States in 2005 and 2006 and debuting in the U.S. on the ABC Family network on January 21, 2007. She also portrays Penny Pingleton in Hairspray http://www.youtube.com/v/A9MgeFFjHlk?fs=1&hl=en_US , a film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name . The movie, which was her first musical role, began filming in