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Brittany Snow was born on March 9, 1986, in Tampa, Florida. Her career began at the tender age of 3 after she appeared in an ad for the Florida-based department store Burdines. Brittany's parents, recognizing their daughter's photogenic personality and natural comfort in front of the camera, started taking her to a series of auditions, and it wasn't long before she was appearing in commercials for such recognizable names as McDonald's and K-Mart. Determined to progress beyond advertisements, Brittany began honing her craft by taking on roles in a whole host of local stage productions, including Annie, Pirates of Penzance and South Pacific. Her burgeoning confidence allowed her to start auditioning for various local endeavors, and in 1995 she made her debut on the Disney Channel production Walt Disney World Inside Out. She followed that up with a two-episode stint on SeaQuest DSV, and subsequently hired an agent to secure auditions for television shows and movies. Just one week after locking down an agent, Brittany landed an audition for the long-running CBS show Guiding Light. Soon after, Brittany found herself jetting between the Guiding Light set in New York and her classes back home in Florida. It was a grueling schedule, but Brittany, along with her supportive parents, made it work. And although she only stayed with the show for eight episodes, Brittany was able to parlay her experiences on the soap into increasingly high-profile gigs. In 2002, Brittany's profile was raised exponentially after she landed the role of Meg Pryor on American Dreams, an NBC show revolving around the exploits of a circa 1960s family. She soon found herself acting opposite fellow up-and-coming stars like Sarah Ramos and Vanessa Lengies. Despite the efforts of the show's devoted fans (who went so far as to bombard NBC with postcards), American Dreams was canceled after only three seasons, though Brittany's effortless charisma and talent ensured that she was destined for bigger and better things. Following the demise of American Dreams, Brittany appeared alongside Vin Diesel and Lauren Graham in the 2005 Disney comedy The Pacifier. The film went on to gross over $100 million at the box office and deftly proved that Brittany had a real flair for comedy. She followed that up with a five-episode stint on the hit show Nip/Tuck, in which she played the girlfriend of John Hensley's troubled character. The role was a real departure for Brittany because she was generally best known for playing squeaky-clean characters and was made to step into the shoes of a comparatively nasty figure. She pulled it off, however, and displayed the sort of range that even her most ardent followers weren't aware she possessed. Brittany got her first crack at a leading role in 2006 with John Tucker Must Die, which cast her opposite fellow hot, young actors Jesse Metcalfe, Sophia Bush and Arielle Kebbel. In early 2007, Brittany appeared in Hairspray, based on the smash musical, costarring John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and Zac Efron; and she was cast to star in the 2008 film Finding Amanda, a comedy featuring Matthew Broderick.