Barret Swatek

Barret Swatek is an American actress and comedian who has appeared in movies such as The Forty Year Old Virgin, Lethal Weapon 4, and On Edge. She has also appeared in TV shows such as American Dad, Just Shoot Me, and currently recurs as hilarious teacher Ms. Sommers on10 Things I Hate About You and misbehaving, wild child Aunt Ally on the critically acclaimed comedy "AWKWARD" on MTV. She played resident bad girl gone good, Cheryl, in WB hit series7th Heaven, and played the role of Brittany on the groundbreaking NBC television show Quarterlife from creators Marshall Herskowitz and Ed Zwick. Recent films include BARRY MUNDAY and HIGH SCHOOL, both comedies. She is a frequent panelist on the late night Fox News show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.

Early life

Swatek was born in Birmingham, Alabama on March 3, 1977^[1] where she pursued competitive figure skating until she was 12 years old.^[2] She took part in community theater and studied film in college.^[2] She started college at the University of Arizona and finished with a degree in film at Loyola Marymount University^[3]

Career

Swatek's first minor role was on the 1997 television show Power Rangers: Turbo. She continued to have small roles on series Just Shoot Me! before landing a major role as Cheryl on 7th Heaven from 2001 to 2003.^[4] She then had a small appearance on The 40 Year Old Virgin and a regular role on the television series Quarterlife in 2008. In 2009 she appeared on the television series 10 Things I Hate About You as Ms. Sommers and continues that role into the series new season. In 2011, was cast in "AWKWARD." as Ally. She also appears frequently as a panelist on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. Swatek currently stars in two web series, Dating for Dumbasses on Funny or Die and My Two Fans on KoldCast TV.^[5] Movies currently in production are comedy "Barry Munday" and stoner comedy "HIGH School".

Filmography

References

External links

• Barret Swatek at the Internet Movie Database
• Barret Swatek on Twitter
• "My Two Fans" Home Page