Briana Evigan: biography, career, personal life

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

In this article we will talk about a wonderful girl, actress and dancer Briana Evigan, who is best known to the viewer for her role in the movie Step Up 2: The Streets. Let's discuss the career, biography and personal life of the actress. Here is a complete list of her filmography.

Biography, family

Briana Barbara-Jane Evigan (birth name) was born on October 24, 1986 in Los Angeles (USA). In the family, the girl was brought up with her older brother Jason, who performs as a singer in the musical group After Midnight Project, and older sister Vanessa Lee (she, like Briana, is an actress).

The girl's parents are creative people: father Greg Evigan is a musician, actor and singer; mother Pamela (Pam) Serp is a dancer, actress and model.

As soon as Briana went to school, her parents sent her to dance. The girl was trained by the experienced and famous choreographer Shane Sparks. Before she graduated from school, the aspiring dancer appeared as backup dancers during concerts of various stars. Evigan is a professional dancer and choreographer.

After graduating from high school in 2004, Briana Evigan enters Valley College, which is located in Los Angeles. There, the girl founded the pop group Moorish Idol, in which she acted as a vocalist and played keyboards.

Career

Briana started her professional career as a dancer with appearances in music videos of such celebrities and musical groups as T-Pain, Linkin Park, Flo Rida and Enrique Iglesias.

Between 2004 and 2008, Briana Evigan appeared with episodic roles in the films Stylish Things and Something Sweet, and also played the girl Helen in one of the episodes of the TV series Fear As It Is. This started her acting career.

Success came to Briana in 2008. The actress played in the dance-drama films Step Up and Step Up 2: The Streets. Evigan and Hoffman received an award from the MTV Movie Awards in the category "Best Kiss".

In August 2008, it was reported that Briana Evigan would star in the low-budget horror film Scream in Dorm. In the future, Briana, along with Rumer Willis, Jamie Chong and other stars who played in the film, will receive the ShoWest award in the Female Star of Tomorrow nomination.

In 2009, the actress played in the science fiction film "S. Darko", which was originally designed for the theatrical audience. But on May 12 of the same year, it was released on DVD. As a result, the film received negative reviews from critics.

Filmography

Briana Evigan, whose filmography includes 15 films, began to appear on screens since 2004. below yourattention is offered a complete list of films in which the actress starred (the year of release is indicated in brackets):

1. Something Sweet – Played as Fan 1 (2004).
2. "Stylish Things" cameo, Schoolgirl 1 (2006).
3. The series "Fear as it is" - girl Helen, one episode (2008).
4. "Step Up 2: The Streets" - the role of the dancer Andy West (2008).
5. "Scream in the hostel" - the character of Cassidy Tappan (2009).
6. "S. Darko" - Corey's girlfriend (2009).
7. "Mother's Day" - played by Annette Langston (2010).
8. "In the power of the tiger" - played the role of Kelly Taylor (2010).
9. "Theme: I love you" plays the role of Butterfly (2011).
10. Monster Heroes - Svector Orlaf (2011).
11. Creeper - played Penelope (2011).
12. "Devil's Carnival" - Mrs. Merrywood (2012).
13. "Stash" - the actress played Amy Nash (2012).
14. "Step Up: All or Nothing" - dancer Andy West (2014).
15. "Some justice" - girl Tanya (2014).

In addition to acting in films, Briana has appeared in five music videos, four of which were filmed in 2008. For the video titled I Don't Think When I Dance, Briana wrote the lyrics and also independently developed the choreographic part.

Private life

Briana Evigan, whose personal life is practically not discussed in the media, in the period from 2008 to 2009 met with Max Nash - a membermusical group Wicker. The couple broke up, the reasons remained unknown.

In the same year, the actress began dating American actor Patrick Flueger, who is known to the audience for his role as Sean Farrell in the movie "4400".

To date, Briana celebrated her thirtieth birthday. The girl continues her acting career. Perhaps in the near future we will see her again on the screens.