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Chandler Kinney

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“ ... It’s superiorly special when a moment brings us together as a reminder that many of us have the same scars & fears…the same hopes & dreams. there’s so much that connects us as we move through this life…i don’t know about you but that makes me feel less alone. that’s all we ever wanted to do with this show. & because it wouldn’t be PLL without a classic ill-timed Tabby movie reference…I’ll leave you with this: “to quote Chucky, friends til the end.” and I mean that. ”
— Chandler Kinney[1]

Chandler Kinney (born August 3, 2000) is an American actress who portrayed Tabby Haworthe in the Pretty Little Liars spinoff, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.

History[]

Chandler was born in Sacramento CA and raised in southern California. She is a skilled actress, producer, and singer, who began her professional career in myriad of television spots. She guest starred in American Horror Story, 90210, The Haunted Hathaways, and had a major role in Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street and Lethal Weapon. Chandler became a Disney idol after her 2010 role in Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2, a series that spawned several spin-offs and role reprisals. In 2020, she was cast as Tabby Hayworth in the HBO Max original series, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. The series aired for two highly successfully seasons before its cancelation in 2024.

In late 2024, Chandler competed on Season 33 of Dancing With the Stars. She was paired with long-time professional dancer Brandon Armstrong, and placed third overall.

Filmography[]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 American Horror Story Older Julia 1 episode
90210 Olivia 1 episode
2014 The Haunted Hathaways Mirabelle Recurring role
2015 Girl Meets World Vanessa 1 episode
2014-2016 Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Catherine Dillman Main role
2016-2019 Lethal Weapon Riana Murtaugh Main role
2017 K.C. Undercover Monique 2 episodes
2020 ZOMBIES 2: Wolf Tales Willa Main role
2021 ZOMBIES: Addison's Monster Mystery Willa 6 episodes
The Ghost and Molly McGee Tammy Myers (voice) 1 episode
2022 Robot Chicken Buttercop, MJ, Animal Adoption Woman (voice) 1 episode
2022-2024 Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Tabby Hayworth Main role
2023 ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series Shorts Willa (voice) 5 episodes
2024 ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series Willa (voice) 11 episodes

Film

Year Title Role
2012 Battlefield America Chantel
2013 Company Town (TV Movie) Ally McKinley
2020 ZOMBIES 2 (TV Movie) Willa
2022 ZOMBIES 3 Willa
2025 ZOMBIES 4 Willa
TBD Hidden Secrets 4: Back in Time (TV Movie) Mariah

Discography[]

Chandler Kinney has a notable discography of over 19 songs from her success on the Disney original series ZOMBIES and its respective spin-off and iterations. Below is a condensed list of her songs.

Year Title Notes
2020 We Own the Night ZOMBIES 2 soundtrack
Call to the Wild
Like the Zombies Do
Put the Happy in the Holidays First single
2022 Come on Out ZOMBIES 3 soundtrack
2024 Back 2 Back ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series soundtrack
Brighter With You
We Own the Night (The Re-Animated Remix) Single from ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

  • She was among the first two actresses cast in the series. She shared an announcement alongside Maia Reficco.
  • Chandler did not attend the red carpet event for Pretty Little Liars: Summer School (Season 2) because she was in New Zealand filming ZOMBIES 4.
  • Chandler is the fourth PLL cast member to compete on Dancing With The Stars following Brant Daugherty (Season 17, 5th place), Janel Parrish (Season 19, 3rd place), and Sasha Pieterse (Season 25, 10th place).
    • Chandler placed third in Season 33.
  • PLL was the first YA show that Chandler watched.[2]
    • While she liked Ezria at the time of watching the series, she realized later how problematic that relationship was.
  • When reflecting on the series, Chandler admitted that, while the cast loved each other, the show, and the characters they were playing, they were all in dark places at the time because of how dark the plots were. She is very proud of reaching people who felt isolated by their experiences and reminding them they weren't alone.[2]
    • She tried to put herself in Tabby's heart as much as possible, especially during the sexual assault plot lines, which added to the darkness Chandler felt during filming.
    • Season 1 was especially difficult because of the Winter months they filmed during. It left the cast feeling more isolated because they were in Upstate New York, surrounded by mountains, with not much to do. It took nine months to film the 10-episode season. They had one month off for the holiday. Each cast member contracted COVID-19 at some point during filming, but the set never shut down as they kept the cast on rotations to avoid spreading. There was a time when Chandler was the only one who hadn't caught it, so she had to be incredibly safe and cautious. She didn't go outside or socialize the entire time.
  • She has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do and was going for her second degree until she got a black eye a week before she was meant to film something.[2]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Instagram: Part of Chandler's "goodbye" to PLL.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 YouTube (The Squeeze): Chandler Kinney: Balancing Roles and Real Life
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