Birthday:
9 March 1986, Tampa, Florida, USA
Height:
5' 4" (1.63 m)
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.
[5] She was on CBS'
Guiding Light for three years as troubled teen
Susan "Daisy" Lemay.
[6] 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 as well as Shizuku Tsukishima in the
Studio Ghibli film
Whisper of the Heart, along with
Ashley Tisdale. She also portrayed a young woman afflicted with
bipolar disorder in the season seven finale of
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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 the director of
Hairspray (
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. Snow appeared on the music video for
"The Phrase That Pays" by The Academy Is... which was released in July
2007.
Snow is set to play the lead, Alyssa, in the film adaptation of
Clock Tower, to be released in 2012.
[7] She stars alongside
Evan Ross in the cautionary thriller
96 Minutes.
[8]
In 2011, Snow appeared in the short-lived CBS romantic comedy
Mad Love.
[9]
Snow currently stars in the musical comedy film
Pitch Perfect as acapella singer Chloe alongside
Anna Kendrick,
Anna Camp,
Rebel Wilson and
Skylar Astin. Snow recently appeared as a series regular in the first season of the
legal drama Harry's Law as Jenna, which premiered on January 17, 2011, created by
David E. Kelley. Snow returned as a recurring character in the series for season two.
Filmography
Film
Television
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 |
Episodes: "The Trip", "Girl Problems" |
Music videos