Brittany Allen (born February 5, 1986) is a Canadian actress. Her first notable role was as
Marissa Chandler on ''
All My Children
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'' from 2009 to 2010, for which she received a
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...
for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011. In later years, she worked consistently on television, and in the films of her partner,
Colin Minihan
The Vicious Brothers are Canadian-American filmmakers Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz. They are best known for writing and directing the cult horror film, ''Grave Encounters'' and for writing and producing its sequel, ''Grave Encounters 2''. They ...
, including the 2014 film ''
Extraterrestrial'', the 2016 film ''
It Stains the Sands Red
''It Stains the Sands Red'' is a 2016 Canadian-American horror film directed by Colin Minihan. It stars Brittany Allen as a woman relentlessly pursued through the desert outside of Las Vegas by a single zombie.
Plot
During a zombie apocalypse, ...
'' and the 2018 film ''
What Keeps You Alive
''What Keeps You Alive'' is a 2018 Canadian psychological horror film written and directed by Colin Minihan. It stars Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen and follows a young woman fighting for her life as her wife's murderous intentions bec ...
'', the latter of which Allen starred in and scored.
Education
She attended
Etobicoke School of the Arts
The Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA) is a specialized public arts-academic high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in Etobicoke, it has been housed in the former Royal York Collegiate Institute facility since 1983. Founded on September ...
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the
Sheridan Institute for Technology and Advanced Learning in
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. At its Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 213,759, it is List of tow ...
, 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
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'' from April 21, 2009 to December 21, 2010. For this role, she earned a
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...
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
''Bomb Girls'' is a Canadian television drama that debuted on January 4, 2012, on Global and Univision Canada in Spanish. The plot profiles the stories of four women working in a Canadian munitions factory during World War II, beginning in 1941. ...
'' and the American science fiction western ''
Defiance'' on the
Syfy network.
In 2014, she played the lead role in the
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
horror film ''
Extraterrestrial'', directed by Colin Minihan of
The Vicious Brothers, with whom Allen started an ongoing personal and professional relationship.
In 2015, Allen starred in the
psychological thriller
Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting.
In terms of context and co ...
''
Backgammon
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'' and contributed to the writing of the story for the
independent
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* Independ ...
comedy-drama
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film, ''Almost Anything''.
In 2016, she teamed up with Minihan again for the unconventional
zombie film
A zombie film is a film genre. Zombies are fictional creatures usually portrayed as reanimated corpses or virally infected human beings. They are commonly portrayed as cannibalistic in nature. While zombie films generally fall into the horror g ...
''
It Stains the Sands Red
''It Stains the Sands Red'' is a 2016 Canadian-American horror film directed by Colin Minihan. It stars Brittany Allen as a woman relentlessly pursued through the desert outside of Las Vegas by a single zombie.
Plot
During a zombie apocalypse, ...
'', where Allen acted as
executive producer
Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ...
and starred as a lone woman being chased by a single, relentless zombie throughout the desert.
In 2017, Allen starred in the
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...
''
Incontrol''. She also had a co-starring role in the
horror film ''
Jigsaw
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* Jigsaw (tool), a tool used for cutting arbitrary curves
* Jigsaw puzzle, a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces
Arts and media Comics
* Jigsaw (Marvel Comics), a supervillain and arch-enemy of ...
'', a sequel to the
''Saw'' film franchise.
In 2018, she appeared on the
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison ...
series ''
Falling Water'', replacing
Brooke Bloom
Brooke Bloom is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as ''Ronah'' in the drama film ''She's Lost Control (film), She's Lost Control'' (2014).
Career
Her first on-screen appearance was a role as Grunge Girl in the episod ...
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
Jigsaw may refer to:
* Jigsaw (tool), a tool used for cutting arbitrary curves
* Jigsaw puzzle, a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces
Arts and media Comics
* Jigsaw (Marvel Comics), a supervillain and arch-enemy of ...
'' co-star Hannah Emily Anderson in the
thriller ''
What Keeps You Alive
''What Keeps You Alive'' is a 2018 Canadian psychological horror film written and directed by Colin Minihan. It stars Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen and follows a young woman fighting for her life as her wife's murderous intentions bec ...
'', which she also produced and scored. The film marks her third collaboration with Colin Minihan.
In 2019, she appeared in the horror film ''
The Prodigy
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'' as Margaret St. James. The same year she appeared as Charlotte/Popclaw in the Amazon superhero black comedy television series, ''
The Boys''.
Personal life
In 2014, she started dating Canadian director
Colin Minihan
The Vicious Brothers are Canadian-American filmmakers Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz. They are best known for writing and directing the cult horror film, ''Grave Encounters'' and for writing and producing its sequel, ''Grave Encounters 2''. They ...
, whom she met on the set of ''
Extraterrestrial'', which he directed and she starred in.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
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Canadian television actresses
1986 births
Living people
Daytime Emmy Award winners
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series winners
Canadian soap opera actresses
Actresses from Toronto
Canadian child actresses
Canadian film actresses
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses