Brittany Curran

Brittany Curran Biography

Brittany Elizabeth Curran (born June 2, 1990) is an American film and television actress. Beginning as a child actress, she is known for her roles on the television series Men of a Certain Age and The Magicians, and for the film Dear White People. She won a Peabody Award for her work on Men of a Certain Age.

Life and career

Curran was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts and also lived in other parts of the Massachusetts area including Avon, Marstons Mills, Cape Cod and Hingham. As a child, she took part in plays and also studied ballet, jazz and tap and the violin, as well as participating in summer theatre.

At eleven years old, Curran made her screen acting debut on an episode of the sketch comedy series MADtv in 2001. She went on to guest star in the television series Drake & Josh, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The Suite Life on Deck, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds and The Young and the Restless.

In 2009, Curran was cast in her best known role to date as Lucy Tranelli in the TNT comedy-drama series Men of a Certain Age, the daughter of Ray Romano's character. In 2011, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress, for her work in the series. The series was canceled in 2011, after two seasons.

Curran also had roles in the films 13 Going on 30, Akeelah and the Bee, The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It, The Uninvited, Legally Blondes and Dear White People. In 2012, she was cast in the film Backmask (retitled Exeter before release), directed by Marcus Nispel. In 2013, she had a recurring role as Phoebe Daly on the ABC Family series Twisted.

She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in June 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in American Literature & Culture.

In 2017 Curran joined the cast of The Magicians on SyFy playing Fen, the Fillorian wife of Eliot. She was promoted to series regular for season 3 of the show.

In 2020 Curran will be co-host for the upcoming Travel Channel show, "History of Trains".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	13 Going on 30	Six Chick
2004	U.S. Air Marshals	Cheerleader Mindy	Short film
2004	Frenching	Stephanie	Short film
2005	Betsy	Betsy	Short film; also associate producer
2005	A Host of Trouble	Mary Pat Weber	Short film
2006	Akeelah and the Bee	District Speller #1
2006	Monster House	Jenny	Uncredited; voice role
2007	The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It	Priscilla Wright	Direct-to-video
2007	A Lesson in Biology	Alma	Short film
2008	The Uninvited	Helena	Direct-to-video
2008	Dog Gone	Lilly	Direct-to-video
2008	The Adventures of Food Boy	Shelby
2009	Legally Blondes	Tiffany Donohugh	Direct-to-video
2014	Dear White People	Sophie Fletcher
2015	Exeter	Reign
2015	Captured	Julie
2015	Intrepid	Jess
2017	The Man from Earth: Holocene	Tara

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	MADtv	Ruthie	Episode #7.8
2002	Power Rangers Wild Force	Young Girl	Episode: "The Soul of Humanity"
2004	Complete Savages	Josie	Episode: "Voodude"
2005	Go Figure	Pamela	Television film
2006	The Young and the Restless	Lindsey	Episode #1.8427
2006-2007	Drake & Josh	Carly	Episodes: "Who's Got Game?", "The Storm"
2007	Shark	Annie	Episode: "Fall from Grace"
2007	Zip	Natalie	Unaired Television pilot
2007	Mr Robinson's Driving School	Missy	Television mini-series
2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Chelsea Brimmer	Episodes: "Miniature Golf", "Who's the Boss?", "Tiptonline"
2008	The Suite Life on Deck	Chelsea Brimmer	Episode: "Flowers and Chocolate"
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Kristy Marks	Episode: "Slow Born"
2009-2011	Men of a Certain Age	Lucy Tranelli	Main role; 13 episodes
2012	Criminal Minds	Addyson Jones	Episode: "The Wheels on the Bus..."
2013-2014	Twisted	Phoebe Daly	Recurring role; 10 episodes
2013-2014, 2018	Chicago Fire	Katie Nolan	Recurring role (seasons 2, 7); 9 episodes
2015	Double Daddy	Heather Henderson	Television film
2017-present	The Magicians	Fen	Recurring role (season 2), main role (season 3-present)
2020	History of Trains	Co-host / Narrator

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2010	Peabody Award		Men of a Certain Age
2011	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress	Men of a Certain Age

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