Brittney Elizabeth Irvin (born November 10, 1984) is a Canadian actress who has also done voiceover work for
Ocean Productions
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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, Canada, and raised in
Surrey
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,
British Columbia
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. She began dancing ballet and singing in festivals starting around 1990 when she was 6 years old. She worked on two musicals at age 10, ''Show Boat'' and ''A Christmas Carol'', did voice work in the television series "Nilus the Sandman", and did work in several television commercials between productions, many of which aired in the
United States
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as well as
Canada
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.
Acting career
In 1996, Irvin appeared in the films '' Panic in the Skies!'' and '' The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue''. In 1998, she appeared in the TV series '' Little Men'' on Canada's CTV network, which lasted two seasons. Between 1998 and 2000, Irvin also played guest roles on ''Sleepwalkers'', ''Night Man'', ''Stargate SG-1'', and ''The Outer Limits''. In 2000, she played Laurel Everett in the TV movie '' Angels in the Infield'' which also starred
Patrick Warburton
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and David Alan Grier. Also in 2000, she played the role of Maxine Bronty in Quarantine.
In 2000, Irvin acted in ''So Weird''. In 2002, Irvin played a red-wine-loving kleptomaniac named Amy in the
MTV
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Judge Reinhold
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and
Penelope Ann Miller
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. Also, in 2003, she portrayed the late Dana Plato in the NBC TV movie ''Diff'rent Strokes: The Unauthorized Biography''.
She played the single teenage mother Paige Leckie in the fourth season of ''Edgemont'' in 2004, but left the series after just one season in order to fulfill other commitments. Also in 2004 she played "Maggie" in the movie '' Jack''.
Her works have included the 2005 film ''
Reefer Madness
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'' which is based on the 2003 musical, (though she only appeared in one scene), the 2005 TV movie ''Absolute Zero'' with Jeff Fahey and Erika Eleniak, the 2007 film ''
Hot Rod
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'' starring Andy Samberg, and playing the love interest of Kevin Zegers' character in '' Normal'', which was also released in 2007.
She is named in the special thanks credits of Louis Belanger's 2009 film ''The Timekeeper'', which premiered in Canada at the
Vancouver International Film Festival
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and in the United States at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. She had appeared in a scene as a character named Nicole Granger, that was ultimately cut from the film.
Irvin is also an accomplished singer and voice-over artist. Her voice-over credits include TV series: ''
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
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'', ''
Madeline
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'', '' Bratz'' and in the English-language version of '' Inuyasha''). She was also the voice of X-23 in the episode "Target X" fourth season of '' X-Men: Evolution'' (substituting Andrea Libman, who voiced the character in her original appearance); the character later crossed over to the X-Men comic titles where she once headlined her own limited series and is currently featured in the ''
Avengers Academy
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'' title.
She was nominated for a Leo Award in 2008 for her performance in '' Normal''.
Irvin also provided the voice of the character Ursula in the 2007 ''
George of the Jungle
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'' cartoon series which aired on the
Cartoon Network
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, making her the first (and currently only) person ever to voice a cartoon character in a series remake, where the character had originally been voiced by
June Foray
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in the original. Foray had originally voiced the character Ursula in the original ''
George of the Jungle
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'' series from the 1960s – though the character is significantly different in the 2007 series than in the 1967 series. The series aired for only one season.
Her work in 2008 included the voice of Polly, the love interest of
Drake Bell
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's Harold Kelp in the direct-to-DVD animated sequel, '' The Nutty Professor''.
She portrayed the character Amy in the TV movie '' Spectacular!'', one of the first times she has ever played an
antagonist
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The N
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on July 10, 2009.
She appeared in the first three episodes of ABC's remake of the 1980s
science fiction
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miniseries
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''V'', which premiered on ABC on November 3, 2009, as well as the first episode of ''
Life UneXpected
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'', which premiered in February 2010 on
The CW
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Smallville
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'' episodes "Absolute Justice", "Salvation", "Icarus" and "Prophecy".
Her most recent credit is as Kathy Patton in '' Freshman Father'', a
Hallmark Channel
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...
Channing Tatum
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Irvin released a demo music album in 2003. She has been known to give live performances in
Vancouver
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and
Los Angeles
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. Her music has never been mass-released, but some of the tracks have been found at sites like
YouTube
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