Brittany O'Grady
Brittany O'Grady
Brittany Ann O'Grady (born June 2, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her leading roles in the Fox series Star) (2016–2019), the Apple TV+ series Little Voice) (2020), the first season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2021), and the Amazon Prime series The Consultant) (2023). She also appeared in the 2019 film Black Christmas).
Early life and education
Brittany O'Grady was born on June 2, 1996, in Arlington, Virginia to father Mark O'Grady, who has Irish ancestry, and mother Monqiue O'Grady, who is African-American with Creole roots from New Orleans. O'Grady's mother was a television reporter. Due to being mixed race, she says her Irish last name sometimes throws people off. She has spoken in interviews about the challenges of navigating stereotypes and ignorance about what different races are expected to look like. O'Grady attended Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, graduating one year early before moving to Los Angeles with her sister. She enrolled in Pepperdine University in Malibu in the spring of 2015 where she would meet her future husband Ben Huyard. However, she experienced a culture shock being mixed race at the private Christian university due to the bigotry and bullying among the student body. O'Grady felt that "There were times where other people did not see the value of me, maybe because I didn't look a certain way to them". O'Grady dropped out after three semesters once her acting career began to gain traction.
Career
After appearing in several television shows, O'Grady landed her first main TV role in 2016 as Simone Davis on the musical series Star). She landed her first film roles in 2019 as Georgia Beale in Above Suspicion) and Jesse Bolton-Sinclair in Black Christmas). In 2021, she starred as Paula in the HBO series The White Lotus. O'Grady starred in Kygo's "Love Me Now)" music video as Kygo's love interest.
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