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Briana Evigan

Briana Barbara-Jane Evigan is an American actress and dancer best known for her roles in the Step Up series and for her scream queen roles in numerous horror films. Born in Los Angeles, Evigan is the daughter of actor Greg Evigan and his wife Pamela, a dancer, model and choreographer. She began dancing and acting at a young age, graduating from Los Angeles Valley College with a degree in speech and communication.

Briana Evigan
Evigan at the premiere of Step Up 2: The Streets, 2008
Born
Briana Barbara-Jane Evigan

Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materLos Angeles Valley College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
Years active1996–present
Children1[1]
ParentGreg Evigan (father)
RelativesJason Evigan (brother)
Vanessa Lee Evigan (sister)

Evigan began dancing professionally and appeared in numerous music videos, most notably "Numb" by Linkin Park (2003). She also started acting and had small roles in films such as Bottom's Up (2006) and television series such as Fear Itself (2008). She made her breakthrough when she appeared as Andrea "Andie" West in the dance film Step Up 2: The Streets (2008). She has since been noted as a Scream Queen for starring in numerous horror and thriller films, including S. Darko (2009), Sorority Row (2009), Burning Bright (2010), Mother's Day (2010), The Devil's Carnival (2012), Stash House (2012), Mine Games (2012), Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016) and the second season of From Dusk Till Dawn (2015).[2][3][4][5][6]

Early and personal life

Evigan was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Pamela C. Serpe, a dancer, model and actress, and actor Greg Evigan.[7] She has Polish (from her paternal grandmother) and Italian (from her maternal grandfather) heritage.[8] She is the youngest of three siblings, with brother Jason and sister Vanessa.[7] She has studied dance since she was nine.[9] She is one of the singers and plays keyboards in the group Moorish Idol.[10] She also undertook a speech and communication degree at Los Angeles Valley College. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, where she usually has Fanchats with fans through UStream, and has her own YouTube channel, in which she posted exercise videos; the channel is currently inactive.[citation needed]

Career

A professional dancer, Evigan 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 Step Up, 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 Evigan and co-star Robert Hoffman earned the Best Kiss Award at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.

In 2009, S. Darko, a sequel to the 2001 cult-hit horror Donnie Darko, was released. Evigan played Samantha Darko's best friend, Corey. The film stars James Lafferty and Ed Westwick. A theatrical release was scrapped and was released Straight-to-DVD on May 12, 2009. Unlike Donnie Darko, the film received negative reviews.

In August 2008, Summit Entertainment announced Evigan has signed on to portray the central character Cassidy Tappan in the remake of the low-budget horror film Sorority Row. The screenplay was written by Good Luck Chuck writer Josh Stolberg and directed by Stewart Hendler. The film was budgeted at $12,500,000. Evigan stars alongside Audrina Patridge, Rumer Willis and Jamie Chung. Sorority Row was released on September 11, 2009, and debuted at No. 6 at the box office and earned worldwide $26,735,797. Critical reception was mixed to negative. Evigan's performance was well received by critics. The leading female cast members earned a ShoWest Award for "Female Stars of Tomorrow" in April 2009. The DVD release was February 23, 2010.

In January 2009, Evigan was confirmed by Lionsgate to star in Burning Bright. She plays the lead female role, Kelly Taylor. In the film, "A young woman and her autistic brother find themselves trapped in their house with a ravenous tiger during a hurricane". Critical reception was extremely positive. Despite this, the film was announced to be released Straight-to-DVD on August 17, 2010.[11]

In February 2009, Evigan announced in an interview she has signed on for another remake. The film will be a remake of the cult slasher horror film Mother's Day and will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, best known for his work with previous Lionsgate films such as the Saw trilogy. Bousman previously directed Evigan in an episode of Fear Itself in 2008. The film will co-star A. J. Cook and Jaime King. The film has suffered numerous push backs, and was finally released on May 8, 2012, on DVD and Blu-ray. The film was also part of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

Evigan played the central character in the indie drama romance film Subject: I Love You.[12]

 
Evigan at the New York Comic Con, 2012

She stars in The Devil's Carnival, a short film that got a 30 city world tour that began on April 15, 2012.[13] Evigan later confirmed that she had reprised her role in its sequel, The Devil's Carnival: Alleluia!, which was released in late 2015.

