeared in the first season of ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (On the CW). She
played the part of Anna, a vampire that seems to have evil intentions,
but really just wanted to set her mother, Pearl free.
She
tried to use Jeremy to approach Stefan & Damon Salvatore and Elena
Gilbert, but really ends up falling for Jeremy instead. Anna was
reunited with her mother for a short period of time before her mother is
ultimately killed.
In the season finale, Anna tells Jeremy that she plans to leave,
and gives him a vial of her blood so that he can become a vampire and
join her. The season ends with Anna doing her part in an attempt to
protect Jeremy and the citizens of Mystic Falls from an imminent vampire
attack when she is captured and killed by Jeremy's uncle, John.
As for her singing career Malese has the following singles available on her Official ‘
Her singles include;
Caught Up In You
Mista DJ
Where you Belong Feat Joe Jonas
Go Go
Left Waiting
Hey Oh
No Better, and Red Light