Valentina Mila Taylor Tonkin Cowell Allen (born April 15, 1994) is an English-American-Australian actress, singer, songwriter, model, director, writer, dancer, producer, Youtuber, Tiktoker/Influencer, photographer and television personality. She is best known for her role as Hayley Potter, the younger sister of Harry Potter in the blockbuster film series (2001-2011), Athena Geller the twin sister of Ben Geller firstborn daughter of Ross Geller in Friends (1994-2004) and Brooklyn Mikaelson, the twin sister of Hope Mikaelson and daughter of Niklaus Mikaelson and her off-screen actor mother who plays her on-screen mother Hayley Marshall in The Originals (2013-2018) and Legacies (2018-).

Valentina Allen in an interview with the D'Amelio's
Valentina Allen with good friend Dixie D'Amelio in mid 2019


Early Life

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Allen was born and raised in Sydney, Australia on the 15th of April, 1994. Her parents are the American-English actor Skeet Cowell-Ulrich, name Ulrich adapted from his biological american father, and the Australian actress Phoebe Tonkin. She has three brothers, one older and two younger, actors Matthew Daddario, Cody Christian, and Thomas Holland while she had two younger sisters, actresses Troian Bellisario and Camila Mendes. As her father is American-English and her mother an Australian descent, the genes makes her nationality English-American-Australian.


Allen attended Hills Grammar Private School in Sydney, Australia from kindergarten through twelfth grade, where she was the valedictorian of her class as well as captain and quarterback of her football team, captain of the cheerleading, swimming, dance, volleyball and lacrosse team. Allen at the age of 3 began taking competitive dance, her favorites including hip hop, contemporary, tap, ballet and theatere. After high school, Allen attended NYU College in America for a couple months before changing to online courses along with her siblings, Matt who graduated Indiana University Bloomington in America, Tom who graduated Wimbledon College in England, Troian who graduated Vassar Collage in America and Camila who graduated NYU Tisch School Of The Arts along with Allen. Allen graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from NYU Tisch School Of The Arts in 2016.


Career

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Allen made her acting debut in the 2001-2011 blockbuster film series Harry Potter as Hayley Potter, the younger sister of Harry Potter. In the 1994-2004 television series Friends Allen was cast at the age of 10 alongside Cole and Dylan Sprouse who shared the role as her on-screen twin brother, Ben Geller, as Athena Geller the twin kids of Ross Geller and Carol Willick in Friends. In 2009, Allen, along with her twin brother Cody Christian, little sister Troian Bellisario and the family friend through Paul Wesley, Torrey DeVitto got cast in the TV Series Pretty Little Liars, as Allen got the role of Brealynn Hatings, the middle sister. In 2011, she co-starred with Tyler Posey in the TV Series Teen Wolf as the McCall twins, Scarlett ans Scott McCall. A year later, in 2012, Allen co-starred with Stephen Amell in the TV Series Arrow as the siblings with only a year difference Oliver and Olivianna Queen.


Beginning in 2008, Allen began in the film saga Twiligt as Elizabeth Cullen, the biological daughter of Carlisle Cullen and an unknown evolved, alpha lycanthrope werewolf, meaning Elizabeth was born a werewolf. At 9, Carlisle 'died' and was forced to leave to control his urge for human blood. At 11, Elizabeth's mother died of a ripped out heart. After fending for herself for 8 years, at 19, Elizabeth was turned by a nightwalker, making Elizabeth-Lizzie for short- the first hybrid of her kind.


Even though she was cast and palyed a role in a very bad film saga, Allen was cast alongside her former co-star Taylor Lautner and her now very close friend Lily Collins in the movie Abduction as Natalie Harper, biologically Price, the twin sister of Nathan Haper and both the twin kids of Martin Price.


In January 2016, Allen was cast as Katherine Lewis in the TV series Shadowhunters based on the book series; The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. In July 2017, Allen was cast alongside Danielle Rose Russell as the teen twins of Klaus Mikaelsom and Hayley Marshall, Brooklyn and Hope Mikaelson, the trybrid twins in The Originals season 5 ad the spin-off Legacies.


Throughout the years, Allen has been casted in multiple Avengers movies as Eleanor Stark, the teen daughter of billionaire Tony Stark and super hero Black Canary, who possesses the metagene, giving her a potent sonic attack that enables her to damage and stun foes or objects to the point of shattering metal. She possesses an incredible degree of control over her vocal cords. This enables her to mimic sounds and generate any sound she desires.


As her schedual wasn't busy enough, Allen alongside her former co-star Dominic Sherwood and off-screen father, Skeet, got cast in the TV Series Riverdale. She landed the role of Forsythia Pendleton 'Cynthia' Jones IIII, older sister of Forsythe Pendleton 'Jughead' Jones III and Jellybean, Dominic landing the role of Jonathan 'Jace' Cooper, the older brother of Betty Cooper and twin brother of Polly whilst her father landed the role of her on-screen father Forsythe Pendleton 'FP' Jones II.


As the show Arrow ended in early 2020 after an eight-season run, she continues her role as Olivianna Queen on The Flash.


As she plays Olivianna Queen on The Flash, Brooklyn Mikaelson on Legacies, her schedule has not been any easier as she continues to be a singer, songwriter, model, tiktoker/influencer, director, producer, dancer and Youtuber.

As her career as a television personality, throughout the years of her very busy schedule, she has been able to squeeze in different shows as she had been casted, alongside her uncle, through her paternal grandmother, Simon Cowell, and English Television Personaöity who created the show, to X factor, American Idol, Britain's Got Talent and American's Got Talent, not to mention her apperance on the TV show Ridiculousness alongside Chanel West Coast, Steelo Brim and Rob Dyrdek.


Personal Life

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Allen started dating singer tar Zayn Malik after they met on the set of the British Reality Show X-Factor in 2010 when Malik auditioned. The couple briefly split due to a small brawl after finding out about Allen's pregnancy in late 2015, but after Allen's guest appearance in Malik's music video Pillowtalk, Malik's guest apperance on the TV show Shadowhunters as a vampire and his apperance as her role Brooklyn's love interest on The Originals before he got killed off, the two got back together. In September 2016, Allen and Malik welcomed two twin boys, who we yet are aware of the names of, to the couple who answered with 'We want them to be able to have a normal childhood, away from the pressure of fame.'. After 2018, the couple have yet to been seeen out together, reason unknown.


Allen revealed in early January 2018 that she went through personal problems through high school, resulting in an eating disorder, self-harming problems, depression, anorexia and bipolar disorder. "I had a rough high school experiance. I did go to public school but as stuff, that'll come up soon, became harder I pleaded with my parents to go to private school. My pleas were heard and accepted. I was bullied, made fun of, insulted, laughed at, by some, beaten, and whatnot. Growing up, I was very easy manipulated and much of a pushover, so I belived them. I didn't want to turn to my mother or my big brother nor the rest of my family for help, so I turned to self-harming. Cutting. As the bullying at school got more and more, the disorders I was diagnosed with got more and more serious." She said.

"I was more insulted about being fat. Which I now realize is false because in the pictures I've seen from that time, you could see my ribs clear, I barely had any skin on my ribs. Me, who was diagnosed with anorexia, started to eat less to the time where I would eat nothing but an apple a day. Very often, I wouldn't even finish the apple, I'd take almost three small bites, not beaing able to take four without feeling sick to my stomach. If I had felt like I had eaten too much, I'd lock myself in the bathroom I had connected to my room or if anywhere I was had a bathroom, stick my fingers down my throat and throw up everything and the small contents I had eaten the past 24 hours. If anyone had commented that I'd eaten too much or too little I'd throw a fit and storm away. It was easy hiding everything from everyone and my family in public school but as I attended private school, they had more health meeting which meant it got harder and harder hiding everything I had done to my body from my family." She told us when she was questioned on Ellen.

"One day at set under filming Riverdale, I was doing a scene when I fainted, my mother was called straight away when I didn't wake up after two minutes. I was rushed to the hospital and the doctors informed my family about what they had seen and examed on my body, I was informed about me fainting, it was due to low blood pressure, not eating enough and dehydration. I was barely breathing and my heartrate was too slow. My family confronted me about why I had done what I had done, and I broke. After that, my parents, siblings, friends almost everyone had expressed their concerns and I apologized because at the time, I had barely thought about who I could hurt with my actions. I slowly got over the urge to jump back into the whole I was digged in but got over it eventually. Having the boys and seeing that I had loved ones around me that I could talk to had helped greatly."


