Brittany Curran

Brittany Curran (born June 2, 1990) is an American film and television actress. Beginning as a child actress, she is known for her roles on the television series Men of a Certain Age and The Magicians, and for the film Dear White People. She won a Peabody Award for her work on Men of a Certain Age.

Life and career Curran was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and also lived in other parts of Massachusetts, including Avon, Marstons Mills, Cape Cod and Hingham. She has a younger brother named Ryan. As a child, she took part in plays and also studied ballet, jazz and tap dance, and the violin, as well as participating in summer theatre.

At eleven years of age, Curran made her screen acting debut on an episode of the sketch comedy series MADtv in 2001. She went on to guest star in the television series Drake & Josh, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The Suite Life on Deck, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds and The Young and the Restless.

In 2009, Curran was cast in her best-known role to date as Lucy Tranelli in the TNT comedy-drama series Men of a Certain Age, the daughter of Ray Romano's character. In 2011, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Supporting Young Actress, for her work in the series. The series was canceled in 2011, after two seasons.

Curran also had roles in the films 13 Going on 30, Akeelah and the Bee, The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It, The Uninvited, Legally Blondes and Dear White People. In 2012, she was cast in the film Backmask (retitled Exeter before release), directed by Marcus Nispel. In 2013, she had a recurring role as Phoebe Daly on the ABC Family series Twisted.

She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in June 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in American Literature & Culture.

In 2017, Curran joined the cast of The Magicians on SyFy playing Fen, the Fillorian wife of Eliot. She was promoted to series regular for season 3 of the show.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 13 Going on 30 Six Chick U.S. Air Marshals Cheerleader Mindy Short film Frenching Stephanie 2005 A Host of Trouble Mary Pat Weber Betsy Betsy Short film; also associate producer 2006 Akeelah and the Bee District Speller #1 Monster House Jenny Uncredited; voice role 2007 A Lesson in Biology Alma Short film The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Priscilla Wright Direct-to-video 2008 The Uninvited Helena Dog Gone Lilly The Adventures of Food Boy Shelby 2009 Legally Blondes Tiffany Donohugh Direct-to-video 2014 Dear White People Sophie Fletcher 2015 Exeter Reign Intrepid Jess 2017 The Man from Earth: Holocene Tara 2020 Captured Julie Direct-to-video; filmed in 2012

Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 MADtv Ruthie Episode #7.8 2002 Power Rangers Wild Force Young Girl Episode: "The Soul of Humanity" 2004 Complete Savages Josie Episode: "Voodude" 2005 Go Figure Pamela Television film 2006 The Young and the Restless Lindsey Episode #1.8427 2006–2007 Drake & Josh Carly 2 episodes 2007 Shark Annie Episode: "Fall from Grace" Zip Natalie Unaired television pilot Mr Robinson's Driving School Missy Television mini-series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Chelsea Brimmer 3 episodes 2008 The Suite Life on Deck Episode: "Flowers and Chocolate" 2009 Ghost Whisperer Kristy Marks Episode: "Slow Burn" 2009–2011 Men of a Certain Age Lucy Tranelli Main role; 13 episodes 2012 Criminal Minds Addyson Jones Episode: "The Wheels on the Bus..." 2013–2014 Twisted Phoebe Daly Recurring role; 10 episodes 2013–2014, 2018 Chicago Fire Katie Nolan Recurring role (season 2); guest role (season 7); 9 episodes 2015 Double Daddy Heather Henderson Television film 2017–2020 The Magicians Fen Recurring role (season 2), main role (season 3–5)

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Film Result 2010Peabody AwardMen of a Certain Age

Personal life Curran began dating James Ingram in 2013. They became engaged on January 12, 2020 after seven years of dating.