Britt Irvin Explained

Britt Irvin
Birth Name:Brittney Elizabeth Irvin
Birth Date:10 November 1984
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1996–present
Children:1[1]

Brittney Elizabeth Irvin (born November 10, 1984) is a Canadian actress who has also done voiceover work for Ocean Productions. Irvin is best known for playing Katie in and its sequel . She was first billed as Britt Irvin in a 2001 episode of The Outer Limits, and is still sometimes billed as Brittney Irvin in recent work, such as her voice work as Jade in Bratz, and in two of the three episodes of Aliens in America in which she appeared in 2007. She also voiced Sunny Flare in .

Early life

Britt Irvin was born Brittney Elizabeth Irvin in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and raised in Surrey, British Columbia. She began dancing ballet and singing in festivals starting around 1990 when she was 6 years old. She worked on two musicals at age 10, Show Boat and A Christmas Carol, did voice work in the television series "Nilus the Sandman", and did work in several television commercials between productions, many of which aired in the United States as well as Canada.

Acting career

In 1996, Irvin appeared in the films Panic in the Skies! and The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue. In 1998, she appeared in the TV series Little Men on Canada's CTV network, which lasted two seasons. Between 1998 and 2000, Irvin also played guest roles on Sleepwalkers, Night Man, Stargate SG-1, and The Outer Limits. In 2000, she played Laurel Everett in the TV movie Angels in the Infield which also starred Patrick Warburton and David Alan Grier. Also in 2000, she played the role of Maxine Bronty in Quarantine.

In 2000, Irvin acted in So Weird. In 2002, Irvin played a red-wine-loving kleptomaniac named Amy in the MTV movie Wasted and played a role in The Outer Limits again in 2003, the same year she appeared in National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion with Judge Reinhold and Penelope Ann Miller. Also, in 2003, she portrayed the late Dana Plato in the NBC TV movie Diff'rent Strokes: The Unauthorized Biography.

She played the single teenage mother Paige Leckie in the fourth season of Edgemont in 2004, but left the series after just one season in order to fulfill other commitments. Also in 2004 she played "Maggie" in the movie Jack.

Her works have included the 2005 film Reefer Madness which is based on the 2003 musical, (though she only appeared in one scene), the 2005 TV movie Absolute Zero with Jeff Fahey and Erika Eleniak, the 2007 film Hot Rod starring Andy Samberg, and playing the love interest of Kevin Zegers' character in Normal, which was also released in 2007.

She is named in the special thanks credits of Louis Belanger's 2009 film The Timekeeper, which premiered in Canada at the Vancouver International Film Festival and in the United States at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. She had appeared in a scene as a character named Nicole Granger, that was ultimately cut from the film.

Irvin is also an accomplished singer and voice-over artist. Her voice-over credits include TV series: Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Madeline, Bratz and in the English-language version of Inuyasha). She was also the voice of X-23 in the episode "Target X" fourth season of (substituting Andrea Libman, who voiced the character in her original appearance); the character later crossed over to the X-Men comic titles where she once headlined her own limited series and is currently featured in the Avengers Academy title.

She was nominated for a Leo Award in 2008 for her performance in Normal.

Irvin also provided the voice of the character Ursula in the 2007 George of the Jungle cartoon series which aired on the Cartoon Network, making her the first (and currently only) person ever to voice a cartoon character in a series remake, where the character had originally been voiced by June Foray in the original. Foray had originally voiced the character Ursula in the original George of the Jungle series from the 1960s – though the character is significantly different in the 2007 series than in the 1967 series. The series aired for only one season.

Her work in 2008 included the voice of Polly, the love interest of Drake Bell's Harold Kelp in the direct-to-DVD animated sequel, The Nutty Professor.

She portrayed the character Amy in the TV movie Spectacular!, one of the first times she has ever played an antagonist, which aired on Nickelodeon on February 16, 2009. The series The Assistants, in which she plays the lead role Gillian Hughes, premiered on The N on July 10, 2009.[2]

She appeared in the first three episodes of ABC's remake of the 1980s science fiction miniseries V, which premiered on ABC on November 3, 2009, as well as the first episode of Life UneXpected, which premiered in February 2010 on The CW. Irvin portrayed Stargirl in the Smallville episodes "Absolute Justice", "Salvation", "Icarus" and "Prophecy".[3] Her most recent credit is as Kathy Patton in Freshman Father, a Hallmark Channel movie where she portrays a prom queen turned young mother suffering from severe post-partum depression. In 2010, she plays in and , as the voice of Raquelle.

In 2012, Irvin co-starred in Michael Sucsy's film The Vow, which starred Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, and also included her former Little Men and Angels in the Infield co-star Rachel Skarsten in the cast.

In 2015, she voiced Sunny Flare in and 2017 Equestria Girls special, Dance Magic.

