Brittany Snow
Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American actress, producer, director and singer. She began her career as Susan "Daisy" Lemay on the CBS series Guiding Light (1998–2002) for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress and was nominated for two other Young Artist Awards and a Soap Opera Digest Award. She then played the protagonist Margaret "Meg" Pryor on the NBC series American Dreams (2002–2005) for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award and three Teen Choice Awards.
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Born | Brittany Anne Snow March 9, 1986 Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Years active | 1994–present |
Her subsequent television roles have included Ariel Alderman on Nip/Tuck (2005) and Jenna Backstrom on Harry's Law (2011) and Julia Bechley in Almost Family. Her film roles include Kate Spencer in John Tucker Must Die (2006), Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray (2007), Donna Keppel in Prom Night (2008), Emma Gainsborough in The Vicious Kind (2009), Chloe Beale in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017) and Blair Helms in Someone Great (2019).
Snow is also the co-creator of the Love is Louder movement, a project by the not-for-profit Jed Foundation, dedicated to stop bullying in schools.[1]
Early lifeEdit
Brittany Anne Snow was born and raised in Tampa, Florida on March 9, 1986,[2] the daughter of Cinda and John Snow.[3] She has a half-brother, John Jr., and a half-sister, Holly.[3][4] She attended Gaither High School in Tampa.[5]
CareerEdit
Snow began modeling at the age of three in a print ad for Burdines.[6] She was on CBS' soap opera Guiding Light for three years as troubled teen Susan "Daisy" Lemay.[7] She played Meg Pryor on NBC's drama series American Dreams[8] and neo-Nazi high school student Ariel Alderman on the third season of Nip/Tuck.[9] She sang backup vocals on the American Dreams soundtrack for the song "My Boyfriend's Back." She appeared in the family comedy film The Pacifier (2005) alongside Lauren Graham and Vin Diesel.[10] Snow appeared in the teen romantic comedy film John Tucker Must Die (2006) opposite Jesse Metcalfe.[11] The film was a commercial success and made $68 million worldwide. In 2006, she voiced Naminé in the video game Kingdom Hearts II and Shizuku Tsukishima in the Studio Ghibli film Whisper of the Heart She also portrayed a young woman afflicted with bipolar disorder in the season seven finale of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Snow appeared in the music video for "The Phrase That Pays" by The Academy Is... which was released in July 2006.[12]
She appeared in Hairspray (2007) a film adaptation of the Broadway musical, playing Amber Von Tussle, the daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer's character.[13] She had already worked with Hairspray director Adam Shankman on the Disney film The Pacifier. With her role in Hairspray, her musical side is shown in several numbers including a solo entitled "The New Girl In Town", a song previously cut from the Broadway musical version. She played the lead role of Donna Keppel in the slasher film Prom Night (2008), which was released on April 11, 2008 and grossed $57.2 million at the box office.[14] Snow appeared as a young Lily Bass in Gossip Girl - Season 2, Episode 24 titled "Valley Girls". On January 17, 2011, Snow began appearing as a series regular in the first season of the legal drama Harry's Law, and returned as a recurring character in season two.[15] She starred alongside Evan Ross in the thriller film 96 Minutes (2011).[16]
On November 9, 2012, Snow was cast in the sitcom Ben and Kate as Lila, a love interest for Tommy.[17] In 2012, Snow starred in the musical comedy film Pitch Perfect, as a cappella singer Chloe, alongside Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, and Skylar Astin. She reprised her role in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015),[18] which received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $287 million worldwide. It surpassed the total gross of the original film ($115.4 million) in five days, and also became the highest-grossing music comedy film of all-time, overtaking School of Rock ($131.3 million). She also reprised her role in Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), which received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $185 million worldwide.[19]
Brittany Snow was also in Bushwick (2017). She played her character, Lucy. She acted with actor Dave Bautista
Snow was also in The Late Bloomer (2016) playing as Michelle. She shared this experience with actor Johnny Simmons.