In 2011, during a UStream, Evigan announced that she was working in a TV series with her family, though nothing has been confirmed yet. She was scheduled to star as the protagonist of Left for Red: Betrayal, the first of a trilogy which centered on a young woman seeking vengeance on the soldiers who sold her to a sex trafficking group, but has been shelved due to budget issues.

In 2014, Evigan reprised her role as Andie West in the fifth installment of the Step Up series, Step Up: All In. She was later cast Love Is All You Need? as Jude, a heterosexual woman living in a world where homosexuality is right, and heterosexuality is the wrong.

In 2015, Evigan announced, via Twitter that she would be recurring, alongside Danny Trejo in the second season of the Action-Vampire TV Series From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series as Sonja, "an American expatriate working as a tattoo artist in a Mexican Mercado – who also has a sideline forging papers and passports out of her back room". The season premiered August 25, 2015, on El Rey.

In 2017, she joined director James Kicklighter's Angel of Anywhere, with co-stars David A. Gregory, Ser'Darius Blain and introducing Axel Roldos.[14][15][16]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Spectre Aubrey South also known as House of the Damned, Escape to Nowhere
2006 Bottoms Up High School Girl
2008 Step Up 2: The Streets Andrea "Andie" West
2009 S. Darko Corey Richardson
Sorority Row Cassidy Tappan
2010 Burning Bright Kelly Taylor
Mother's Day Annette Langston co-wrote, sang end credit song Better Than Yesterday
Monster Heroes Svector Orlaff
2011 Subject: I Love You Butterfly
2012 Rites of Passage Penelope
The Devil's Carnival Ms. Merrywood
Stash House Emma Nash
Mine Games Lyla
2013 She Loves Me Not Charlotte
2014 Puncture Wounds Tanya also known as A Certain Justice
Step Up: All In Andrea "Andie" West
Lap Dance Tasha
Paranormal Island Ivy
2016 Monday at 11:01 A.M. Olivia
ToY Chloe
Love Is All You Need? Jude Klein
The Devil's Carnival: Alleluia! Ms. Merrywood
2018 My Husband's Secret Wife Melanie
River Runs Red Marilyn

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Fear Itself Helen Episode: "New Year's Day"
2012 A Star for Christmas Cassie Drake Television film (Ion)
2013 Longmire Brandy Episode: "Carcasses"
2015 From Dusk till Dawn: The Series Sonja Lam Recurring role; 8 episodes
2015 Once Upon a Holiday Katherine "Katie" Hollington Television film (Hallmark)
2017 The Good Nanny Summer Pratt Television film (Lifetime)

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2003 "Numb"[17] Linkin Park
2008 "Low"[18] Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
"Push"[19] Enrique Iglesias featuring Lil Wayne
"Church"[20] T-Pain
"I Don't Think When I Dance"[21] Herself
2009 "Get U Home"[22][23] Shwayze
2018 "Give Me Your Hand" Shannon K
2020 "Never Alone" (Paul Oakenfold & Varun Remix) Emmanuel Kelly

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Refs
2008 MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss (with Robert Hoffman) Step Up 2: The Streets Won [24]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Breakout Female Step Up 2: The Streets Nominated
2009 Sho West Awards Female Star of Tomorrow (with Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung,
Audrina Patridge and Margo Harshman)
Sorority Row Won
2016 FilmOut Audience Awards Best Actress ToY Won [25]

