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Brittany Underwood

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Brittany Underwood
in the television film The Killer In My Backyard (2021) by Hybrid LLC.
Born (1988-07-06) July 6, 1988 (age 36)
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2005–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

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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

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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

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Film

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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

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Year Title Role Notes
2002–12 One Life to Live Langston Wilde Regular Cast
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Kelly Brown Episode "Demons"
2010–20 The Bay Riley Henderson Main Cast: Season 1-4, Recurring Cast: Season 5-6
2011 The Big C Greta Episode: "The Little c"
2012 Hollywood Heights Loren Tate Main Cast
2014 Major Crimes Sydney Episode: "Do Not Disturb"
The Goldbergs Jill Rubin Episode: “Shall We Play a Game?”
2014–15 Youthful Daze Sheila Edmundson Main Cast: Season 3, Recurring Cast: Season 4
2015 TMI Hollywood Various Episode: "Scheana Shay Rules"

Discography

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  • Brittany Underwood (2013)

References

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  1. ^ "Brittany Underwood". Soap Opera Digest: 43. July 16, 2012.
  2. ^ "Brittany Underwood". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Brittany Underwood". soapteens.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Brittany Underwood Biography". buddytv.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  6. ^ 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."
  7. ^ "Fifteen Seconds With Brittany Underwood". YouTube. March 8, 2010. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  8. ^ "Brittany Underwood - Flow". Apple. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  9. ^ "Brittany Underwood - Not Yet". Apple. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  10. ^ 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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