She portrayed Blair Helms in Netflix's romantic comedy film Someone Great (2019).[20]
Other venturesEdit
Snow has graced the cover of numerous magazines, including CosmoGirl, Teen, Maxim, Entertainment Weekly, People, Miami Living and Vegas.[21] She has appeared in television commercials for McDonald's, Busch Gardens and Lipton.[22] Snow walked the runway at the Just Dance fashion show on September 12, 2013.[23]
PhilanthropyEdit
She has supported numerous charities, including Clothes Off Our Back, Declare Yourself, Do Something, Feeding America, Habitat For Humanity, Point Foundation, Red Cross, Soles4Souls, The Heart Truth, The Trevor Project, Stomp Out Bullying and The Art of Elysium.[24] Snow walked the runway at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection fashion show during New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2009. The Heart Truth is a campaign meant to raise awareness of the risk of heart disease in women. Snow has supported Soles4Souls's Barefoot Week. "Whether it’s a child struggling to go to school in Kenya, or an American who needs a pair of work boots, Soles4Souls is there to answer the simple requests of millions of people. We hope you will participate in Barefoot Week and help change the world, one pair at a time," she said.[25] Thousands of individuals, campuses, and communities have used Love is Louder's programs, events and clubs to address issues such as bullying, body image, discrimination, and depression.[26] Snow was recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2015 with a Special Recognition Voice Award for her efforts to bring attention to mental health issues.[27]
Personal lifeEdit
FilmographyEdit
FilmEdit
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Whisper of the Heart | Shizuku Tsukishima | 2006 Disney dub |
2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Marcia Prentiss Shaw | |
2005 | The Pacifier | Zoe Plummer | |
2006 | John Tucker Must Die | Kate Spencer | |
2007 | Hairspray | Amber Von Tussle | |
On the Doll | Balery | ||
2008 | Finding Amanda | Amanda Tangerman | |
Prom Night | Donna Keppel | ||
Streak | Baylin | Short film | |
2009 | The Vicious Kind | Emma Gainsborough | |
Black Water Transit | Sardoonah | ||
2010 | Janie Jones | Iris | |
2011 | 96 Minutes | Carley | |
2012 | Petunia | Robin McDougal | |
Pitch Perfect | Chloe Beale | ||
Would You Rather | Iris | also executive producer | |
2013 | Syrup | Three | |
2014 | There's Always Woodstock | Jody | |
2015 | Dial a Prayer | Cora | |
Pitch Perfect 2 | Chloe Beale | ||
2016 | The Late Bloomer | Michelle | |
2017 | Bushwick | Lucy | |
Hangman | Christi Davies | ||
Pitch Perfect 3 | Chloe Beale | ||
2019 | Someone Great | Blair Helms |
TelevisionEdit
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998–2002 | Guiding Light | Susan "Daisy" Lemay | |
1999 | Safe Harbor | Sara | Episode: "Dog Day Afternoons and Nights" |
2002–2005 | American Dreams | Margaret "Meg" Pryor | 61 episodes |
2005 | Nip/Tuck | Ariel Alderman | 5 episodes |
2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jamie Hoskins | Episode: "Influence" |
2009 | Family Guy | Candy | Voice role; episode: "Quagmire's Baby" |
2009 | Gossip Girl | Young Lily Rhodes | Episode: "Valley Girls" |
2011 | Harry's Law | Jenna Backstrom | 12 episodes |
2011 | Mad Love | Julia Swanson | Episode: "Little Sister, Big City" |
2012–2013 | Ben and Kate | Lila | 4 episodes |
2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Lucy | Lifetime original movie |
2014 | An American Education | Sarah Miller | Episode: "Pilot" |
2015 | Full Circle | Katie Parerra | 5 episodes |
2015 | CMT Music Awards | Herself/co-host | Alongside Erin Andrews[30] |
2015 | TripTank | Stacy | Voice role; episode: "Steve's Family" |
2016 | Workaholics | Erin Mantini | Episode: "Gone Catfishing" |
2016–2017 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Anna Hicks | 3 episodes |
2019 | Almost Family | Julia Bechley | Main |
DirectorEdit
Year | Title | Notes |
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2019 | Milkshake | Short film; also writer |
Video gamesEdit
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | Naminé | |
2007 | Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix | Naminé | Archive audio |
2014 | Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix | Naminé | Archive audio |
2015 | Skylanders: SuperChargers | Splat[31] |
Music videosEdit
Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
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2006 | "The Phrase That Pays" | The Academy Is... | Nurse |
2008 | "Ride" | Cary Brothers | |
"Just Impolite" | Plushgun | ||
2009 | "It's Alright, It's OK" | Ashley Tisdale | |
2011 | "Fire Escape" | Matthew Mayfield | Love Interest |
2012 | "Into the Wild" | LP | |
2015 | "Crazy Youngsters" | Ester Dean | |
2016 | "Indian Summer" | Gemio Band |
Soundtrack appearancesEdit
- 2007: Hairspray
- 2012: Pitch Perfect
- 2015: Pitch Perfect 2
- 2017: Pitch Perfect 3
Awards and nominationsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Love is Louder homepage Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine accessed 5/15/2015
- ^ "Brittany Snow Biography". BuddyTV. Archived from the original on 2010-05-18. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "Movies: Snow focuses on work, not image". Sptimes.com. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ^ "Dayton Daily News Archive of Past Articles". Dayton Daily News. February 13, 2004.
