Brittany Allen (born February 5, 1986[1]) is a Canadian actress. Her first notable role was 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. In later years, she worked consistently on television, and in the films of her partner, Colin Minihan, including the 2014 film Extraterrestrial, the 2016 film It Stains the Sands Red and the 2018 film What Keeps You Alive, the latter of which Allen starred in and scored.[2]
Brittany Allen | |
|---|---|
 Allen in 2013 | |
| Born | February 5, 1986 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, producer, composer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Awards | Daytime Emmy Award 2011 Outstanding Younger Actress |
Education
editShe attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the Sheridan Institute for Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario, for their renowned Music Theatre – Performance Program.[citation needed]
Career
editAfter 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 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.[citation needed]
In 2014, she played the lead role in the science fiction horror film Extraterrestrial, directed by Colin Minihan of The Vicious Brothers, with whom Allen started an ongoing personal and professional relationship.[3]
In 2015, Allen starred in the psychological thriller Backgammon and contributed to the writing of the story for the independent comedy-drama film, Almost Anything.
In 2016, she teamed up with Minihan again for the unconventional zombie film It Stains the Sands Red, where Allen acted as executive producer and starred as a lone woman being chased by a single, relentless zombie throughout the desert.[4][5]
In 2017, Allen starred in the science fiction drama Incontrol.[6][7] She also had a co-starring role in the horror film Jigsaw, a sequel to the Saw film franchise.[8][9]
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 also played the role of Ella Riordan in the second season of NBC's "Taken". The same year she co-starred alongside her Jigsaw co-star Hannah Emily Anderson in the thriller What Keeps You Alive, which she also produced and scored.[10][11] The film marks her third collaboration with Colin Minihan.[12]
In 2019, she appeared in the horror film The Prodigy as Margaret St. James.[13][14] The same year she appeared as Charlotte/Popclaw in the Amazon superhero black comedy television series, The Boys.[15]
Personal life
editIn 2014, she started dating Canadian director Colin Minihan, whom she met on the set of Extraterrestrial, which he directed and in which she starred.[16]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Rocker | I Heart Matt Girl | [citation needed] |
| 2012 | Dead Before Dawn | Lucy Winthrop | |
| 2014 | Extraterrestrial | April | |
| 2015 | Backgammon | Miranda | |
| 2015 | Farhope Tower | Susan | |
| 2015 | Look Again | Tanya | |
| 2016 | It Stains the Sands Red | Molly | Also executive producer |
| 2017 | The Definites | Bernie | |
| 2017 | Incontrol | Naomi | |
| 2017 | Jigsaw | Carly | |
| 2018 | What Keeps You Alive | Jules | Also executive producer and composer |
| 2019 | The Prodigy | Margaret St. James |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |
| 2009–2010 | 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 | Episodes: "Password", "Viceroy” |
| 2019 | The Boys | Charlotte/Popclaw | 3 episodes |
Awards and nominations
editAllen won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2011 for playing Marissa Tasker on All My Children.[17]
References
edit- ^ "About the Actors - Brittany Allen".
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Director Colin Minihan and Actress Brittany Allen Talk Their Latest Collaboration". Rue Morgue. June 7, 2018. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Director Colin Minihan and Actress Brittany Allen Talk Their Latest Collaboration". Rue Morgue. June 7, 2018. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ 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". 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Jigsaw/Saw 8 - ScreenRant". screenrant.com. 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Trailer: What Keeps You Alive Starring Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com. 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Another Eerie 'What Keeps You Alive' Image Keeps Terror Afloat - Bloody Disgusting". bloody-disgusting.com. 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Director Colin Minihan and Actress Brittany Allen Talk Their Latest Collaboration". Rue Morgue. June 7, 2018. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "'Jigsaw' Stars Joins Orion Pictures' 'Descendant' - Bloody Disgusting". Bloody Disgusting. 6 March 2018.
- ^ "It Stains the Sands Red's Brittany Allen Joins New Nicholas McCarthy Movie". Dread Central. 11 March 2018.
- ^ "The Boys Recap: X-Factor". Vulture. July 26, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
...and arguably sabotages it with the handling of Popclaw (Brittany Allen).
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Director Colin Minihan and Actress Brittany Allen Talk Their Latest Collaboration". Rue Morgue. June 7, 2018. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Daytime Emmy 2011 Winners: Full List Of Emmys Awards". The Huffington Post. June 20, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2012.