Brittany Leanna "Britt" Robertson is an American actress. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her film debut in "The Ghost Club" (2003).
Background
Robertson was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and grew up in Chester, South Carolina, where she first aspired to act. She is the oldest of seven children with three brothers and three sisters and was homeschooled by her mother.
She started acting in local theater when she was young, and as soon as she hit her teens decided that she wanted to pursue acting seriously and would take trips to L.A. to audition, eventually moving there with her grandmother to act.
Career
Robertson first appeared before an audience when performing various roles on stage at the Greenville Little Theater in her home town. At age 12, Robertson began making extended trips to Los Angeles to audition for roles in TV shows and even landed a spot in a pilot for a show which was never picked up by a network, but she continued auditioning and in 2003 she booked the main role in a movie called "The Ghost Club", and quickly after that started landing more roles.
Her first big break came when she was selected to play Michelle Seaver in the "Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers". Her most notable role to date is that of Cara Burns in the 2007 film "Dan In Real Life". Robertson appeared in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" in episode 168 "Go to Hell", and had a role as a recurring character in the CBS television series Swingtown.
In 2008, she played the main character in a Lifetime Original Movie, "Trixie Stone", in the movie based on Jodi Picoult's novel, "The Tenth Circle", followed by other television roles.
In 2009, she played a small role as DJ in "The Alyson Stoner Project". She also made a guest appearance on "Law and Order: SVU" in the episode "Babes" as Tina Bernardi, a Catholic teen who gets pregnant in a pact.
In 2010, she starred in "The CW's show Life Unexpected" as Lux Cassidy, a teenager who gets back in her parents' lives.
In late autumn 2010, she starred as Allie Pennington in "Avalon High", which is based on Meg Cabot's book of the same name.
Robertson now stars as Cassie Blake in The CW's 2011 television series "The Secret Circle".
Filmography:
- "The Ghost Club" (2003)
- "The Last Summer" (2004)
- "Keeping Up with the Steins" (2006)
- "Frank" (2007)
- "Dan in Real Life" (2007)
- "From Within" (2008)
- "The Alyson Stoner Project" (2009)
- "Mother and Child" (2009)
- "Cherry" (2010)
- "The Family Tree" (2010)
- "Triple Dog" (2010)
- "Scream 4" (2011)