Brittany Allen
Brittany Allen | |
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Brittany Allen at Canadian Film Centre 25th Anniversary Celebration in Los Angeles on March 20, 2013 | |
Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | February 5, 1986
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1999–present |
Notable work | |
Awards |
Daytime Emmy Award 2011 Outstanding Younger Actress |
Brittany Allen (born February 5, 1986)[1] is a Canadian actress known for her role as Marissa Chandler on All My Children from 2009 to 2010 for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011.
Personal life
She attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She attended Sheridan Institute for Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario, Canada for their renowned Music Theatre – Performance Program.
Career
After a few minor roles in TV movies, Allen played the role of Marissa Chandler on All My Children from April 21, 2009 to December 21, 2010. For this role, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award award in 2011 in the category Younger Actress in a Drama Series.
She went on to appear in several TV series, with recurring roles in the Canadian drama Bomb Girls and the American science fiction western Defiance on the Syfy network.
Between 2014 and 2016, she played lead roles in the science fiction horror film Extraterrestrial, the psychological thriller Backgammon and the unconventional zombie film It Stains the Sands Red, where she starred a lone woman being chased by a single, relentless zombie throughout the desert. She also acted as executive producer for the film.[2] This marked the second time she worked with Canadian director Colin Minihan after Extraterrestrial.[3] In 2015, Allen contributed to the writing of the story for the independent comedy-drama film, Almost Anything.
In 2017, Allen starred in the science fiction drama Incontrol.[4][5] She also had a co-starring role in the horror film Jigsaw, a sequel to the Saw film franchise.[6][7]
In 2018, she appeared on the USA Network series Falling Water, replacing Brooke Bloom in the role of Sabine for the series' second season. She has also had a role alongside her Jigsaw co-star Hannah Emily Anderson in the thriller What Keeps You Alive.[8][9] She is also set to appear in the horror film Descendant as Margaret St. James.[10][11]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Surrender | Mary Foley (young) | Short film |
2008 | Us Chickens | Sarah Lassiter | Short film |
2009 | Gitch | Maya | Short film |
2010 | Verona | Paris | Short film |
2012 | Dead Before Dawn | Lucy Winthrop | |
2014 | Extraterrestrial | April | |
2015 | Backgammon | Miranda | |
2015 | Farhope Tower | Susan | |
2015 | Look Again | Tanya | |
2015 | First Session | Ellie | Short film |
2016 | It Stains the Sands Red | Molly | |
2017 | The Definites | Bernie | |
2017 | Incontrol | Naomi | |
2017 | Jigsaw | Carly | |
2018 | What Keeps You Alive | Jules | |
2018 | Descendant | Margaret St. James |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | What Katy Did | Cecy Hall | Television film |
1999 | Restless Spirits | Stacey | Television film |
2000 | Virtual Mom | Melinda | Television film |
2001 | Walter and Henry | June | Television film |
2002 | I Love Mummy | Izzie | Episode: "James Falls in Love" |
2003 | Street Time | Connie | Episode: "Follow the Money" |
2004 | Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story | Britney 2 | Television film |
2008 | Mayday | Sandy Purl | Episode: "Southern Storm" |
2009 | The Listener | Leslie Cahill | Episode: "My Sister's Keeper" |
2009–10 | All My Children | Marissa Tasker | Regular role |
2010 | Abroad | Friday Livingstone | Television film |
2012 | Bomb Girls | Hazel MacDugall | Recurring role |
2013 | Lost Girl | Della | Episode: "Delinquents" |
2013 | Defiance | Tirra | Recurring role (season 1) |
2013 | Satisfaction | Ashley | Episode: "Fade to Blackened" |
2013 | Played | Beth | Episode: "Money" |
2013 | Republic of Doyle | Amy Cohen | Episode: "Young Guns" |
2014 | Warehouse 13 | Laura Roth | Episode: "Endless" |
2014 | Saving Hope | Megan | Episode: "The Other Side of Midnight" |
2015 | Schitt's Creek | Bree | Episode: "Carl's Funeral" |
2016 | Girl in the Box | Bonnie | Television film |
2018 | Separated at Birth | Lucy Pierce | Television film |
2018 | Falling Water | Sabine Brighton | Recurring role (season 2) |
2018 | Taken | Ella Riordan | Episode: "Password" |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Work | Result | Ref |
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2011 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series | All My Children | Won | [12] |
References
- ↑ "About the Actors - Brittany Allen".
- ↑ Dennis Harvey (July 27, 2017). "Film Review: 'It Stains the Sands Red'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ↑ "SMT: Sitdown with 'It Stains' and 'Jigsaw's' Brittany Allen - Pop Culture Madness Network News". Pcmworldnews.com. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ↑ "Incontrol (2017)".
- ↑ "Sci-fi thriller 'Incontrol' scores North America deal (exclusive)".
- ↑ "Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen go from Jigsaw to What Keeps You Alive".
- ↑ "Jigsaw/Saw 8 - ScreenRant". screenrant.com.
- ↑ "Trailer: What Keeps You Alive Starring Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com.
- ↑ "Another Eerie 'What Keeps You Alive' Image Keeps Terror Afloat - Bloody Disgusting". bloody-disgusting.com.
- ↑ "'Jigsaw' Stars Joins Orion Pictures' 'Descendant' - Bloody Disgusting". bloody-disgusting.com.
- ↑ "It Stains the Sands Red's Brittany Allen Joins New Nicholas McCarthy Movie". Dread Central.
- ↑ "Daytime Emmy 2011 Winners: Full List Of Emmys Awards". The Huffington Post. June 20, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2012.