Brittany Snow Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards

Birth Name: Brittany Anne Snow
Birth Place: Tampa, Florida, United States
Profession: Actor, Model

Biography

Although she got her big break playing a teen rebel on Guiding Light, this angelic-looking actress was a good girl off screen. After launching her modeling career at age 3, the native Floridian appeared in regional theater and TV guest spots before signing on to the New York-based soap. In order to maintain a semblance of a normal life, her parents insisted that she keep Tampa as her home base, and from 1998-2001, Snow commuted to the set while keeping her spot on her school's honor roll. In 2002 she charmed prime-time viewers as the lead on the family drama American Dreams. As a comely blonde dancer coming of age against the tumultuous backdrop of the '60s, she became a teen idol and fashion plate. Although the series was canceled after three seasons, Snow launched a successful big-screen career, appearing in a number of youth-oriented films (John Tucker Must Die, The Pacifier, Prom Night) and the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray, while continuing to indulge her dark side as a neo-Nazi high-school student in a scary stint on Nip/Tuck. Snow decided to return to network TV in 2010 when she signed on to play a lawyer’s assistant in David E. Kelly’s midseason legal drama Harry’s Law. Offscreen, she is active with the Jed Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing emotional stress and preventing suicide among college students.

Fast Facts

Received a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime Series in 2001 for her role on Guiding Light.
Sang backup on the American Dreams soundtrack for the song "My Boyfriend's Back."
Appeared in The Academy Is... music video for the song "The Phrase That Pays."

Awards

2007, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: Nominee
2008, Critics' Choice Awards — Best Acting Ensemble: Winner