Troian Avery Bellisario is an American actress who is best known for starring as Spencer Hastings in the television series Pretty Little Liars (2010-2017). In 2010, she received praise for her leading performance in the film Consent for which she won the Vision Fest Award for Best Acting by a Female Lead and the FirstGlance Philadelphia Award for Best Actress. She has won two Teen Choice Awards out of six nominations and a Young Hollywood Award. In 2015, she was cast in a leading role in the American remake of the French-Canadian film Martyrs. In 2015, Bellisario and husband Patrick J. Adams filmed the short film We Are Here in Haida Gwaii, which Bellisario wrote and starred in. In 2017, Bellisario starred in her feature film, Feed, which she also wrote and produced. The film was written based on Bellisario`s own experiences with an eating disorder. In 2019, she starred in sci-fi movie Clara opposite her husband. On October 4, 2018, the couple had their first child, a girl named Aurora.