Cassandra Lynn Scerbo (born March 30, 1990) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She was one of the members of the all-girl pop band

Slumber Party Girls The Slumber Party Girls (also known as SPG) were an all-girl American pop band formed in 2006. Their debut album, Dance Revolution, was released on October 3, 2006. During the 2006–2007 television season, SPG hosted the KOL Secret Slumber Pa ...

in the

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children's music variety series ''

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''. In acting, she starred as Brooke in the film '' Bring It On: In It to Win It'' (2007), as Lauren Tanner in the

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comedy-drama series ''

Make It or Break It ''Make It or Break It'' ( ''MIOBI)'' is an American teen/family drama television series that focused on the lives of teen gymnasts who strived to make it to the Olympic Games in 2012. The series was inspired by Touchstone's 2006 teen comedy-dra ...

'' (2009–2012), and as Nova Clarke in the ''Sharknado'' film series alongside

Ian Ziering Ian Andrew Ziering (; born March 30, 1964) is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Sanders on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', which he played from 1990 to 2000. He is also the voice of Vinnie on ''Biker Mice from M ...

and

Tara Reid Tara Donna Reid (born November 8, 1975) is an American actress. She played Vicky in the films '' American Pie'' (1999), '' American Pie 2'' (2001), and '' American Reunion'' (2012), and Bunny Lebowski in '' The Big Lebowski'' (1998). In 2013, s ...

(2013–2018).

Life and career

Scerbo was born on

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, New York. She is of full

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ancestry. Scerbo was raised in

Parkland, Florida Parkland is a suburban city, 42 miles northwest of Miami, in northern Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Parkland was 34,670. Parkland is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6,166 ...

and played

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for the Parkland Soccer Club. She lived in

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from the time she was in kindergarten until she was cast in ''Make It or Break It''. She attended

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in Parkland. In 2006, Scerbo successfully auditioned for the music girl group

. Scerbo was chosen as one of the five members out of over 1,000 fellow applicants. In September 2006, the group hosted the children's music variety series ''

'' which promoted nutrition and fitness to children. Slumber Party Girls' original songs were dominantly featured through the series run. The group's debut album ''

'' was released but failed to chart. The series was not renewed for a second season. In mid-2007, as the group began working on their second record the group was confirmed to have split. That same year, Scerbo signed a solo-recording contract with

Geffen Records Geffen Records is an American record label established by David Geffen and owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M Records imprint. Founded in 1980, Geffen Records has been a part of Interscope Geffen A&M since 1999 and h ...

. Her three original songs "Betcha Don't Know", "Sugar and Spice" and "Top Of The World" were all released on

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in 2008. In 2007,

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has green-lit a planned fourth installment of the ''

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'' film series with Scerbo confirmed to star. She portrayed the role of Brooke the team captain of the East Coast Jets Cheerleading squad who have won three years in a row at Camp Spirit-Thunder. It was released

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on December 18, 2007 to generally negative reviews from critics. That same year, Scerbo appeared in the

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television pilot '' Arwin!''. The pilot was filmed in late-2006 but was not picked up by Disney Channel. In September 2008, Scerbo starred in the direct-to-DVD comedy film ''

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'' alongside

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and

Emily Osment Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Osment began her career as a child actress, appearing in numerous television shows and films, before co-starring as Gerti ...

. In June 2009, Scerbo was cast in the

teen comedy-drama series ''

'' which premiered to 2.5 million viewers. Scerbo portrayed the role of a skilled gymnast named Lauren Tanner who aspires to make it to the

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. Due to the series success ABC Family ordered an additional 10-episodes bringing the first season episode count to 20 episodes. In January 2012, ABC Family renewed the series for a third and final season. The series finale "United Stakes" aired in May 2012. In April 2010, Scerbo also appeared with her ''Make It or Break It'' castmate

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in an episode of ''

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'' entitled "

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". The episode aired on April 12, 2010. In 2011, Scerbo starred in the ABC Family

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'' Teen Spirit''. Scerbo portrayed the role of the Queen Bee of high school who is electrified to death and is not allowed to enter Heaven unless she helps the school's most unpopular girl become prom queen. Filming took place in

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. The film premiered on August 7, 2011 on ABC Family. In August 2012, Scerbo was announced that she is the godmother to

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's son. In 2013, Scerbo starred in the

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'' as bartender Nova Clarke; she reprised her role in the third installment '' Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!'' in 2015, '' Sharknado 5: Global Swarming'' in 2017, and the final installment '' The Last Sharknado: It's About Time'' in 2018, of which her character has turned into a hardened sharknado fighter.

Filmography

Film

Television

Albums

* 2006: ''

Dance Revolution (album) ''Dance Revolution'' is the debut and only album from American girl group, The Slumber Party Girls. It was released on October 3, 2006 by Geffen Records. Promotion "My Life" was released on May 8, 2007 as the album's lead and only single. It is ...

References

External links

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Official Music Myspace

Record Labels Artist site
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