Taking the insperation to speak up from her older sister, Bellisario also spoke up about that she went through personal problems through high school, resulting in an eating disorder and self-harming problems. "I was the youngest daughter, the perfect little girl," she said. "My school was a very intense college prep school. So it was about wanting to please my father and mother, siblings, uncle and wanting to be perfect to everybody." Bellisario spoke.

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Hayley Potter Main Role
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008 Twilight Elizabeth Cullen Main Role
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Hayley Potter Main Role
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Elizabeth Cullen Main Role
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
2011 Lemonade Mouth Taylor Main Role
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Hayley Potter Main Role
2011 Abduction Natalie Harper Main Role
2012 The Avengers Eleanor Stark/Black Canary Main Role
2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Elizabeth Cullen Main Role
2013 Teen Beach Movie McKenna Main Role
2014 Maleficent Alexandria Main Role
2015 Teen Beach 2 McKenna Main Role
2015 Descendants Ashley Parr Main Role
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Eleanor Stark/Black Canary Main Role
2017 Descendants 2 Ashley Parr Main Role
2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle Andrea Labonair Main Role
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Eleanor Stark/Black Canary Main Role
2019 Avengers: Endgame
2019 Descendants 3 Ashley Parr Main Role
2019 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Alexandria Main Role
2019 Jumanji: The Next Level Andrea Labonair Main Role


Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002-2004 Friends Athena Geller Recurring Role; 7 Episodes
2010-2017 Pretty Little Liars Brealynn Hastings Main role; 160 episodes
2011-2017 Teen Wolf Scarlett McCall Main Role; 100 episodes
2012-2020 Arrow Olivianna Queen/Heretica Main Role; 169 episodes
2016-2019 Shadowhunters Katherine Lewis Main Role; 55 episodes
2017-2018 The Originals Brooklyn Mikaelson Main Role, Season 5; 13 spisodes
2018- Legacies Brooklyn Mikaelson Main Role; 44 episodes- more to come
2017- Riverdale Forsythia Pendleton 'Cynthia' Jones IIII Main Role; 86 episodes-more to come
2019- The Flash Olivialnna Queen/Heretica Main Role; Season 6, episode 9-; 22 episodes
2009- The X-Factor Herself Judge; Season 6-more to come
2009- America's Got Talent Herself Judge; Season 4-more to come
2009- Britain's Got Talent Herself Judge; Season 3-more to come
2011- Ridiculousness Herself; Co-host Credited as Featuring; 21 seasons; 11 years


Discography

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Studio Albums
Year Title
2011 Lemonade Mouth
2012 Bad Romances
2013 Nice To Meet You
2015 Walls
2015 Phoenix
2016 EVOLution
2016 L.O.V.E
2017 Nervous System
2017 Party's Over
2017 All Night
2017 All Your Fault
2017 Never Agian
2018 Singular: Act I
2018 Hurt Somebody
2018 Expectations
2018 Speak Your Mind
2018 HER.
2018 Aurora
2018 As She Pleases
2018 Broken
2018 Life Support
2019 Singular: Act II
2019 Feels
2019 History
2020 All The Things I never Said
2020 T.E.O.E
2020 Heaven & Hell
2021 To Happy To Be Sad
2021 Way Back


Albums Content

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Year Album Songs
2011 Lemonade Mouth Turn Up The Music

