Jillian Murray is an actress who has become famous for her acting talent which is rather ageless and overwhelming. She has appeared in films and television shows such as Sonny with a Chance, Forget Me Not, and Wild Things: Foursome. She began her career in 2003 when she was just 19 years old and has since held more than 30 film and television roles. More so, she also had video game roles.
Apart from being an actress, she is also known by some as the wife of Australian-South African singer-songwriter Dean Geyer. The two have been married since 2017.
Biography of Jillian Murray
It was on June 4, 1984 that Jillian Murray was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. She was raised by a Scottish mother and an Irish father alongside her sister Meghan Murray.
Jillian grew up in Wyomissing in Berks County before her family moved to Tucson, Arizona. For her education, Murray went to Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School, which is the same high school attended by some stars including Dave Weiner and Taylor Swift. There is, however, no information as to whether she continued her education after high school.
Regarding her acting career, Jillian made her film debut in 2003 when she played the role of Natashia in the movie Deep Toad. In 2005, she was Fifty Pills playing the role of Jayne, followed by an appearance as Briana in A Night With You also the same year. She starred in many other films in the years that followed, including The Fun Park (2006), Pretty Little Devils and An American Song in 2008, American High School, Draggers Knuckle, Forget Me Not, and The Graves All in 2009.
In 2011, she appeared in Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown as the day before and subsequently she was in Badass (2012), Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014), The Squeeze (2015), and Windsor Drive (2015).
On TV, Jillian Murray made her debut in an episode of Drake and Josh in 2006. Along with other TV shows under her belt, her popular roles were in Sonny with a Chance (2009), Murder in the First (2015 ), Code Black (2015 to 2017), and A Dangerous Date (2018). She is Dr. Liara T’Soni in the video games Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect 2 (2010), and Mass Effect 3 (2012).
Apart from acting, she is also a chess champion on the one hand and a car enthusiast on the other; she used to race on the drag strip.
Spouse (Dean Geyer)
Jillian Murray is already a family woman married to her husband, Dean Geyer. The two have quite an interesting love story.
The first time they met was on the set of their movie Never Back Down 2. Immediately after seeing each other, the twofell in love and within a week they were already an article. As simple as their meeting was, their love grew stronger and stronger over the next 7 years.
In 2016, Geyer got down on one knee and proposed to his better half who, predictably, said yes. However, it wasn’t until 9 months later that they finally walked down the aisle as man and woman. The wedding took place in the Santa Ynez Valley. Although it was a very big day for the two lovers, the ceremony was not so elaborate as only 75 people, including friends and family of the couple, were invited.
Looking at both, one can easily believe that either is the only person the other has ever known. However, before meeting her spouse, she dated Ashley Parker Angel from 2009 to 2010 when she met her husband. For his part, Dean Geyer dated singer Lisa Origliasso whom he even hired for a brief time in 2008 before going their separate ways.
other facts
Husband
Dean Geyer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa as the eldest of three children on March 20, 1986. His family moved to Australia when he was still young. He started music since childhood and is also an actor who has more than 10 TV shows under his belt.
Net value
Needless to say, Jillian Murray is a hardworking actress who has appeared in numerous productions since she started her career nearly two decades ago. It is thanks to this that she has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
the size
A beautiful woman, Murray is not necessarily the tallest one will come across as she stands at a height of 5ft 2in (1.57m).