Brittany Underwood Explained

Brittany Underwood
Birth Date:6 July 1988
Birth Place:Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, U.S.
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. She has an older sister named Brigitte. Underwood speaks fluent Spanish and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.[3] She attended Mountain Lakes High School.[4]

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.[5]

Career

Underwood's first television role was in a 2005 episode of . She later auditioned for the title role in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, but the role went to Miley Cyrus.[6] [7]

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.[6] 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010MarielaMarielaVideo
2011MargaretLeslie
2012Game ChangeWillow PalinTV movie
2014Death CliqueJade ThompsonTV movie
2015Merry KissmasKimTV movie
2016Hidden TruthNatalieTV movie
The Dark TapesAmanda Courtney
BackstabbedShelby WilsonTV movie
2017Love on the VinesAmeliaTV movie
It Happened One Valentine'sCarson Pete
Meat CuteJamieShort
Deadly VowsHelenaTV movie
The Bachelor Next DoorSageTV movie
L.A. PlayerJocelynShort
2018Babysitter's NightmareDaphne HartTV movie
20192nd Chance for ChristmasChance LoveTV movie
2020Off the GridSandraTV movie
Dying for A DaughterMargaretTV movie
2021A Deadly BridenappingLeahTV movie
Hollywood.ConJocelyn Reynolds
Assault on va-33Vee
The Killer in My BackyardAllysonTV movie
GuntherBrittanyShort
2022The Final RoseNicki
Mother's Deadly SonTaraTV movie
A Prince and Pauper ChristmasSydneyTV movie
2023Love's PlaylistTurnleyTV movie
12 Dares of ChristmasElaraTV movie
A Royal Christmas HolidayKatieTV movie

Television roles

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002–12One Life to LiveLangston WildeRegular Cast
2005Kelly BrownEpisode "Demons"
2010–20The BayRiley HendersonMain Cast: Season 1-4, Recurring Cast: Season 5-6
2011The Big CGreta Episode: "The Little c"
2012Hollywood HeightsLoren TateMain Cast
2014Major CrimesSydneyEpisode: "Do Not Disturb"
The GoldbergsJill Rubin Episode: “Shall We Play a Game?”
2014–15Youthful DazeSheila EdmundsonMain Cast: Season 3, Recurring Cast: Season 4
2015TMI HollywoodVariousEpisode: "Scheana Shay Rules"

Discography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Soap Opera Digest . Brittany Underwood . July 16, 2012 . 43.
  2. Web site: Brittany Underwood . May 28, 2016 . Hollywood.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160103073509/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/brittany-underwood-57796761/ . January 3, 2016 .
  3. Web site: Brittany Underwood. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317090917/http://www.soapteens.com/Brittany.html. March 17, 2012. soapteens.com. February 25, 2015.
  4. 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."
  5. Web site: Fifteen Seconds With Brittany Underwood. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/lgVWx76vFvs . 2021-12-13 . live. March 8, 2010. YouTube. February 25, 2015.
  6. Web site: Leal . Samantha . July 11, 2012 . Introducing Hollywood Heights Actress Brittany Underwood . December 11, 2013 . Latina. https://web.archive.org/web/20200127212038/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/tv/introducing-hollywood-heights-actress-brittany-underwood . January 27, 2020 .
  7. Web site: Brittany Underwood Biography. buddytv.com. February 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150225172811/http://www.buddytv.com/info/brittany-underwood-info.aspx. February 25, 2015. dead.
  8. Web site: Brittany Underwood - Flow. Apple. December 19, 2012.
  9. Web site: Brittany Underwood - Not Yet. Apple. May 21, 2015.
  10. Web site: Arreola . Cristina . April 12, 2014 . EXCLUSIVE: Brittany Underwood Talks 'Death Clique' & Being Latina In Hollywood . July 8, 2016 . Latina. https://web.archive.org/web/20150929014626/http://www.latina.com/movies/brittany-underwood-interview-death-clique . September 29, 2015 .