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Bridgit Claire Mendler (born December 18, 1992) is an American teen actress and singer. She played Pamela in Alice Upside Down in 2007, and has also played Kristen Gregory in the movie version of The Clique. She also guest starred in Disney Channel Original Series' JONAS and played Juliet Van Heusen on Wizards of Waverly Place. She is also playing Teddy in the new upcoming Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck Charlie.

Life and career

Mendler was born in Washington, D.C., United States. It was after her family moved to the San Francisco area of Mill Valley, with her parents and brother, when she first expressed interest in acting and began booking local jobs. She landed a San Francisco agent when she was 11 years old. When she was thirteen, she began working in the Los Angeles market, signing with a Los Angeles agent and landing her first LA role in the soap opera, General Hospital. Since then, she has been landing roles both locally and in Los Angeles. ^[1] In 2007 she performed in Alice Upside Down (opposite Alyson Stoner).^[2] Bridgit is represented by The Gersh Agency and manager "LA Entertainment" and Elaine Lively. Mendler's manager, Elaine Lively, is also the mother of Gossip Girl's Blake Lively.

At age 16, she guest starred as Nick Jonas's love interest on the series premiere of Jonas, singing with Nick and playing the guitar.^[3] She also played Kristen Gregory in the movie The Clique that year, and co-starred with Lindsay Lohan in Labor Pains. She has also guest-starred in Wizards of Waverly Place, in 4 episodes of the "Wizards vs. Vampires" saga, 2 in the Moises Voice of Reason saga (where Justin begins Monster Hunting), and in the Wizards vs Werewolves one-hour episode.Her character, Juliet shares a romance between Wizard and Vampire and at first the parents don't like each other but they can't change the fact that Justin and Juliet were made for each other. The first episode was on disneychannel.com as part of the Princess Protection Program premiere. She plays Juliet Van Heusen, a vampire with whom Justin falls in love. Mendler featured in the next "Wizards" special episode, Wizards vs. Werewolves, where her character presumably left the show after losing her vampire powers and no longer dating Justin Russo. She will star in the upcoming Disney Channel Original Series called Good Luck Charlie. Good Luck Charlie is to premire April 4, 2010

Filmography

Discography

References

External links

• Official Website
• Bridgit Mendler at the Internet Movie Database

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