Brittany Underwood
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Born | New Jersey, USA | July 6, 1988
Occupation(s) | Actress, Singer |
Years active | 2005–present |
Brittany Underwood (born July 6,[1] 1988) is an American actress and singer from New Jersey. She is most recognizable for her role as teenager Langston Wilde on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, a role she originated in 2006.
Personal life
Underwood's mother is from Colombia and her father is of English descent.[2] She is from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey and has an older sister named Brigitte.[3] Underwood speaks fluent Spanish and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.[3][4]
In an interview with SOAPnet in 2010, Underwood said she was currently in college researching neuroscience, and such diseases as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[2][5]
Career
Underwood's first television role was in a 2005 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She later auditioned for the title role in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, but lost out to Miley Cyrus.[2][4]
Underwood portrayed Langston Wilde on the ABC Daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 2006 to 2012. In 2012 she starred as Loren Tate on the Nick at Nite/TeenNick serial drama Hollywood Heights.[2] She performed several songs on both series.
Underwood officially began a singing career in 2012. On December 18, 2012, Underwood released a single called "Flow".[6] It and more songs like "Pull Me in Again", "Black Widow", "California Wild", "Love Me Now or Let Me Go", "Shine" and "High Heels High Hopes" all are on her EP in iTunes and YouTube.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Kelly Brown | Episode "Demons" |
2006–2012 | One Life to Live | Langston Wilde | TV series |
2012 | Game Change | Willow Palin | Film |
2011 | The Big C | Greta | Episode: "The Little c" |
2012 | Hollywood Heights | Loren Tate | 80 episodes |
2012 | Major Crimes | Sydney | Episode: "Do Not Disturb" |
2014 | Death Clique | Jade Thompson | TV movie |
2014 | Youthful Daze | Sheila Edmundson | Season 3 |
Discography
- Brittany Underwood (2013)
References
- ^ July 16, 2012, Soap Opera Digest. page. 43.
- ^ a b c d Leal, Samantha (July 11, 2012). "Introducing Hollywood Heights Actress Brittany Underwood". Latina.com. Latina. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
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(help) - ^ a b "Brittany Underwood". soapteens.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ a b "Brittany Underwood Biography". buddytv.com. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ "Fifteen Seconds With Brittany Underwood". YouTube. March 8, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ "Brittany Underwood - Flow". Apple. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
External links
- American soap opera actresses
- American child actresses
- Hispanic and Latino American actresses
- Actresses from New Jersey
- American taekwondo practitioners
- American people of Colombian descent
- People from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
- People from Newark, New Jersey
- 1988 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American actresses