Skyler Day

Skyler Day
File:Skyler Day at the 2015 TV LAND Awards.jpg Day at the 2015 TV Land Awards
Born	Skyler Elizabeth Day (1991-08-02) August 2, 1991 Cumming, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	2003–present

Skyler Elizabeth Day (born August 2, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her recurring roles as Maggie Ritter on the TeenNick series Gigantic and as Amy Ellis on the NBC series Parenthood.

Life and career

Day was born in Cumming, Georgia. She started participating in gymnastics and modeling at an early age. She was then discovered by a talent agent as a result of a chance encounter at the DMV. In 2003, she co-starred in the Atlanta-based short film A Perilous Dance: The Damon DeRivers Story. In 2004, she and her family moved to French Valley, California, to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

For many months, she auditioned for television pilots and took jobs doing radio voice-overs and television commercials before landing a role in the independent film The Religion of Choice. In 2003, she was cast in the titular role in the direct-to-video film The Adventures of Ociee Nash opposite Keith Carradine and Mare Winningham. From 2004 to 2008, she co-starred in numerous television films and short independent films before guest starring in a 2009 episode of iCarly. Her other television credits include Southland, Drop Dead Diva, The Whole Truth, Days of Our Lives, Law & Order: LA, Sonny with a Chance, CSI: Miami and Good Luck Charlie. In 2010, she had a recurring role in the TeenNick series Gigantic. The series ended the following year after one season. In 2011, she landed the role of Amy Ellis on the NBC series Parenthood.

Besides acting, Day is also an aspiring country music singer. Growing up she took classes in musical theater, acting and songwriting. Much of her music can be found on her official YouTube account.

On October 26, 2015, day released her debut EP Between the I and the You.

Personal life

Day was homeschooled after second grade. She has an older sister, Savannah, and a twin brother who is also an actor and singer, Dalton Day. All three have competed in gymnastics and cheerleading. Her parents, David and Kelly, were also gymnasts and owned a gym in Norcross, Georgia. Her father now works as a recruiter in the construction field. She and her family are committed Christians.

Day started dating actor Ian Nelson in January 2013. She wrote a song called "Ian's Song" for Nelson which is included on her EP. On December 11, 2015, Day announced that she and Nelson are engaged.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	A Perilous Dance: The Damon DeRivers Story	Mary Katherine Grainger	Short film
2003	The Adventures of Ociee Nash	Ociee Nash	Direct-to-video film
2004	Moved	Girl with bent spoon	Short film
2006	Rite of Passage	Renee	Short film
2007	Redemption Maddie	Classmate Girl #2	Short film
2008	Little Wonders	Lucy Sturges	Short film
2008	First Period	Libby	Short film
2010	Backlight	Lucy	Also stunt performer
2013	Channeling	Ashleigh Maddox
2015	Strays	Zoe	Short film
2015	Storytelling	Mary Roberts	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Untitled David Diamond/David Weissman Project	Liza	Unsold TV pilot
2006	Hollis & Rae	Stephanie	TV film
2009	iCarly	Magic Malika	Episode: "iSpeed Date"
2010	Southland	Lauren Ryerson	Episode: "Butch & Sundance"
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Lana Dooley	Episode: "The Long Road to Napa"
2010	The Whole Truth	Brianna Sellards	Pilot episode
2010	Days of Our Lives	Teenage Sydney	Episode #1.11459
2010–11	Gigantic	Maggie Ritter	Recurring role, 15 episodes
2011	Sonny with a Chance	Mel Winters	Episode: "New Girl"
2011	CSI: Miami	Ashley Chandler	Episode: "F-T-F"
2011	Good Luck Charlie	Kayla	Episode: "Something's Fishy"
2011	Law & Order: LA	Mila Ackroyd	Episode: "Plummer Park"
2011	Who Is Simon Miller?	Sarah Miller	TV film
2011	The Closer	Missy Michaels	Episode: "Star Turn"
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sylvia Grier	Episode: "Freaks & Geeks"
2012	Army Wives	Sophie Clarke	3 episodes
2012	Grey's Anatomy	Emery James	Episode: "Love the One You're With"
2013	Wedding Band	Catherine	Episode: "Personal Universe"
2013	The Client List	Honey	Episode: "Unanswered Prayers"
2013	Ironside	Nicole Holt	Episode: "Sleeping Dogs"
2013–14	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Renee Clark	Episodes: "Girl Dishonored" & "Comic Perversion"
2011–14	Parenthood	Amy Ellis	Recurring role, 17 episodes
2014	Workaholics	Brooke	Episode: "Beer Heist"
2015	Constantine	Miranda	Episode: "A Whole World Out There"
2014–15	Pretty Little Liars	Claire	Episodes: "Who's in the Box?" & "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou"
2015	Con Man	Tiffany	3 episodes
2015	Code Black	Veronica Franco	Episode: "Buen Arbol"
2016	iZombie	Starlee Decker	Episode: "Method Head"

Discography

EP

• Between the I and the You (2014, Skyler Day)

Singles

Year	Song	Featuring	Writers	Notes	Album	Origin
2006	Somebody's Hero			Original	Infant Records Compilation Cd Vol. 1	Album
2009	Falling			Original		Myspace
2009	Neverland			Original		Myspace
2009	Fireflies			Original		Myspace
2009	Days Like These			Original		Myspace
2009	Hello	Dalton Day		Original		Myspace
2009	Are You Listening Tennessee?	Hayley Stayner		Original		YouTube
2010	Hallelujah	Cassi Thomson	Leonard Cohen	Cover		YouTube
2011	Cliche	Dalton Day		Original		YouTube
2011	Daddy Say Yes		Stacey K. Black	Original		The Closer "Star Turn"
2012	How Do I Know	Dalton Day		Original		YouTube
2012	Come Down To The River	Dalton Day		Original		YouTube
2013	Yellow T-Shirt			Original		YouTube
2013	Wildfire			Original		YouTube
2013	Fall			Original		YouTube
2013	History	Dalton Day		Original		YouTube
2014	Passenger Side			Original		YouTube
2014	Winter			Original		YouTube
2014	You and I	Dalton Day	Ingrid Michaelson	Cover		YouTube
2015	Los Angeles			Original
2015	Everybody			Original
2015	Shotgun			Original
2015	Riptide		Vance Joy	Cover		YouTube
2015	Wildest Dreams		Taylor Swift	Cover		YouTube
2015	My Favorite Thing			Original		YouTube
2015	Scratch Paper			Original		YouTube
2016	Human			Original		YouTube

External links

• Skyler Day at the Internet Movie Database
• Skyler Day on Twitter