VIDEO: Broadway's Janel Parrish Dances the Jive on DWTS Premiere

On the Season 19 opener of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STAR, Broadway actress, singer-songwriter and PRETTY LITTLE LIARS star Janel Parrish danced a Jive to "Bang, Bang" by JESSIE J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj with her partner Val Chmerkovskiy . Check out the energetic performance below!

About Janel Parrish:

At the age of 6 Janel entered and won a statewide singing CONTEST and soon followed that with being cast in the National Touring Company and Broadway Company of Les Miserables as Little Cosette. It wasn't long before Janel's Broadway experience and recognition led to acting auditions in Hollywood. While studying acting, Janel continued to train vocally, eventually adding piano to her repertoire. She also began writing her own music, which led to becoming the lead singer in a 3 girl pop group called "Impulse" as well as a recording deal with Geffen Records.

In 2012, Parrish returned to her theater roots in Over the Moon Productions' intimate presentation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening as Anna. In 2014, she hit the stage in For the Record: Baz Luhrmann as well as For the Record: Tarantino.

Currently, Janel can be seen as "Mona" in the top-rated ABC Family TV series, Pretty Little Liars. For her role she won the "Choice TV Villain" award at the 2012 and 2013 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS as well as a TV Guide Award nomination. Her love of musical theater also remains.

Other television credits includeDrop Dead Diva, Hawaii Five-O, Heroes, Gepetto, Baywatch, The O'Keefe's, The Bernie Mac Show, Zoey 101, True Jackson, VP, and The O.C. She has also graced the big screen starring in feature films such as Bratz: The Movie, One Kine Day andKnots.

Photo credit: Adam Taylor/ABC

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