Sabrina Bryan Biography

Reba Sabrina Hinojos (born September 16, 1984), better known by her stage name Sabrina Bryan, is an American singer, actress, author, songwriter, fashion designer, choreographer, dancer, and television personality best known as a member of the girl group The Cheetah Girls, and for starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name and its sequels, The Cheetah Girls 2 and The Cheetah Girls: One World. Before she appeared on television, Bryan was a dancer, and trained at Hart Academy of Dance, located in La Habra, California.

The Cheetah Girls

While she was a student, she filmed the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls, which was released in the summer of 2003. The movie's soundtrack went double-platinum. Bryan, along with Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams, achieved success as members of the official The Cheetah Girls group. In November 2005, the group released their Christmas album, Cheetah-licious Christmas, and also toured the US on their Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour to promote the album.

The Cheetah Girls 2 premiered on the Disney Channel on August 25, 2006. It garnered more viewers than High School Musical, becoming the most watched Disney Channel Original Movie before being beaten out by both Jump In! and High School Musical 2. The soundtrack to Cheetah Girls 2 went Platinum. After the release of Cheetah Girls 2, Bryan, along with her fellow Cheetah Girls, toured the US on their The Party's Just Begun Tour.

The Cheetah Girls released their official debut studio album, TCG, on September 25, 2007. The first single from the album, "So Bring it On", was released to Radio Disney on August 25, 2007. The second single, "Fuego", was released to Radio Disney on September 15, 2007.

The Cheetah Girls: One World premiered on August 22, 2008. They kicked off their One World Tour on October 8, 2008, and concluded December 21, 2008. In early 2009, The Cheetah Girls officially announced that they had disbanded, in favor of pursuing solo projects. However, Bryan and former Cheetah Girl band-mate and close friend Kiely Williams are collaborating on a talk show which Williams described as "a young version of The View". Preliminary clips of the series, called Dinner with Friends, can be seen on YouTube.

Television/film appearances

Bryan has acted in several TV shows, with notable guest appearances in several episodes of the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She also appeared in two series pilots, King's Pawn and Driving Me Crazy, neither of which made it to air. She then had guest appearances in shows like The Geena Davis Show and The Jersey. She also appeared in the TV series, Grounded For Life, before her rise to stardom in The Cheetah Girls. She had a small supporting role as Mrs. Murray in the 2008 straight-to-DVD film Mostly Ghostly, and stars in the comedy film Help Me, Help You (formerly titled If It Ain't Broke, Break It). Sabrina is the voice of Pamela Hamster in the animated Disney channel series Fish Hooks appearing in two episodes "Hooray for Hamsterwood" and "Pamela Hamster Returns".

Dancing with the Stars

Sabrina competed in the 5th season of Dancing with the Stars. Sabrina and her professional dancing partner, Mark Ballas, received a score of 26 out of 30, at the time the highest score earned in the first week by any contestant. On Week 4 of the show, they set another record by receiving a 30/30 from the judges for their paso doble, making her the first contestant to have received a perfect score that early in the show's history. Bryan led all contenders in judges' scoring in Weeks 1, 3, and 4.

Bryan received her lowest score, a 25 for a foxtrot, during Week 6, in which she also performed a Rock 'n' Roll routine with the other contestants. That week, she was voted off. The announcement was met by shock and tears from the show's judges, contestants and live audience, since she and Ballas were favored by many to win the competition. An AOL poll voted their elimination "2007's most shocking TV moment." The next week, the remaining dancers and celebrities showed their continued support and affection for Bryan by donning her signature cheetah paw-print tattoo. For the penultimate week, Bryan and Ballas were invited back to the show to perform, another first for any couple. For the 100th show, their Paso Doble was chosen as number 9 on the top 10 dances of the first five seasons. Bryan and Ballas were the only couple in the top 10 that did not make it to the finals.

In 2012, Bryan was chosen by the public to compete on the fifteenth season of the show as one of the All-Stars contestants. She is partnered with Louis Van Amstel. She was eliminated sixth from the show, despite receiving a perfect 30 for her Rumba and topping the leaderboard for two consecutive weeks. Coincidentally, she was eliminated on October 30, 2012, exactly five years to the day she was voted off the first time.

Dancing with the Stars performances

Season 5: With Mark Ballas:

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Don't Cha"	9	8	9	Safe
2	Quickstep / "They're Red Hot"	9	8	9	Safe
3	Jive / "Shake, Rattle and Roll"	9	9	9	Safe
4	Paso Doble / "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"	10	10	10	Safe
5	Rumba / "Me and Mrs. Jones"	9	9	10	Safe
6	Foxtrot / "I'm a Woman" Rock 'n' Roll / "Rockin' Robin"	9	8	8	Eliminated

Season 15: With Louis Van Amstel:

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha / "What Makes You Beautiful"	7.5	7.5	7.5	Safe
2	Quickstep / "Black Betty"	9	8.5	8.5	Safe
3	Paso Doble / "Free Your Mind"	8.5	8.5	8.5	Bottom Two
4	Disco / "You Should Be Dancing"	9	9	*8.5 / 9	Safe
5	Waltz / "So This Is Love" Team Freestyle (Shawn) / "Call Me Maybe"	10 9.5	9.5 10	9.5 10	No Elimination
6	Rumba / "Wanted" Country-Western / "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy", "I Play Chicken with a Train"	10	10	10	Eliminated

• In Week 4, Paula Abdul was a guest judge.

