Brittany Snow

Brittany Snow
Snow at the 2009 Heart Truth fashion show
Born	Brittany Anne Snow (1986-03-09) March 9, 1986 Tampa, Florida, United States
Occupation	Actress, singer, model
Years active	1998–present

Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American television and film actress 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 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.

Her subsequent television roles have included Ariel Alderman on Nip/Tuck (2005) and Jenna Backstrom on Harry's Law (2011). Her film roles include Zoe Plummer in The Pacifier (2005), 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), and Chloe Beale in Pitch Perfect (2012).

Career

Snow began modeling at the age of three in a print ad for Burdines.^[1] She was on CBS' Guiding Light for three years as troubled teen Susan "Daisy" Lemay.^[2] She played Meg Pryor on NBC's American Dreams and neo-Nazi high school student Ariel Alderman on the third season of Nip/Tuck. In 2005, she appeared in The Pacifier with action star Vin Diesel.

In 2006, she was in the film John Tucker Must Die and voiced Naminé in the video game Kingdom Hearts II (but is replaced by Meaghan Jette Martin in all subsequent appearances) 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 on the music video for "The Phrase That Pays" by The Academy Is... which was released in July 2006.

In 2007, she appeared in Hairspray, a film adaptation of the Broadway musical, playing Amber Von Tussle, the daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer's character. 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 in Prom Night, which was released in April 2008.

On January 17, 2011, Snow began appearing as a series regular in the first season of the legal drama Harry's Law as Jenna, and returned as a recurring character in season two. Also in 2011, she starred alongside Evan Ross in the cautionary thriller 96 Minutes.^[3]

In 2012, Snow starred in the musical comedy film Pitch Perfect as a capella singer Chloe alongside Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp and Skylar Astin.

Personal life

Snow was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, the daughter of Cinda and John Snow.^[4] She attended Gaither High School in Tampa. She has a half-brother, John Jr, and a half-sister, Holly.^[5][4] Snow has spoken openly about her battles with eating disorders.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Discography

Soundtracks

• 2007: Hairspray Soundtrack – July 10
• 2012: Pitch Perfect Soundtrack – September 25

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brittany Snow.

• Brittany Snow at the Internet Movie Database