Briana Barbara-Jane Evigan (born October 23, 1986) is an American actress and dancer. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Andie West in Step Up 2: The Streets and Cassidy Tappan in Sorority Row. She started dancing at the age of 9 and is still dancing as part of her career today. Evigan has been noted as a Scream Queen for starring in many horror, and thriller films such as Sorority Row, Burning Bright, Mother's Day, The Devil's Carnival, Stash House, and upcoming thriller Mine Games.
Evigan was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Pamela C. Serpe, a dancer, model, actress, and actor. Greg Evigan[1][2] Her father is of Polish ancestry, and her mother of Italian ancestry.[3] She is the youngest of three siblings, with brother Jason and sister Vanessa Lee.[2] She has studied dance since she was nine.[4] She is one of the singers and plays keyboards in the group Moorish Idol.[5] She also undertook a speech and communication degree at Los Angeles Valley College. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
A professional dancer, Evigan has appeared in music videos for Linkin Park, Flo Rida, T-Pain and Enrique Iglesias. She has also had small roles in television series and films such as Bottom's Up[disambiguation needed], Something Sweet and Fear Itself.
In 2008, she won the breakout role of Andie West in the sequel to the 2006 dance drama Step Up, Step Up 2: The Streets. Filming took place in late 2007 in Baltimore and was released February 14, 2008. The film, which met with negative reviews with Rotten Tomatoes (receiving 24%), achieved box office success earning a worldwide gross of $148,424,320. Both Evigan and co-star Robert Hoffman earned the Best Kiss Award at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.
In 2009, S. Darko, a sequel to the 2001 cult-hit horror Donnie Darko, was released. Evigan played Samantha Darko's best friend, Corey. The film stars James Lafferty and Ed Westwick.
A theatrical release was scrapped and was released Straight-to-DVD on
May 12, 2009. Unlike Donnie Darko, the film received negative reviews.
In August 2008, Summit Entertainment announced Briana has signed on to portray the central character Cassidy Tappan in the remake of the low-budget horror film Sorority Row. The screenplay was written by Good Luck Chuck writer Josh Stolberg and directed by Stewart Hendler. The film was budgeted at $12,500,000. Briana stars alongside Audrina Patridge, Rumer Willis and Jamie Chung. Sorority Row
was released on September 11, 2009 and debuted at No. 6 at the box
office and earned worldwide $26,735,797. Critical reception was mixed to
negative. Evigan's performance was well received by critics. The
leading female cast members earned a ShoWest Award for "Female Stars of Tomorrow" in April 2009. The DVD release was February 23, 2010.
In February 2009, Evigan announced in an interview she has signed on
for another remake. The film will be a remake of the cult slasher horror
film Mother's Day and will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman best known for his work with previous Lionsgate films such as the Saw trilogy. Darryn previously directed Briana in an episode of Fear Itself in 2008. The film will co-star A.J. Cook and Jaime King.
The film has suffered numerous push backs. The film has been rumored to
be released on May 13, 2012. The film was part of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
In January 2009, Evigan was confirmed by Lionsgate to star in Burning Bright.
She plays the lead female role, Kelly Taylor. In the film, "A young
woman and her autistic brother find themselves trapped in their house
with a ravenous tiger during a hurricane". Critical reception was
extremely positive. Despite this, the film was announced to be released
Straight-to-DVD on August 17, 2010.[6]
In 2009, Evigan was announced the central character in the indie drama romance film Subject: I Love You.
She portrays the role of 'Butterfly'. The film was announced completed
on May 17, 2010. A distributor and release is yet to be announced.
She stars in The Devil's Carnival, a short film that got a 30 city world tour that began in April 15, 2012.[7]
On 2011, during a UStream, Evigan announced that she was working in a
TV series with her family, but no new information has been announced.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | House of the Damned | Aubrey South | |
| 2004 | Something Sweet | Wannabe Actress #1/Feature Pool | |
| 2006 | Bottoms Up | High School Girl | |
| 2008 | Step Up 2: The Streets | Andie West | |
| 2009 | S. Darko | Corey Richardson | |
| 2009 | Sorority Row | Cassidy Tappan | |
| 2010 | Burning Bright | Kelly Taylor | Sings end credit song, I'm Free |
| 2010 | Subject: I Love You | Butterfly | |
| 2010 | Monster Heroes | Svector Orlaff | |
| 2010 | Mother's Day | Annette Langston | Co-wrote and sang end credit song, Better Than Yesterday |
| 2011 | Rites of Passage | Penelope | |
| 2012 | Mine Games | Lyla | |
| 2012 | Stash House | Emma Nash | |
| 2012 | A Star For Christmas | Cassie | |
| 2012 | The Devil's Carnival | Ms. Merrywood | Short Film |
| 2013 | Caretaker | Ivy | Incomplete |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Fear Itself | Helen | Episode: "New Year's Day" |
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Numb[8] | Linkin Park |
| 2008 | Low[9] | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain |
| 2008 | Push[10] | Enrique Iglesias |
| 2008 | Church[11] | T-Pain |
| 2008 | I Don't Think When I Dance[12] | Herself |
| 2009 | Get U Home[13][14] | Shwayze |
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Beautiful Stranger | Herself & Kevin "Orge" Ogilive |
| 2010 | I'm Free | Herself |
| 2010 | Better Than Yesterday | Herself |
| 2008 | I Don't Think When I Dance | Herself |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | I Don't Think When I Dance | Herself | I Don't Think When I Dance - Single |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Kiss (with Robert Hoffman)[15] | Step Up 2: The Streets | Won |
| 2009 | ShoWest Awards | Female Star of Tomorrow[16] | Sorority Row | Won |
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