Allison Glenn Scagliotti (;[1] born September 21, 1990[verification needed]) is an American actress and director, best known for her roles in Drake & Josh, Warehouse 13, and Stitchers.

Early life [ edit ]

Scagliotti was born in Monterey, California. She is of Irish, Italian, English, and Jewish descent.[2][3][2][original research?] She moved with her family to Mandeville, Louisiana at a young age;[citation needed] at age five, she joined her Louisiana school's drama club.[4] She moved to New York with her mother in 2003, and continues as of this date[when?] to be based in New York for work as a teacher at Logapuma High School.[clarification needed][citation needed] Scagliotti studied at New York University and Glendale Community College.[5] She is the first cousin of Kevin Pfeffer, the lead singer of Five Minutes to Freedom, and Alex Scagliotti, National Wakeboard Champion.[6]

Career [ edit ]

Scagliotti has had numerous small television roles during her career including One Tree Hill, and CSI as well as the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101.[citation needed]

Scagliotti also had a recurring role on Drake & Josh, as Mindy Crenshaw, Josh's rival and later girlfriend. She appeared in seven episodes from 2004 to 2008. She reprised her role in the spin-off movie, Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.[7] Her first lead role was as Maddie in the 2005 short film Redemption Maddie.[citation needed]

Scagliotti is best known for her portrayal of the character Claudia Donovan in the 2009 series, Warehouse 13 on Syfy. Her character was introduced early in the premiere season and she appeared in most of the remaining episodes (though credited as a guest star until season two).[citation needed] Her character crossed over to Eureka when she guest-starred in the season four episode "Crossing Over".[citation needed] She helped co-host SyFy's Ghost Hunters Live on Halloween 2010.[8][9] She appeared as Jayna, the female Wonder Twin, in Idol the 8th episode of the ninth season of Smallville.[10]

She appeared in the 2011 indie film Losers Take All, set in the 1980s rock music scene.[11][better source needed]

In December 2012, Scagliotti appeared in the lead role of Michelle, a struggling actress, in Darren Caulley's play Unhealthy that premiered December 4 at HERE Arts Center in New York City.[12] She appeared in the three seasons of the Freeform's Stitchers as Camille, a main character, premiering on June 2, 2015.[citation needed] Scagliotti also appeared in the series The Vampire Diaries as Georgie in a recurring role during the show's final season.[when?][citation needed]

Other work [ edit ]

From 2015-2018, Scagliotti was in a band known as Nice Enough People along with Drake and Josh co-star Jerry Trainor.[13][better source needed] In 2016, she appeared as a guitar player in the music video "Some Are Girls" for Maxie Dean.[14]

In 2014, Scagliotti joined the advisory board of Sci-Fest LA, the first annual Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival, held in May 2014.[15]

Appearances [ edit ]

Scagliotti has appeared as a guest on the show Destination Truth,[when?]2017[citation needed] and in a 2010 episode of The Nerdist Podcast hosted by Chris Hardwick.[16] She has also appeared as a guest star on Geek & Sundry's TableTop,[when?] hosted by Wil Wheaton.[citation needed]

Filmography [ edit ]

Year Title Role Notes 2007 Redemption Maddie Maddie Clifford Short film 2009 Endless Bummer Iris 2009 My Name Is Jerry Trisha 2011 Losers Take All Simone 2013 Chastity Bites Leah 2014 National Lampoon Presents: Surf Party Iris Repackage of Endless Bummer (2009) 2015 Anne Darling Maggie Short film 2016 Pillowcase Pillowcase Short film 2016 A Song for Your Mixtape Blair Short film 2018 Little Gold Star Diane Short film 2018 The Cards The High Priestess Short film; Director, Writer 2018 Truly Outrageous: A Jem Fan Film The Reporter/The Baroness Short film 2019 I Was Wrong N/A Director (Music Video for W. Baer)

Theatre [ edit ]

The following are Scagliotti's theatrical performances:[citation needed]

Play Year Title Role Notes 2012 Unhealthy Michelle Lead role, HERE Theatre 2014 Jasper in Deadland Gretchen Lead role, Off-Broadway Musical