Who is Brittany Ann Daniel? The entertainment and acting world knows her as Brittany Daniel, she is an American television and film actress. She is the
twin sister of actress and photographer
Cynthia Daniel.
[1] She is best known for her portrayal of Kelly Pitts on the
CW/
BET comedy-drama series
The Game, and Candice in the 2010
science fiction film
Skyline, and for her role as
Jessica Wakefield on the 1990's teen show
Sweet Valley High.
Early life and career
Daniel was born March 17, 1976 in
Gainesville, Florida, the daughter of Carolyn and C. B. Daniel.
[2] Brittany is five minutes older than her twin sister Cynthia. The two also have an older brother, Brad (born in 1968).
[3] By age 11, both girls began modeling and appeared in
Seventeen and
YM. They first began acting in the 1990s with an appearance in the sitcom
The New Leave It to Beaver. In 1992, when she was sixteen, Daniel won the role of Mila Rosnovsky on the short-lived
syndicated teen drama Swan's Crossing. She then moved to
New York to film the series. After high school, she landed the role of
Jessica Wakefield in the television series
Sweet Valley High (sister Cynthia portrayed Jessica's twin sister,
Elizabeth) along with a
Doublemint gum campaign. During the run of
Sweet Valley High, the girls made their film debut in the drama
The Basketball Diaries (1995) alongside
Leonardo DiCaprio.
[4]
After
Sweet Valley High was canceled in 1997, Daniel continued acting in films and television series including a stint on
Dawson's Creek in 1999 and a role in the
TBS television movie On Hostile Ground the following year. In 2001, she appeared as
David Spade's love interest, Brandy, in
Joe Dirt. In 2002, Brittany played one of the lead characters in the short-lived
FOX series
That '80s Show. In 2002, she played Eric Forman's cousin Penny on
That 70's Show. She also appeared on the show
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as a
transsexual named Carmen. In 2004, she teamed up with the
Wayans Brothers for their films
White Chicks and
Little Man.
[5] That same year, she appeared in the
VH1 television movie
Totally Awesome before landing a role in
The CW Television Network's half hour comedy
The Game.
[6] In February 2010, she was cast in the
Brothers Strause thriller
Skyline;
[7] the film was released on November 12th 2010.
Personal life
On September 24, 2008, Daniel's father, C.B. Daniel, died in
Gainesville, Florida from
cancer.
[8]Filmography
Awards and nominations
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Who is Brittany Ann Daniel? The entertainment and acting world knows her as Brittany Daniel, she is an American television and film actress. She is the twin sister of actress and photographer Cynthia Daniel.[1] She is best known for her portrayal of Kelly Pitts on the CW/BET comedy-drama series The Game, and Candice in the 2010 science fiction film Skyline, and for her role as Jessica Wakefield on the 1990's teen show Sweet Valley High.
Daniel was born March 17, 1976 in Gainesville, Florida, the daughter of Carolyn and C. B. Daniel.[2] Brittany is five minutes older than her twin sister Cynthia. The two also have an older brother, Brad (born in 1968).[3] By age 11, both girls began modeling and appeared in Seventeen and YM. They first began acting in the 1990s with an appearance in the sitcom The New Leave It to Beaver. In 1992, when she was sixteen, Daniel won the role of Mila Rosnovsky on the short-lived syndicated teen drama Swan's Crossing. She then moved to New York to film the series. After high school, she landed the role of Jessica Wakefield in the television series Sweet Valley High (sister Cynthia portrayed Jessica's twin sister, Elizabeth) along with a Doublemint gum campaign. During the run of Sweet Valley High, the girls made their film debut in the drama The Basketball Diaries (1995) alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.[4]
After Sweet Valley High was canceled in 1997, Daniel continued acting in films and television series including a stint on Dawson's Creek in 1999 and a role in the TBS television movie On Hostile Ground the following year. In 2001, she appeared as David Spade's love interest, Brandy, in Joe Dirt. In 2002, Brittany played one of the lead characters in the short-lived FOX series That '80s Show. In 2002, she played Eric Forman's cousin Penny on That 70's Show. She also appeared on the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as a transsexual named Carmen. In 2004, she teamed up with the Wayans Brothers for their films White Chicks and Little Man.[5] That same year, she appeared in the VH1 television movie Totally Awesome before landing a role in The CW Television Network's half hour comedy The Game.[6] In February 2010, she was cast in the Brothers Strause thriller Skyline;[7] the film was released on November 12th 2010.
On September 24, 2008, Daniel's father, C.B. Daniel, died in Gainesville, Florida from cancer. [8]
