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Briana Evigan
Evigan at the premiere of Step Up 2 the Streets, 2008
Born	October 23, 1986 (1986-10-23) (age 23) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actress / Dancer/ singer
Years active	2003-present

Briana Evigan (born October 23, 1986) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her leading role in Step Up 2: The Streets as Andie West.

Early life

Evigan was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Pamela C. Serpe, a dancer, model, and actress, and actor Greg Evigan.^[1] She is the youngest of three siblings, with brother Jason and sister Vanessa Lee. She has studied dance for nine years. She is also undertaking a speech and communication degree at Los Angeles Valley College.

Career

A professional dancer, Briana has appeared in music videos for Linkin Park, Flo Rida, T-Pain and Enrique Iglesias. She has also had small roles in television series and films such as Bottom's Up, Something Sweet and Fear Itself.

In 2008 she won the breakout role of Andie West in the sequel to the 2006 dance/drama film Step Up in Step Up 2: The Streets. Filming took place in late 2007 in Baltimore and was released February 14, 2008. The film which met with negative reviews with Rotten Tomatoes receiving 24% achieved box office success earning a worldwide gross of $148,424,320. Both Briana and Co-Star Robert Hoffman earned the Best Kiss Award at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.

In 2009 she appeared in indie films Subject: I Love You and Burning Bright. ^[2]

She appeared in the sequel to the cult film Donnie Darko, S. Darko. Starring alongside James Lafferty and Ed Westwick the film was directed by Chris Fisher. Originally intended for a theatrical release the film was released Straight-to-DVD May 12, 2009 with negative reviews.

It was announced in August 2008 Briana had signed on as the leading actress Cassidy in Summit Entertainment's remake of the 1983 low budget horror film The House on Sorority Row. Starring alongside Briana in Sorority Row is Audrina Patridge, Rumer Willis and Jamie Chung. Sorority Row is due on DVD and Blu-ray February 23, 2010.

On April 2, 2009, Briana received a 2009 ShoWest Award along with co-stars from Sorority Row for "Female Star of Tomorrow".

It has been announced she has signed on for another remake of the 1980 Mother's Day alongside Jaime King and Alexa Vega. Filming took place throughout August to October 2009 and is set for release 9 May 2010.

Filmography

References

External links

• Briana Evigan at the Internet Movie Database