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(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1995–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 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. She was on CBS' Guiding Light for three years as troubled teen Susan "Daisy" Lemay. 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.

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. She attended Gaither High School in Tampa. She has a half-brother, John Jr, and a half-sister, Holly. Snow has spoken openly about her battles with eating disorders.She is currently dating Teen Wolf actor Tyler Hoechlin since November 2012. They have been good friends for a decade.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Pacifier	Zoe Plummer
2006	Whisper of the Heart	Shizuku Tsukishima	Voice role
2006	John Tucker Must Die	Kate Spencer
2006	Kingdom Hearts II	Naminé	Video game, voice
2007	Hairspray	Amber Von Tussle	Won – Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year Palm Springs International Film Festival Ensemble Cast Award Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2007	Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix	Naminé	Video game, voice
2007	On the Doll	Balery
2008	Prom Night	Donna Keppel	Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller
2008	Finding Amanda	Amanda Tangerman	Nominated – Prism Award for Performance in a Feature Film
2008	Streak	Baylin	Short film
2009	The Vicious Kind	Emma Gainsborough
2009	Black Water Transit	Sardoonah
2010	Janie Jones	Iris
2011	96 Minutes	Carley	Boston Film Festival Prize for Best Actress
2012	Pitch Perfect	Chloe Beale
2012	Would You Rather	Iris
2013	Syrup	Three

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998– 2002	Guiding Light	Susan "Daisy" Lemay	Won – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress Nominated: Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Child Actor Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actress Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Soap Opera – Young Actress
2001	Murphy's Dozen		Movie
2002– 2005	American Dreams	Margaret "Meg" Pryor	Nominated: Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Supporting Young Actress Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Drama/Action Adventure Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Drama/Action Adventure Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star – Female
2005	Nip/Tuck	Ariel Alderman	5 episodes
2006	Law & Order: SVU	Jamie Hoskins	Episode: "Influence"
2009	Family Guy	Candy	Episode: "Quagmire's Baby"
2009	Gossip Girl	Young Lily Rhodes	Episode: "Valley Girls"
2011	Harry's Law	Jenna Backstrom	Main cast (season 1), 12 episodes – recurring (season 2)
2011	Mad Love	Julia Swanson	Episode: "Little Sister, Big City"
2012	Ben and Kate	Lila	4 episodes
2013	To My Future Assistant	Jen	Pilot
2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Lucy	A Lifetime original movie

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	"The Phrase That Pays"	Naughty Nurse	The Academy Is... video
2008	"Crooked Spoons"		Otep video
2008	"Ride"	Girlfriend	Cary Brothers video
2008	"Just Impolite"	Girlfriend	Plushgun video
2009	"It's Alright, It's OK"	Girlfriend	Ashley Tisdale video
2011	"Fire Escape"		Matthew Mayfield video
2012	"Into the Wild"		LP video

Discography

Soundtracks

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

External links

• Brittany Snow at IMDb