Brittney Leigh Lower (; born August 2, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the crime drama series ''

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'' (2011–2014), the romantic comedy series '' Man Seeking Woman'' (2015–2017), and the sci-fi series '' Severance'' (2022–present).

Early life and education

Brittney Leigh Lower was born in

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, the daughter of Mickey and Steve Lower. Lower lived in Heyworth, Illinois and graduated from Heyworth High School. Her mother was a home economics teacher at Clinton Junior High School in Clinton, Illinois. she was running a

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business, known throughout Central Illinois as "the Zoo Lady," which Britt occasionally joined, and Britt later cited it as where she "first encountered circus performers and artists who live on the road and work on the road as a living ndjust became totally enamored by the tightrope walkers and jugglers". She has an older brother named Brugh. After graduating as the

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from Heyworth High School in 2004, she earned a BSc in Communication from

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in 2008. She also worked with the

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and ImprovOlympic.

Career

Lower had a recurring role as technology expert Tanya Sitkowsky in the 2011 series ''

''. In 2015, she had her breakout role as Liz Greenberg in the FXX comedy series '' Man Seeking Woman''. In 2016, she had a recurring role as Sarah Finn in the second season of the

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series '' Casual''. She later appeared in the second season of '' American Horror Stories'' and portrayed the main character in the music video for the

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song "Wolf". She also starred in commercials for

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and was a guest on ''

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''. Lower has starred as Helly R. in the

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sci-fi psychological thriller series '' Severance'' since 2022. With an interest in the circus world stemming from her mother's face painting career and her own research for the 2020 short film ''Circus Person'', which she wrote and directed, Lower spent a month playing a character in Circus Flora's ''Quest for the Innkeeper's Cask'' show in

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during the three-year hiatus between the first and second seasons of ''Severance''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lower, Britt Living people 1985 births People from McLean County, Illinois Northwestern University alumni Actresses from Illinois American film actresses American television actresses 21st-century American actresses