References

  1. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxT-JiDlh-/
  2. ^ "Hot 10: Briana Evigan". maxim.com. Maxim. May 5, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Leavengood, John. "The Scream Queens of Film: Briana Evigan". moviesfilmsandflix.com. moviesfilmsandflix.com. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Hoare, Peter. "10 Hot Actresses Who Should Stop Doing Horror Movies". complex.com. complex.com. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "Briana Evigan". listal.com. listal.com. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  6. ^ Z., Jamie (October 23, 2014). "15 MOST SCREAM QUEEN FILLED FILMS". houseofgeekery.com. House of Geekery. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  7. ^ a b Virginia Rohan (March 9, 1999). "New sitcom's dad role is a familiar job for Greg Evigan". The Record.
  8. ^ brianaeviganfanchat (November 14, 2011). "Briana Evigan on UStream.tv – November 24, 2011". UStream. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  9. ^ BRIANA EVIGAN Interview at Dizzy Feet Foundation Dance Show November 29, 2009 on YouTube.
  10. ^ Moorish Idol at MySpace Music.
  11. ^ Michael Allen (August 15, 2010). "A Tiger is Burning Bright on DVD August 17th". 28dayslateranalysis.com. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  12. ^ Flisha. . randomdetox.com. randomdetox.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  13. ^ "Darren Bousman Opens The Devil's Carnival". Dread Central. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  14. ^ https://www.angelofanywhere.com/. Retrieved June 15, 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ "Angel of Anywhere". IMDb. January 6, 2018.
  16. ^ "Angel of Anywhere (2018) | Briana Evigan & Ser'Darius Blain".
  17. ^ Numb | Linkin Park | Music Video | MTV
  18. ^ FLO Rida feat. T.Pain Music from the Movie Step Up 2 'Low' on YouTube.
  19. ^ Enrique Iglesias – Push ft. Lil Wayne on YouTube.
  20. ^ Video Clip T-Pain : Church at clipzik.com.
  21. ^ I Don't Think When I Dance at Sammy Smith's website
  22. ^ Shwayze – Get U Home on YouTube.
  23. ^ Eric Ditzian (August 28, 2009). "Shwayze Stages 'Hot, Sweaty, Sexy Dance Party' For 'Get U Home' Video". mtv.com. Retrieved September 16, 2010..
  24. ^ "MTV Movie Awards 2008". mtv.com. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
  25. ^ . San Diego Gay and Lesbian News. June 20, 2016. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2010.