Music

Irvin released a demo music album in 2003. She has been known to give live performances in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Her music has never been mass-released, but some of the tracks have been found at sites like YouTube.[4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999data-sort-value="Madeline: Lost in Paris" ChloeVoice role
2003data-sort-value="Great Upstanding Member, The" The Great Upstanding MemberBonnieShort film
2005Reefer Madness: The Movie MusicalThe Arc-ettes
data-sort-value="Road That Binds Us, The" The Road That Binds UsAnneShort film
2007Hot RodCathy
NormalMelissa
Bratz: Super BabyzJadeVoice role
2008Bratz: Girlz Really RockJadeVoice role
Bratz Babyz Save ChristmasJadeVoice role
data-sort-value="Nutty Professor, The" The Nutty ProfessorPolly McGregorVoice role
2010–2011RaquelleVoice role
RaquelleVoice role
2012Bratz: Desert JewelzJadeVoice role
data-sort-value="Vow, The" The VowLinaVoice role
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2Ambassador MirabellaVoice role
2013Lucille's BallLucilleVoice role
2014Feed the GodsEmmaVoice role
Barbie and the Secret DoorJennaVoice role
2015Barbie in Princess PowerCorinne (Dark Sparkle)Voice role
2017data-sort-value="Wrong Babysitter, The" The Wrong BabysitterKendra

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995data-sort-value="New Adventures of Madeline, The" The New Adventures of MadelineNicoleVoice role
1996Panic in the Skies!Joany Baker
Nilus the SandmanAmyEpisode: "About Face"
data-sort-value="Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue, The" The Angel of Pennsylvania AvenueLilly Feagan
1997data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" The Outer LimitsKatrine HoughtonEpisode: "New Lease"
1998SleepwalkersYoung GailEpisode: "Passed Imperfect"
Night ManElizabethEpisode: "Fear City"
1999You, Me, and the KidsEmily's adoptive cousinEpisode: "Adoption"
Stargate SG-1MerrinEpisode: "Learning Curve"
Little MenAnthea Harding / Nan26 episodes
2000Angels in the InfieldLaurel EverettTV movie
data-sort-value="Wednesday Woman, The" The Wednesday WomanMimi DavidsonTV movie
Higher GroundJessica Merrick2 episodes
QuarantineMaxine BrontyTV movie
Personally YoursBridget StantonTV movie
So WeirdJenniferEpisode: "Rewind"
InuYashaKoharuVoice role
2001ShayEpisode: "The Witness"
Earth Maiden ArjunaCindy KleinVoice role
2gether: The SeriesJill LinusEpisode: "Jillie"
data-sort-value="SoulTaker, The" The SoulTakerRuna TokisakaVoice role
data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" The Outer LimitsJudith WilderEpisode: "Mindreacher"
2002WastedAmyTV movie
TakenNina TothEpisode: "Charlie and Lisa"
2003KatieVoice role; TV movie
X-23Episode: "Target X"
Thanksgiving Family ReunionTwig SniderTV movie
EdgemontPaige Leckie13 episodes
Family CurseMiranda WalkerTV movie
2004JackMaggieTV movie
data-sort-value="Book of Ruth, The" The Book of RuthDaisyTV movie
data-sort-value="Days, The" The DaysZanni Colter4 episodes
ToddWorldTrina/Sheep #1
2005Scary Godmother: The Revenge of JimmyKatieTV movie
Being IanAndreaEpisode: "Bad Day at White Rock"
2006Absolute ZeroAJ CarmichaelTV movie
Alice, I ThinkJane2 episodes
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent StrokesDana PlatoTV movie
SupernaturalFirst Teenage GirlEpisode: "Hell House"
2007Write and WrongStacy HerskowitzTV movie
George of the JungleUrsulaMain voice role
2007–2008Aliens in AmericaBecky4 episodes
2009Spectacular!AmyTV movie
data-sort-value="Assistants, The" The AssistantsGillian HughesMain role
VHaley Starks3 episodes
2010Life UnexpectedTracyEpisode: "Pilot"
Freshman FatherKathy PattonTV movie
R.L. Stine's The Haunting HourTemporary guardianEpisodes "Really You: Part 1" and "Really You: Part 2"
2010–2011SmallvilleCourtney Whitmore / Stargirl4 episodes
2012Beauty and the BeastLilaEpisode: "Pilot"
Smart CookiesPaigeTV movie
2012–2018Lightning DustVoice role; episodes: "Wonderbolts Academy", "The Washouts"
2013data-sort-value="Nearlyweds, The" The NearlywedsStellaTV movie
data-sort-value="Trainer, The" The TrainerTina WallaceTV movie
Garage Sale MysteryCelesteTV movie
Packages from Planet XAmandaMain role
SupernaturalMurielEpisode: "Holy Terror"
2014Mr. MiracleAddie FolsomTV movie
2015Sunny FlareVoice role; TV movie
IZombie Kaley TaylorEpisode: "Dead Air"
2016–2018Chesapeake ShoresDanielle Clayman22 episodes
2017My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Magical Movie NightSunny FlareVoice role; episode: "Dance Magic"
2018Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryCara EmblerTV movie
2021Cupids on Beacon StreetEveTV movie
2022Under the Banner of HeavenSarah Lafferty6 episodes
2024Family LawMichelle FischerEpisode: "A River in Egypt"

Music videos

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Instagram. www.instagram.com. 2023-07-15. 2023-07-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715201828/https://www.instagram.com/p/CMNEvbQMKFX/?img_index=1. live.
  2. Web site: TeenNick. 2009-07-07. 2009-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20090714005513/http://www.the-n.com/ntv/shows/index.php?id=760. live.
  3. http://www.cwtv.com/shows/smallville/episodes/911 Smallville
  4. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube. 2016-12-01. 2016-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416053702/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tymSNAEVlyo. live.