American actress
Brittany Underwood
in the television film The Killer In My Backyard (2021) by
Hybrid LLC.
Born (1988-07-06 ) July 6, 1988 (age 36) Occupation Actress Years active 2005–present
Brittany Underwood (born July 6, 1988) is a Colombian American actress, director, and singer. She is known for her roles as teenagers Langston Wilde on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live and Loren Tate on the Nick at Nite /TeenNick serial drama Hollywood Heights .
Early life
Brittany Underwood was born on July 6, 1988[ 1] [ 2] in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey .[ 3] Her mother is Colombian and her father is American of English descent.[ 4] She has an older sister named Brigitte. Underwood speaks fluent Spanish and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do .[ 3] [ 5] She attended Mountain Lakes High School .[ 6]
In an interview with SOAPnet in 2010, Underwood said she was currently attending Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York . At the college, she researched neuroscience , and such diseases as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease .[ 4] [ 7]
Career
Underwood's first television role was in a 2005 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . She later auditioned for the title role in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana , but the role went to Miley Cyrus .[ 4] [ 5]
Underwood portrayed Langston Wilde on the ABC Daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 2006 to 2012, a role she originated. In 2012 she starred as Loren Tate on the Nick at Nite /TeenNick serial drama Hollywood Heights .[ 4] She performed several songs on both series.
Underwood officially began a singing career in 2012. On December 18, 2012, Underwood released a single called "Flow".[ 8] It and more songs like "Pull Me in Again", "Black Widow", "California Wild", "Love Me Now or Let Me Go", "Shine" and "High Heels High Hopes" all are on her EP in iTunes and YouTube. In 2015, she released a single titled "Not Yet".[ 9]
In 2014 Underwood played the lead in the television film Death Clique .[ 10]
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2010
Mariela
Mariela
Video
2011
Margaret
Leslie
2012
Game Change
Willow Palin
TV movie
2014
Death Clique
Jade Thompson
TV movie
2015
Merry Kissmas
Kim
TV movie
2016
Hidden Truth
Natalie
TV movie
The Dark Tapes
Amanda Courtney
Backstabbed
Shelby Wilson
TV movie
2017
Love on the Vines
Amelia
TV movie
It Happened One Valentine's
Carson Pete
Meat Cute
Jamie
Short
Deadly Vows
Helena
TV movie
The Bachelor Next Door
Sage
TV movie
L.A. Player
Jocelyn
Short
2018
Babysitter's Nightmare
Daphne Hart
TV movie
2019
2nd Chance for Christmas
Chance Love
TV movie
2020
Off the Grid
Sandra
TV movie
Dying for A Daughter
Margaret
TV movie
2021
A Deadly Bridenapping
Leah
TV movie
Hollywood.Con
Jocelyn Reynolds
Assault on va-33
Vee
The Killer in My Backyard
Allyson
TV movie
Gunther
Brittany
Short
2022
The Final Rose
Nicki
Mother's Deadly Son
Tara
TV movie
A Prince and Pauper Christmas
Sydney
TV movie
2023
Love's Playlist
Turnley
TV movie
12 Dares of Christmas
Elara
TV movie
A Royal Christmas Holiday
Katie
TV movie
Television roles
Discography
Brittany Underwood (2013)
References
^ "Brittany Underwood". Soap Opera Digest : 43. July 16, 2012.
^ "Brittany Underwood" . Hollywood.com . Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
^ a b "Brittany Underwood" . soapteens.com . Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2015 .
^ a b c d Leal, Samantha (July 11, 2012). "Introducing Hollywood Heights Actress Brittany Underwood" . Latina . Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2013 .
^ a b "Brittany Underwood Biography" . buddytv.com . Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015 .
^ Lutz, Jaime. "From Mountain Lakes to Nickelodeon, Brittany Underwood doesn't sleep" , The Star-Ledger , July 5, 2012, updated March 20, 2019. Accessed August 27, 2020. "She started acting professionally while she was still a student at Mountain Lakes High School, getting a steady, if slight, stream of work: a guest-star role on Law and Order, a featured part in Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret, various commercials."
^ "Fifteen Seconds With Brittany Underwood" . YouTube . March 8, 2010. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2015 .
^ "Brittany Underwood - Flow" . Apple. Retrieved December 19, 2012 .
^ "Brittany Underwood - Not Yet" . Apple. Retrieved May 21, 2015 .
^ Arreola, Cristina (April 12, 2014). "EXCLUSIVE: Brittany Underwood Talks 'Death Clique' & Being Latina In Hollywood" . Latina . Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2016 .
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