External links

  • Briana Evigan at IMDb

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Briana Barbara Jane Evigan is an American actress and dancer best known for her roles in the Step Up series and for her scream queen roles in numerous horror films Born in Los Angeles Evigan is the daughter of actor Greg Evigan and his wife Pamela a dancer model and choreographer She began dancing and acting at a young age graduating from Los Angeles Valley College with a degree in speech and communication Briana EviganEvigan at the premiere of Step Up 2 The Streets 2008BornBriana Barbara Jane EviganLos Angeles California U S Alma materLos Angeles Valley CollegeOccupationsActress dancerYears active1996 presentChildren1 1 ParentGreg Evigan father RelativesJason Evigan brother Vanessa Lee Evigan sister Evigan began dancing professionally and appeared in numerous music videos most notably Numb by Linkin Park 2003 She also started acting and had small roles in films such as Bottom s Up 2006 and television series such as Fear Itself 2008 She made her breakthrough when she appeared as Andrea Andie West in the dance film Step Up 2 The Streets 2008 She has since been noted as a Scream Queen for starring in numerous horror and thriller films including S Darko 2009 Sorority Row 2009 Burning Bright 2010 Mother s Day 2010 The Devil s Carnival 2012 Stash House 2012 Mine Games 2012 Alleluia The Devil s Carnival 2016 and the second season of From Dusk Till Dawn 2015 2 3 4 5 6 Contents 1 Early and personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3 1 Film 3 2 Television 3 3 Music videos 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External linksEarly and personal life EditEvigan was born in Los Angeles California the daughter of Pamela C Serpe a dancer model and actress and actor Greg Evigan 7 She has Polish from her paternal grandmother and Italian from her maternal grandfather heritage 8 She is the youngest of three siblings with brother Jason and sister Vanessa 7 She has studied dance since she was nine 9 She is one of the singers and plays keyboards in the group Moorish Idol 10 She also undertook a speech and communication degree at Los Angeles Valley College She currently lives in Los Angeles California where she usually has Fanchats with fans through UStream and has her own YouTube channel in which she posted exercise videos the channel is currently inactive citation needed Career EditA professional dancer Evigan 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 Step Up 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 Evigan and co star Robert Hoffman earned the Best Kiss Award at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards In 2009 S Darko a sequel to the 2001 cult hit horror Donnie Darko was released Evigan played Samantha Darko s best friend Corey The film stars James Lafferty and Ed Westwick A theatrical release was scrapped and was released Straight to DVD on May 12 2009 Unlike Donnie Darko the film received negative reviews In August 2008 Summit Entertainment announced Evigan has signed on to portray the central character Cassidy Tappan in the remake of the low budget horror film Sorority Row The screenplay was written by Good Luck Chuck writer Josh Stolberg and directed by Stewart Hendler The film was budgeted at 12 500 000 Evigan stars alongside Audrina Patridge Rumer Willis and Jamie Chung Sorority Row was released on September 11 2009 and debuted at No 6 at the box office and earned worldwide 26 735 797 Critical reception was mixed to negative Evigan s performance was well received by critics The leading female cast members earned a ShoWest Award for Female Stars of Tomorrow in April 2009 The DVD release was February 23 2010 In January 2009 Evigan was confirmed by Lionsgate to star in Burning Bright She plays the lead female role Kelly Taylor In the film A young woman and her autistic brother find themselves trapped in their house with a ravenous tiger during a hurricane Critical reception was extremely positive Despite this the film was announced to be released Straight to DVD on August 17 2010 11 In February 2009 Evigan announced in an interview she has signed on for another remake The film will be a remake of the cult slasher horror film Mother s Day and will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman best known for his work with previous Lionsgate films such as the Saw trilogy Bousman previously directed Evigan in an episode of Fear Itself in 2008 The film will co star A J Cook and Jaime King The film has suffered numerous push backs and was finally released on May 8 2012 on DVD and Blu ray The film was also part of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Evigan played the central character in the indie drama romance film Subject I Love You 12 Evigan at the New York Comic Con 2012 She stars in The Devil s Carnival a short film that got a 30 city world tour that began on April 15 2012 13 Evigan later confirmed that she had reprised her role in its sequel The Devil s Carnival Alleluia which was released in late 2015 In 2011 during a UStream Evigan announced that she was working in a TV series with her family though nothing has been confirmed yet She was scheduled to star as the protagonist of Left for Red Betrayal the first of a trilogy which centered on a young woman