She was featured in the Soft Scrub Dancing With The Stars Live Tour. She danced with Derek Hough (while Mark was injured), then with Mark, until her last show on January 13, 2008, when she departed for India to film The Cheetah Girls: One World.

She was one of the featured celebrity dancers in the Live Dancing with the Stars Las Vegas show, running 14 April through 5 August 2012 at the Tropicana Resort and Casino theater.

She has been a celebrity correspondent for the behind-the-scenes look at season 8 of Dancing with the Stars for E! News, and TV Guide show Reality Chat. For season 9 of Dancing with the Stars, she co-hosted TV Guide show Reality Chat and hosted backstage at Dancing with the Stars on abc.com. Bryan was asked back to co-host backstage at Dancing with the Stars for the 10th through 12th seasons. She has interviewed season 10 winner of the series Nicole Scherzinger, country singer Reba McEntire, Evan Lysacek, Erin Andrews, Kate Gosselin, and many more.

Philanthropy

Healthy Kids Challenge

In 2008, it was announced that Bryan would be partnering with Mission Foods as the spokesperson for the Healthy Kids Challenge. One of Bryan's many roles is to provide information to help educate kids on easy ways to stay healthy through nutrition and keeping active.

Solo projects

Byou

Bryan released a DVD workout entitled Byou in December 2005. The workout is especially geared towards young girls with a tagline that reads "Be Happy, Be Healthy " BYOU!". More than a quarter million DVDs have been sold. A soundtrack to the DVD was also released which included the song "Byou", performed by Bryan, as well as other songs by her and other artists. The song "Byou" was also featured on the Radio Disney: Move It! CD which was released in 2006. Bryan released Byou 2, on January 13, 2009. Byou 2 features one exclusive track by Bryan called "C'mon".

Princess of Gossip

Bryan teamed up with popular author Julia DeVillers to write the book Princess of Gossip, the story of an ordinary girl with an extraordinary secret. Princess of Gossip was released on October 8, 2008. It is currently being considered for a possible movie.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Help Me, Help You	Sandy	Independent Feature Film
Television Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Mrs. Santa Claus	Fritzie	Television Movie
2003	The Cheetah Girls	Dorinda Thomas	Disney Channel Original Movie; filmed in Canada.
2006	The Cheetah Girls 2		Disney Channel Original Movie filmed in Spain
2008	The Cheetah Girls: One World		Disney Channel Original Movie filmed in India
Straight-to-DVD
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Byou	Herself	Workout DVD
2008	Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?	Mrs. Murray	horror-fantasy movie
2009	Byou 2	Herself	Workout DVD
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	King's Pawn	Kelly	Unaired TV Pilot
2000	Driving Me Crazy	Terry	Unaired TV Pilot
2004	The Cheetah Girls	Dorinda Thomas	ABC pilot; never picked up.
Television guest appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Grounded for Life	Suzy	Guest Appearance
2001	The Jersey	Angelina Renard	Guest Appearance
2001	The Geena Davis Show	Tina	Guest Appearance
2002	The Bold and the Beautiful	Alisa Cordova	7 Episodes
2007	Dancing with the Stars	Herself "? Season 5	Television Series, Eliminated 6th.
	Disney Channel Games	Herself	Yellow Team
2008	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Herself (with The Cheetah Girls)	Guest star; 1 episode
	Studio DC: Almost Live		Guest star
	Disney Channel Games	Herself	The Comets/Yellow Team
2009	E! News	Herself (Correspondent)	Correspondent for the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars
2010	American Broadcasting Company	Herself (Correspondent)	Correspondent for the 9, 10, 11th season Dancing with the Stars
2010-2011	Fish Hooks	Pamela Hamster	Animated Disney Channel Original Series, 2 Guest Appearances
2011	American Broadcasting Company	Herself (Correspondent)	Correspondent for the 12th season Dancing with the Stars
2012	Dancing with the Stars	Herself Season 15	Television Series " All Stars Eliminated 6th

Discography

Albums with the Cheetah Girls

The Cheetah Girls Soundtrack

• Released: August 12, 2003 (U.S.)
• Record Company: Walt Disney Records

Cheetah-licious Christmas

• Released: October 11, 2005 (U.S.)
• Record Company: Walt Disney Records

The Cheetah Girls 2 Soundtrack

• Released: August 25, 2006 (U.S.)
• Peak Position: #5
• Record Company: Walt Disney Records

In Concert: The Party's Just Begun Tour

• Released: September 10, 2007 (U.S.)
• Record Company: Walt Disney Records

TCG

• Released: September 25, 2007 (U.S.)
• Peak Position: #44 (U.S.)
• Record Company: Hollywood Records

The Cheetah Girls: One World Soundtrack

• Released: August 19, 2008 (U.S.)
• Peak Position: #13
• Record Company: Walt Disney Records

Solo album

Byou

• Released: January 17, 2006 (U.S.)
• Record Company: Sony/BMG Special Marketing

Byou 2

• Released: 2009 (U.S.)
• Record Company: Sony/BMG Special Marketing

Other songs

• Just Watch Me
• "C'mon" (Alternate version featured in Byou 2)

Music Video

• 2006: "Byou"
• 2010: "Byou 2"

Tours

• The Cheetah Girls - One World Tour (2008)
• Dancing with the Stars "? The Tour (2007"2008)
• The Party's Just Begun Tour (2006"2007)
• Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour (2005)