BIRTHDAY: 22 December, 1998
BIRTH PLACE: Boston , Suffolk , Massachusetts
COUNTRY: United States
AGE (in 2019): 20 Years Old
BIRTH SIGN: Capricorn
HEIGHT: in centimeters- 161 cm
in meters- 1.61 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 3”
WEIGHT: in Kilograms- 48 kg
in Pounds- 105.82 lbs
Genevieve Hannelius, better known as G Hannelius (born December 23, 1998) is an American/Swedish actress and singer. She starred as Avery Jennings in the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog. Prior to this, she had recurring roles in the Disney Channel series Sonny with a Chance and Good Luck Charlie. She has also starred in Leo Little's Big Show and has done voice work as Rosebud in the Air Buddies films. She also guest starred in Disney Channel's series Jessie.
Early life:
Genevieve Knight Hannelius was born on 22nd December 1998 in Boston, Massachusetts to Kathy and Paul Hannelius. She is of half Swedish descent and lived in Boston until she was three. She has a younger sister named Michelle.
She moved with her parents to Falmouth, Maine after three and spent most of her childood there. She loved performing at school and local events from an early age.
With immense talent as a performer, she took to theatre quite naturally. During her early acting years she was handed the role of Madeline in the play ‘Madeline’s Rescue’ and also played Jenny in ‘Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing’.
Her parents encouraged her to participate in local plays and attended all of them to cheer her on. Realising that their daughter had great potential as an actress, they took her to Los Angeles to meet an agent.
Her family decided to settle down there to help Hannelius pursue her career with ease. In 2008, they moved to Los Angeles permanently.
However, that year America was hit with recession and the industry wasn’t doing too well. She still managed to get offers and for the first time starred on national television in a ‘Aquarium of the Pacific’ advertisement.
Career:
Hannelius' theater roles include playing Madeline in the Children's Theater of Maine's production of Madeline's Rescue in summer 2002. and Jenny in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing with Children's Theatre of Maine and Maine State Music Theater. She moved to California for three months to try out for auditions, and was so successful that her family relocated permanently to Los Angeles in 2008. Hannelius is an alumna of the Los Angeles-based Young Actor's Studio.
Hannelius played Courtney Patterson on the sitcom Surviving Suburbia, playing the daughter of Bob Saget's character. She had a recurring role on Sonny with a Chance, a Disney Channel original series as Dakota Condor, a guest role on Hannah Montana as a fan named Tiffany and a recurring role on Good Luck Charlie as Jo Keener. She also played Emily Pearson in the Disney Channel original film Den Brother in 2010, and was the voice talent of Rosebud in Spooky Buddies and the following films Treasure Buddies and Super Buddies.
In February 2011, she was cast for a lead role in the pilot of the High School Musical spin-off series Madison High, however the pilot was not picked up to series. In 2012, she played Avery Jennings on the Disney Channel series Dog with a Blog, it premiered on October 12, 2012. In 2014, she guest starred as Mad Mack on the Disney Channel series Jessie and voiced Lady Joy on the Disney Junior series Sofia the First.
Hannelius has several singles available on the iTunes Store and Google Play. Staying Up All Night was her first release in 2011. Since then seven more have been released. Hannelius has written six of her songs. She performed the song "Friends Do" on the Disney sitcom Dog With a Blog, which was played on Radio Disney in May 2014, and released on iTunes the following September.