Chandler Kinney | |
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Kinney in 2022 | |
Born | (2000-08-03) August 3, 2000 (age 24) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Years active | 2012–present |
Chandler Kinney (born August 3, 2000) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Willa in Disney's Z-O-M-B-I-E-S franchise and Tabby Haworthe in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.
Early life and education
Kinney was born on August 3, 2000, in Sacramento, California. She started dancing when she was three, and is trained in tap, jazz and hip-hop. She studied dance at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. She began acting at age nine. She also has a black belt in martial arts.
Kinney and her mother founded the organization Chandler's Friends, which helps disadvantaged youths. She was homeschooled, and took a gap year before she studied at UCLA.
Career
Throughout her early acting career, she had guest roles on the Disney Channel shows Girl Meets World and K.C. Undercover, and the Nickelodeon show The Haunted Hathaways. Her first major role was as Catherine Dillman in Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street. She then went on to star as Riana Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon. In 2020, she joined the Z-O-M-B-I-E-S franchise as Willa, a werewolf who first appears in Zombies 2.
In July 2021, Kinney was announced to be starring in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, a 2022 spinoff of Pretty Little Liars. It was announced she would be playing Tabby, an aspiring director and horror movie buff.
Dancing with the Stars
On September 4, 2024, Kinney was announced as a contestant on season 33 of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with professional dancer Brandon Armstrong. Earning both the highest cumulative points based on judges' scores and the first perfect score of the season, Kinney and Armstrong are the first Black partnership in Dancing with the Stars history to advance to the finale. Their freestyle routine was the show's first performance to feature an ensemble cast of all-Black dancers.
Week # | Dance / Song | Judges' scores | Result | ||||
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Inaba | Hough | Tonioli | Guest | Total | |||
1 | Tango / "Hot to Go!" | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | No elimination | |
2 | Rumba / "What Was I Made For?" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Safe | |
3 | Cha-cha-cha / "It's Tricky" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | No elimination |
Jive / "We're Not Gonna Take It" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 33 | Safe | |
4 | Contemporary / "I Hope You Dance" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
5 | Paso doble / "We Own the Night" Team Freestyle / "I 2 I" |
9 9 |
9 9 |
9 9 |
27 27 |
Safe | |
6 | Viennese waltz / "Secret" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | Safe | |
7 | Argentine tango / "Para Te" Instant Cha-cha-cha / "Apple" |
10 10 |
10 10 |
10 10 |
30 30 |
Safe | |
8 | Salsa / "Spicy Margarita" Foxtrot / "Too Sweet" |
10 9 |
9 10 |
10 10 |
29 29 |
No elimination | |
9 | Jive / "APT" Freestyle / "Hellzapoppin" & "Move On Up" |
10 10 |
10 10 |
10 10 |
30 30 |
3rd place |
Kinney and Armstrong ultimately finished in third place on November 26, 2024, behind runners-up Ilona Maher and her partner Alan Bersten, and winners Joey Graziadei and his partner Jenna Johnson.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Battlefield America | Chantel | |
2013 | Company Town | Ally McKinley | Television movie |
2020 | Zombies 2 | Willa | |
2022 | Zombies 3 | ||
TBD | Hidden Secrets 4: Back in Time | Mariah | Television movie, in production |
TBD | Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires | Willa |
Short films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Zombies 2: Wolf Tales | Willa | Voice role |
Addison's Moonstone Mystery | |||
2021 | ZOMBIES: Addison's Monster Mystery | ||
2023 | Zombies: The Re-Animated Series Shorts | ||
2024-present | Zombies: The Re-Animated Series |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | American Horror Story | Older Julia | Episode: "Madness Ends" |
90210 | Olivia | Episode: "You Can't Win Em All" | |
2014 | The Haunted Hathaways | Mirabelle | 6 episodes |
2014–2016 | Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street | Catherine Dillman | Main role |
2015 | Girl Meets World | Vanessa | Episode: "Girl Meets Texas: Part 2" |
2016–2019 | Lethal Weapon | Riana Murtaugh | Main role |
2017 | K.C. Undercover | Monique | 2 episodes |
2021 | The Ghost and Molly McGee | Tammy Myers (voice) | Episode: "Howlin' Harriet/The (Un)natural" |
2022 | Robot Chicken | Buttercup, MJ, Animal Adoption Woman (voice) | Episode: "May Cause a Squeakquel" |
2022–2024 | Pretty Little Liars | Tabitha "Tabby" Haworthe | Main role |
2024 | Dancing with the Stars | Herself | 3rd Place on season 33 |
References
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- Mediaplanet (July 18, 2019). "How Chandler Kinney Is Prepping for Her New Role as a College Freshman". Education and Career News. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
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- "Chandler Kinney, Brandon Armstrong earn season's 1st perfect scores on 'Dancing with the Stars'". ABC30 Fresno. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
- LaCapria, Kim (November 23, 2024). "Chandler And Brandon Just Made DWTS History, And We're So Excited". TheThings. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- Baker, Kamrin (November 27, 2024). "Dancing with the Stars finalists perform first-ever all-Black ensemble dance in show's history". Good Good Good. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
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