seeking vengeance on the soldiers who sold her to a sex trafficking group but has been shelved due to budget issues In 2014 Evigan reprised her role as Andie West in the fifth installment of the Step Up series Step Up All In She was later cast Love Is All You Need as Jude a heterosexual woman living in a world where homosexuality is right and heterosexuality is the wrong In 2015 Evigan announced via Twitter that she would be recurring alongside Danny Trejo in the second season of the Action Vampire TV Series From Dusk Till Dawn The Series as Sonja an American expatriate working as a tattoo artist in a Mexican Mercado who also has a sideline forging papers and passports out of her back room The season premiered August 25 2015 on El Rey In 2017 she joined director James Kicklighter s Angel of Anywhere with co stars David A Gregory Ser Darius Blain and introducing Axel Roldos 14 15 16 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1996 Spectre Aubrey South also known as House of the Damned Escape to Nowhere2006 Bottoms Up High School Girl2008 Step Up 2 The Streets Andrea Andie West2009 S Darko Corey RichardsonSorority Row Cassidy Tappan2010 Burning Bright Kelly TaylorMother s Day Annette Langston co wrote sang end credit song Better Than YesterdayMonster Heroes Svector Orlaff2011 Subject I Love You Butterfly2012 Rites of Passage PenelopeThe Devil s Carnival Ms MerrywoodStash House Emma NashMine Games Lyla2013 She Loves Me Not Charlotte2014 Puncture Wounds Tanya also known as A Certain JusticeStep Up All In Andrea Andie WestLap Dance TashaParanormal Island Ivy2016 Monday at 11 01 A M OliviaToY ChloeLove Is All You Need Jude KleinThe Devil s Carnival Alleluia Ms Merrywood2018 My Husband s Secret Wife MelanieRiver Runs Red MarilynTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes2008 Fear Itself Helen Episode New Year s Day 2012 A Star for Christmas Cassie Drake Television film Ion 2013 Longmire Brandy Episode Carcasses 2015 From Dusk till Dawn The Series Sonja Lam Recurring role 8 episodes2015 Once Upon a Holiday Katherine Katie Hollington Television film Hallmark 2017 The Good Nanny Summer Pratt Television film Lifetime Music videos Edit Year Title Artist2003 Numb 17 Linkin Park2008 Low 18 Flo Rida featuring T Pain Push 19 Enrique Iglesias featuring Lil Wayne Church 20 T Pain I Don t Think When I Dance 21 Herself2009 Get U Home 22 23 Shwayze2018 Give Me Your Hand Shannon K2020 Never Alone Paul Oakenfold amp Varun Remix Emmanuel KellyAwards and nominations EditYear Award Category Work Result Refs2008 MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss with Robert Hoffman Step Up 2 The Streets Won 24 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Breakout Female Step Up 2 The Streets Nominated2009 Sho West Awards Female Star of Tomorrow with Leah Pipes Rumer Willis Jamie Chung Audrina Patridge and Margo Harshman Sorority Row Won2016 FilmOut Audience Awards Best Actress ToY Won 25 References Edit https www instagram com p ChxT JiDlh Hot 10 Briana Evigan maxim com Maxim May 5 2015 Retrieved July 14 2015 Leavengood John The Scream Queens of Film Briana Evigan moviesfilmsandflix com moviesfilmsandflix com Retrieved July 14 2015 Hoare Peter 10 Hot Actresses Who Should Stop Doing Horror Movies complex com complex com Retrieved July 14 2015 Briana Evigan listal com listal com Retrieved July 14 2015 Z Jamie October 23 2014 15 MOST SCREAM QUEEN FILLED FILMS houseofgeekery com House of Geekery Retrieved July 14 2015 a b Virginia Rohan March 9 1999 New sitcom s dad role is a familiar job for Greg Evigan The Record brianaeviganfanchat November 14 2011 Briana Evigan on UStream tv November 24 2011 UStream Archived from the original on December 21 2021 Retrieved January 14 2012 BRIANA EVIGAN Interview at Dizzy Feet Foundation Dance Show November 29 2009 on YouTube Moorish Idol at MySpace Music Michael Allen August 15 2010 A Tiger is Burning Bright on DVD August 17th 28dayslateranalysis com Retrieved September 14 2010 Flisha Subject I Love You Stars Jericho Rosales and Briana Evigan randomdetox com randomdetox com Archived from the original on July 15 2015 Retrieved July 14 2015 Darren Bousman Opens The Devil s Carnival Dread Central Retrieved March 1 2013 https www angelofanywhere com Retrieved June 15 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Angel of Anywhere IMDb January 6 2018 Angel of Anywhere 2018 Briana Evigan amp Ser Darius Blain Numb Linkin Park Music Video MTV FLO Rida feat T Pain Music from the Movie Step Up 2 Low on YouTube Enrique Iglesias Push ft Lil Wayne on YouTube Video Clip T Pain Church at clipzik com I Don t Think When I Dance at Sammy Smith s website Shwayze Get U Home on YouTube Eric Ditzian August 28 2009 Shwayze Stages Hot Sweaty Sexy Dance Party For Get U Home Video mtv com Retrieved September 16 2010 MTV Movie Awards 2008 mtv com Retrieved June 27 2010 FilmOut 2016 Festival and Audience Awards results San Diego Gay and Lesbian News June 20 2016 Archived from the original on October 7 2018 Retrieved June 27 2010 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Briana Evigan Briana Evigan at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Briana Evigan amp oldid 1125827054, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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