Brittany Snow Biography

Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American actress, producer, and singer.

Snow 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 (2002-05) 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) and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015).

Snow is also the co-creator of the Love is Louder movement, a project dedicated to stop bullying in schools.

Early life

Brittany Anne Snow was born and raised in Tampa, Florida on March 9, 1986, the daughter of Cinda and John Snow. She is of English, German, Italian, Scottish, and Swiss descent. She has a half-brother, John, Jr., and a half-sister, Holly. She attended Gaither High School in Tampa.

Career

Snow began modeling at the age of three in a print ad for Burdines. She was on CBS' Guiding Light for three years as troubled teen Susan "Daisy" Lemay. 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 Namin in the video game Kingdom Hearts II (but is replaced by Meaghan Martin in all subsequent appearances) and Shizuku Tsukishima in the Studio Ghibli film Whisper of the Heart. She also portrayed a young woman afflicted with bipolar disorder in the season seven finale of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Snow appeared on the music video for "The Phrase That Pays" by The Academy Is... which was released in July 2006.

In 2007, 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 Hairspray director 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.

On January 17, 2011, Snow began appearing as a series regular in the first season of the legal drama Harry's Law as Jenna, and returned as a recurring character in season two. Also in 2011, she starred alongside Evan Ross in the cautionary thriller 96 Minutes.

On November 9, 2012, Snow was cast in the sitcom Ben and Kate as Lila, a love interest for Tommy. In 2012, Snow starred in the musical comedy film Pitch Perfect, as a cappella singer Chloe, alongside Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp and Skylar Astin. She reprised her role in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and it has been confirmed she will reprise her role in the third installment Pitch Perfect 3.

Personal life

Snow was in a relationship with actor Tyler Hoechlin whom she has known for over a decade, but the couple broke up. Snow lives in Los Angeles, California, in a house she shares with her Pitch Perfect co-star Kelley Jakle.

Snow has spoken openly about her battles with eating disorders and co-created the Love is Louder Movement with The Jed Foundation to support anyone feeling mistreated, hopeless, or alone. Thousands of individuals, campuses, and communities have used Love is Louder's programs, events and clubs to address issues such as bullying, body image, discrimination, and depression. Snow was recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2015 with a Special Recognition Voice Award for her efforts to bring attention to mental health issues.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Whisper of the Heart	Shizuku Tsukishima	Voice 2006 Disney dub
2001	Murphy's Dozen		Television film
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Marcia Prentiss Shaw
2005	'	Zoe Plummer
2006	John Tucker Must Die	Kate Spencer
2007	Hairspray	Amber Von Tussle
	On the Doll	Balery
2008	Prom Night	Donna Keppel
	Finding Amanda	Amanda Tangerman
	Streak	Baylin	Short film
2009	The Vicious Kind	Emma Gainsborough
	Black Water Transit	Sardoonah
2010	Janie Jones	Iris
2011	96 Minutes	Carley
2012	Petunia	Robin McDougal
	Pitch Perfect	Chloe Beale
	Would You Rather	Iris	Producer
2013	Syrup	Three
	To My Future Assistant	Jen	Television pilot
2014	There's Always Woodstock	Jody
2015	Dial a Prayer	Cora
	Pitch Perfect 2	Chloe Beale
2016	The Late Bloomer	Michelle
2017	Bushwick	Lucy	In post-production
	Hangman		In post-production
	Pitch Perfect 3	Chloe Beale	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998-2002	Guiding Light	Susan "Daisy" Lemay
1999	Safe Harbor	Sara	Episode: "Dog Day Afternoons and Nights"
2002-2005	American Dreams	Margaret "Meg" Pryor	61 episodes
2005	Nip/Tuck	Ariel Alderman	5 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jamie Hoskins	Episode: "Influence"
2009	Family Guy	Candy	Voice Episode: "Quagmire's Baby"
2009	Gossip Girl	Young Lily Rhodes	Episode: "Valley Girls"
2011	Harry's Law	Jenna Backstrom	12 episodes
2011	Mad Love	Julia Swanson	Episode: "Little Sister, Big City"
2012-2013	Ben and Kate	Lila	4 episodes
2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Lucy	Lifetime original movie
2014	An American Education	Sarah Miller	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	Full Circle	Katie Parerra	5 episodes
2015	2015 CMT Awards	Herself	Host
2015	TripTank	Stacy	Voice Episode: "Steve's Family"
2016	Workaholics	Erin Mantini	Episode: "Gone Catfishing"
2016-2017	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Anna Hicks	3 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Kingdom Hearts II	Namin
2007	Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix	Namin	Archive footage
2014	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix	Namin	Archive footage
2015	Skylanders: SuperChargers	Splat

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2006	The Phrase That Pays	The Academy Is...	Nurse
2008	Ride	Cary Brothers
	Just Impolite	Plushgun
2009	It's Alright, It's OK	Ashley Tisdale
2011	Fire Escape	Matthew Mayfield	Love Interest
2012	Into The Wild	LP
2015	Crazy Youngsters	Ester Dean
2016	Indian Summer	Gemio Band

Soundtrack appearances

• 2007: Hairspray
• 2012: Pitch Perfect
• 2015: Pitch Perfect 2

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2000	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress	Guiding Light
2001		Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actress
2002		Best Performance in a Soap Opera - Young Actress
		Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)	American Dreams
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress Drama
		TV Actress - Drama/Action Adventure
2004		TV Breakout Star - Female
2007	Hollywood Film Festival	Award for Ensemble of the Year	Hairspray
	Palm Springs International Film Festival	Ensemble Cast Award (with cast)
2008	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller	Prom Night
2011	Boston Film Festival	Prize for Best Actress	96 Minutes
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Hissy Fit (with Anna Camp, Hana Mae Lee, Rebel Wilson)	Pitch Perfect
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Musical Moment (with cast)
2015	Human Rights Campaign	Ally Award	Herself/ Love Is Louder
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Chemistry (with Anna Kendrick)	Pitch Perfect 2