This Day, That Year – February 19

This day in history we feature Victoria Justice. An American actress and singer who received several accolades was born on this day in 1993.

Trivia – Victoria Justice

In 2003, Justice began her acting career when she was 10 years old, making a guest appearance on the Gilmore Girls episode “The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles”. Justice portrayed Jill No. 2, a walk-on role. After her appearance in the series, her family moved to Los Angeles, when Justice began to pursue a career in acting. The following year, Justice guest-starred on the second episode of the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

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In 2005, Justice was accepted into the musical theatre program at the Millikan Performing Arts Academy in Los Angeles. She appeared in advertisements for companies such as Ralph Lauren, Gap, Guess, Mervyn’s, Peanut Butter Toast Crunch, and Ovaltine. During the same year, Justice landed a main role in the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 as Lola Martinez, a new student who is an aspiring actress. In music, Justice has recorded several songs for the soundtracks of her acting projects, including Victorious and the 2009 Nickelodeon musical Spectacular!. Her debut single “Gold” was released in 2013. She took a seven-year hiatus from music, making her comeback with the track “Treat Myself”, released in December 2020. Justice hosted the 2020 Kids’ Choice Awards following Nickelodeon’s decision to stage the event virtually. In July 2020, Justice announced she had become a member of the Recording Academy. That December, Justice announced that her first single in over seven years would be titled “Treat Myself”. The song was released on December 11, 2020, and is the first single she released as an independent artist. This was followed by a single titled “Stay”, released on February 12, 2021. The next single, “Too F*ckin’ Nice”, was released on May 28, 2021. On March 12, 2021, Justice starred as Brooke Gatwick in the romantic drama film Trust. To promote the film, she released a cover of Billy Paul’s “Everybody’s Breaking Up”. Justice starred as Cassie Garcia in the film Afterlife of the Party, which premiered on September 2, 2021, on Netflix. Along with Spencer Sutherland and Jessica Rose Weiss, she released the soundtrack EP to which she performed and co-wrote a song titled “Home”. Justice portrayed Lola Alvarez in the Netflix romantic comedy film A Perfect Pairing, released on May 19, 2022. She also joined the cast of the comedy film California King and mystery thriller film The Tutor.

Source – Wikipedia