Gracie Gillam

Gracie Gillam (born Grace Victoria Phipps; May 4, 1992), formerly credited as Grace Phipps, is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is well known for starring in the Disney Channel movies Teen Beach Movie and Teen Beach 2. Early life Gillam was born in Austin, Texas, to Kate and Gil Phipps. She has a younger brother named Liam. She was raised in Boerne, Texas and San Antonio, Texas. She graduated from Robert E. Lee High School's North East School of the Arts, where she majored in musical theater and graduated summa cum laude. She is currently an undergraduate student at Columbia University. In 2010, she won the Las Casas Performing Arts Scholarship Competition. A Los Angeles agent signed Gillam after seeing her star as Rizzo in a theater production of the musical Grease.