# Brittany Allen

Brittany Allen (born February 5, 1986) is a Canadian actress. Her first notable role was as Marissa Chandler on All My Children from 2009 to 2010, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011. In later years, she worked consistently on television, and in the films of her partner, Colin Minihan, including the 2014 film Extraterrestrial, the 2016 film It Stains the Sands Red and the 2018 film What Keeps You Alive, the latter of which Allen starred in and scored.

## Education

She attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the Sheridan Institute for Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario, for their Music Theatre – Performance Program.

## Career

After a few minor roles in TV movies, Allen played the role of Marissa Chandler on All My Children from April 21, 2009 to December 21, 2010. For this role, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award in 2011 in the category Younger Actress in a Drama Series. She went on to appear in several TV series, with recurring roles in the Canadian drama Bomb Girls and the American science fiction western Defiance on the Syfy network.
In 2014, she played the lead role in the science fiction horror film Extraterrestrial, directed by Colin Minihan of The Vicious Brothers, with whom Allen started an ongoing personal and professional relationship.
In 2015, Allen starred in the psychological thriller Backgammon and contributed to the writing of the story for the independent comedy-drama film, Almost Anything.
In 2016, she teamed up with Minihan again for the unconventional zombie film It Stains the Sands Red, where Allen acted as executive producer and starred as a lone woman being chased by a single, relentless zombie throughout the desert.
In 2017, Allen starred in the science fiction drama Incontrol. She also had a co-starring role in the horror film Jigsaw, a sequel to the Saw film franchise.
In 2018, she appeared on the USA Network series Falling Water, replacing Brooke Bloom in the role of Sabine for the series' second season. She also played the role of Ella Riordan in the second season of NBC's "Taken". The same year she co-starred alongside her Jigsaw co-star Hannah Emily Anderson in the thriller What Keeps You Alive, which she also produced and scored. The film marks her third collaboration with Colin Minihan.
In 2019, she appeared in the horror film The Prodigy as Margaret St. James. The same year she appeared as Charlotte/Popclaw in the Amazon superhero black comedy television series, The Boys.

## Personal life

In 2014, she started dating Canadian director Colin Minihan, whom she met on the set of Extraterrestrial, which he directed and in which she starred.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | The Rocker | I Heart Matt Girl | |
| 2012 | Dead Before Dawn | Lucy Winthrop | |
| 2014 | Extraterrestrial | April | |
| 2015 | Backgammon | Miranda | |
| 2015 | Farhope Tower | Susan | |
| 2015 | Look Again | Tanya | |
| 2016 | It Stains the Sands Red | Molly | Also executive producer |
| 2017 | The Definites | Bernie | |
| 2017 | Incontrol | Naomi | |
| 2017 | Jigsaw | Carly | |
| 2018 | What Keeps You Alive | Jules | Also executive producer and composer |
| 2019 | The Prodigy | Margaret St. James | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | What Katy Did | Cecy Hall | Television film |
| 1999 | Restless Spirits | Stacey | Television film |
| 2000 | Virtual Mom | Melinda | Television film |
| 2001 | Walter and Henry | June | Television film |
| 2002 | I Love Mummy | Izzie | Episode: "James Falls in Love" |
| 2003 | Street Time | Connie | Episode: "Follow the Money" |
| 2004 | Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story | Britney 2 | Television film |
| 2008 | Mayday | Sandy Purl | Episode: "Southern Storm" |
| 2009 | The Listener | Leslie Cahill | Episode: "My Sister's Keeper" |
| 2009–2010 | All My Children | Marissa Tasker | Regular role |
| 2010 | Abroad | Friday Livingstone | Television film |
| 2012 | Bomb Girls | Hazel MacDugall | Recurring role |
| 2013 | Lost Girl | Della | Episode: "Delinquents" |
| 2013 | Defiance | Tirra | Recurring role (season 1) |
| 2013 | Satisfaction | Ashley | Episode: "Fade to Blackened" |
| 2013 | Played | Beth | Episode: "Money" |
| 2013 | Republic of Doyle | Amy Cohen | Episode: "Young Guns" |
| 2014 | Warehouse 13 | Laura Roth | Episode: "Endless" |
| 2014 | Saving Hope | Megan | Episode: "The Other Side of Midnight" |
| 2015 | Schitt's Creek | Bree | Episode: "Carl's Funeral" |
| 2016 | Girl in the Box | Bonnie | Television film |
| 2018 | Separated at Birth | Lucy Pierce | Television film |
| 2018 | Falling Water | Sabine Brighton | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2018 | Taken | Ella Riordan | Episodes: "Password", "Viceroy” |
| 2019 | The Boys | Charlotte/Popclaw | 3 episodes |
| 2024–present | Dexter: Original Sin | Laura Moser | Recurring role |

## Awards and nominations

Allen won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2011 for playing Marissa Tasker on All My Children.