Somebody

Determinate

Breakthrough

2012 Bad Romances Party On A Weekday

Thin Air

Bad Girlfriend

Phoenix

16 Steps

History

2013 Nice To Meet You Ready Or Not

Hurricane

Can't Stop Dancing

Shower

163 För Evigt ft. Z.E

Popular Song ft. MIKA

2015 Walls How Deep Is Your Love ft. Calvin Harris

Neon Lights

No Promises ft. Cheat Codes

You ft. Regard, Troy Sivan

2015 Phoenix Thunderclouds ft. Diplo, Labrinth, LSD

Got me started

Great Escape

22 ft. Greeicy

Let You Love Me

Anywhere

Your Song

2016 EVOLution 22

Wildside ft. Sofia Carson

Call On Me

Mad Love

Don't Call Me Up

Why

2016 L.O.V.E Hell Nos and Headphones

You're Such A

Color ft. MNEK

2017 Nervous System Issues

Heaven

I Miss You

Rock Bottom ft. DNCE

Love Myself

Capital Letters ft. BloodPop

Most Girls

2017 Party's Over Such A Boy

Thnik Before I Talk

Hurts So Good

2017 All Night All Night ft. The Vamps

Symphony ft. Clean Bandit

Rather Be ft. Clean Bandit

2017 All Your Fault Last Hurrah

Knees

Comfortable

2017 Never Agian I Like Me Better ft. Lauv

Feels ft. Pharrell Williams, Calvin Harris, Big Sean, Funk Wav

Wild Ones ft. Flo Rida

The Greatest ft. Kendrick Lamar

2018 Singular: Act I Almost Love

Paris

Sue Me

2018 Insecure Hurt Somebody ft. Noah Kahan

Not Too Young

Effortless

2018 Expectations Strongest ft. Alan Walker

Elastic Heart

It ain't me ft. Kygo

Breathe ft. Jax Jones

2018 Speak Your Mind Break Her Heart

Ciao Adios

Downtown ft. J Balvin

Black Car

Rocket

2018 HER. K.

IDGAF

No Roots

Bad Habits

First Time ft. Kygo

I Knew You Were Trouble

Smoke and Fire

2018 Aurora feel something

like that

s.l.u.t

Out Of Love

2018 As She Pleases Dead

Home With You

Teenager In Love

Hurts Like Hell

Dear Society

2018 Broken Princesses don't cry

We Are

Ain't no saint

stockholm's a ghost town

moral of the story

Sitt still, look pretty

Last Dance

Too good to be true

2018 Life Support Good In Goodbye

Selfish

BOYSHIT

Baby

Stained Glass

All For Love ft. Jack & Jack

2019 Singular: Act II Looking at me

Exhale

Love Me Again

Helium

Boys Like You

No Fear

This Feeling ft. The Chainsmokers

Remember that night?

2019 Feels All The Feels

In My Cabana

Save Me

As I Lay Me Down

Perfect Memory

Figure It Out

Snowman

Alien

2019 History Before I go

Y U Gotta Be Like That

Bulletproof

On purpose

Hoodie

Tick Tock ft.Clean Bandit, 24kGoldn

2020 All The Things I never Said stupid

all my friends are fake

that way

tear myself apart

drown

teenage mind

lie to me

2020 T.E.O.E The End Of Everything

Wonder Years ft. Ant Clemons

Young & Sad

Lonley

Liar

July

2020 Heaven & Hell Torn

So Am I

Salt

Sweet but Phsyco

Who's Laughing Now

Kings & Queens

2021 To Happy To Be Sad Dancing In The Moonlight

r u ok?

you broke me first

hard to find

hung up on you

one day

2021 Way Back hailey beebs

Livin' La Vida

Lemons

Don't feel like crying

First Love

ROYALTY

Songs Featured
Title Artist
Song For You Big Time Rush ft. Valentina Allen
Count On You Big Time Rush ft. Valentina Allen
All Falls Down Alan Walker ft. Valentina Allen
Diamond Heart Alan Walker ft. Valentina Allen
Alone Alan Walker ft. Valentina Allen
Darkside Alan Walker ft. Valentina Allen
On My Way Alan Walker ft. Valentina Allen
Faded Alan Walker ft. Valentina Allen
La Cintura Alvaro Soler ft. Valentina Allen, Flo Rida
Stay Zedd ft. Valentina Allen
Black Widow Iggy Azelea ft. Valentina Allen
It's A Lie The Vamps ft. Valentina Allen
Cold Water Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber, Valentina Allen
I Don't Want To Live Forever ZAYN ft. Valentina Allen
For You Liam Payne ft. Valentina Allen
Polaroid Liam Payne ft. Valentina Allen
Back To You Louis Tomlinson ft. Valentina Allen
Lonley Together Avicii ft. Valentina Allen
Sad Song Alesso ft. Valentina Allen
Rewrite The Stars James Arthur ft. Valentina Allen
Eastside Benny Blanco ft. Valentina Allen, Khalid
Scared To Be Lonely Martin Garrix ft. Valentina Allen