- ^ "Brittany Snow blames bullying for anorexia, depression". tampabay.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ Katherine Gazella (1999-02-15). "Two Lives to Lead". St. Petersburg Times. p. B-1. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "Vin Diesel And Brittany Snow Lighten Up In 'The Pacifier' - MTV Movie News". www.mtv.com. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ^ "'American Dreams' Reunion: Unaired Alternate Ending Showed Where The Pryors Ended Up". huffingtonpost.com. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Dreams' Meg Is a Nip/Tuck Neo-Nazi!". TV Guide. 22 November 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Vin Diesel And Brittany Snow Lighten Up In 'The Pacifier'". mtv. August 17, 2004. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ "My Nine-Year Struggle with Anorexia by Brittany Snow". people.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Brittany Snow In "The Phrase That Pays" by The Academy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Zac Efron and Brittany Snow Interview – HAIRSPRAY". colllider.com. 2007-07-15. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Prom Night". sonypictures.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "'Harry's Law': Brittany Snow, Aml Ameen Departing Series". hollywood reporter. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Brittany Snow Gets Carjacked in '96 Minutes' - Bloody Disgusting". www.bloody-disgusting.com. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Bricker, Tierney (9 November 2012). "Ben and Kate Casting Scoop: Brittany Snow to Guest Star as a Love Interest for..." eonline.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Radish, Christina (11 May 2015). "PITCH PERFECT 2: Hailee Steinfeld and Brittany Snow on Reuniting the Barden Bellas". colllider.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Brittany Snow Set to Return for 'Pitch Perfect 3' (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "The Someone Great Cast's Amazing Chemistry Is All Thanks To Brunch". Refinery29. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Brittany Snow Magazine Cover Photos - List of magazine covers featuring Brittany Snow - FamousFix". FamousFix.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ Staff, A. O. L. "Brittany Snow once stole someone's personal item". AOL.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ Michelle, Parisa (2013-09-13). "Brittany Snow, Sloane Stephens and Other Celebs Attend Just Dance 2014 at STYLE 360". CelebMagnet. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ "Brittany Snow: Charity Work & Causes". Look to the Stars. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ "Spotlight: Brittany Snow's Charity Work". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ "Half of Us: Videos: Brittany Snow". Half of Us. April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Winners of the 2015 Voice Awards". 2015-08-13. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
- ^ Fernandez, Alexia (February 19, 2019). "Brittany Snow Is Engaged to Boyfriend Tyler Stanaland — See Her Stunning Diamond Ring". People. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "Who Is Tyler Stanaland? New Details About Brittany Snow's Fiancé". YourTango. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ "Erin Andrews and Brittany Snow to Host 2015 CMT Music Awards". tasteofcountry.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
- ^ "Pitch Perfect 2's Brittany Snow Turns 29 Today!". Instyle magazine. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Twenty-Third Annual Young Artist Awards 2002". youngartistawards.org. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "2003 Teen Choice Awards Nominees". billboard.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Brittany Snow". buddytv. Archived from the original on 2010-05-18. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Shanahan, Mark; Goldstein, Meredith (2011-09-23). "The best of the Boston Film Festival". boston.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Best Musical Moment: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Alex Knapp, Ester Dean & Hana Mae Lee (Pitch Perfect)". mtv. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Teen Choice Awards 2015 winners and highlights". cbs. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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