Brandy filmography

As an actress, Brandy has appeared in feature films and television shows. She made her television debut in 1993 in the ABC sitcom Thea, as the daughter of a single mother (Thea Vidale).[1] Broadcast to low ratings, the series ran for only one season, but earned her a Young Artists Award nomination for Outstanding Youth Ensemble alongside her co-stars.[2] In 1996, her short-lived engagement on Thea led Brandy to star in her own show, the UPN-produced sitcom Moesha, in which she played the title role of Moesha Mitchell, a Los Angeles girl coping with a stepmother as well as the pressures and demands of becoming an adult.[3] The program debuted on UPN in January 1996, and soon became their most-watched show.[4] The network decided to cancel the show after six seasons on the air, leaving it ending with a cliffhanger for a scrapped seventh season.[5] Brandy was awarded an NAACP Image Award for her performance.[2] In 1997, Brandy was hand-picked by producer Whitney Houston to play the title character in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s television version of Cinderellafeaturing a multicultural cast that also included Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, and Houston.[6]The two-hour Wonderful World of Disney special garnered an estimated 60 million viewers, giving the network its highest ratings in the time period in 16 years, and won an Emmy Award the following year.[7]
After backing out of a role in F. Gary Gray's 1996 film Set It Off,[8] Brandy made her big screen debut in the supporting role of Karla Wilson in the slasher film, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.[8] The movie outperformed the original with a total of $16.5 million at its opening weekend, but critical reaction to the film was largely disappointing.[9] Brandy, however, earned positive reviews for her "bouncy" performance,[10] which garnered her both a Blockbuster Entertainment Award and an MTV Movie Awardnomination.[2] In 1999, she co-starred with Diana Ross in the telefilm drama Double Platinum about an intense, strained relationship between a mother and daughter.[11] Shot in only twenty days in New York City, both Brandy and Ross served as executive producers of the movie.[11] In June, 2006 Brandy was cast as one of three talent judges on the first season of America's Got Talent, an amateur talent contest on NBC executive-produced by Simon Cowell and hosted by Regis Philbin. The broadcast was one of the most-watched programs of the summer, and concluded on August 17, 2006 with the win of 11-year-old singer Bianca Ryan.[12] She was replaced by reality TV star Sharon Osbourne.[12]
In April 2010, Brandy and Ray J debuted in the VH1 reality series Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business along with their parents. The show chronicled the backstage lives of both siblings, while taking on larger roles in their family's management and production company, R&B Productions.[13] Executive produced by the Norwood family, the season concluded after eleven episodes, and was renewed for a second season, which began broadcasting in fall 2010.[14] In fall 2010, Brandy appeared as a contestant on season 11 of the ABC reality show Dancing with the Stars, partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. She ultimately placed fourth in the competition, which was a shock to the judges, viewers, studio audience, and other contestants that considered her one of the show's frontrunners throughout the entire competition.[15] In August 2011, it was confirmed that Norwood had signed a joint record deal with RCA Records and producer Breyon Prescott's Chameleon Records.[16][17][18] In September, a new talent show, Majors & Minors, created by musician Evan Bogart, premiered on The Hub. It followed a group of young performers age 10–16 and their chance to be mentored by some established artists such as Brandy, Ryan Tedder and Leona Lewis.[19] Later that same year, Brandy returned to acting roles with recurring appearances on The CW's teen drama series 90210, and in the fourth season of the Lifetime's comedy series Drop Dead Diva, in which she played the role of Elisa Shayne.[20] In March 2013, Brandy returned to the big screen starring alongside an ensemble cast consisting of Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross and Vanessa L. Williams in Tyler Perry's dramatic film Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.[21] Brandy plays Melinda, a woman with a few secrets running from her past. The film received generally negative reviews from film critics.[22]
== Filmography ==
Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990	Arachnophobia 	Brandy Beechwood	Uncredited
Film debut
1997	Cinderella 	Cinderella 	Television film
Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
1998	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 	Karla Wilson 	Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Horror
1999	Double Platinum 	Kayla Harris 	Television film
Also executive producer
2001	Osmosis Jones 	Leah Estrogen 	Voice
2013	Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor	Melinda 	
2016	The Perfect Match 	Avatia 	
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet 	Leah Estrogen 	Voice
2019	Space Jam 2 	Leah Estrogen 	Voice
== Television ==
Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1993—1994 	Thea 	Danesha Turrell 	Main role
1996—2001 	Moesha 	Moesha Mitchell 	Lead Role
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special
Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series(1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Also producer (22 episodes)
1997 	Jungle Cubs 	Latecia 	Voice
Episode: A Tale of Two Tails/Hair Ball
2000 	The Parkers 	Moesha Mitchell 	Episode: Scary Kim
2002 	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Mystery Caller 	Episode: Guilty
2002 	Reba 	Mystery Caller 	Episode: She Works Hard for the Money
2002 	Raising Dad 	Mystery Caller 	Episode: The House of Stewart
2004 	American Dreams 	Gladys Knight 	Episode: Long Shots and Short Skirts
2005 	House 	Singer 	"DNR" (Season 1, Episode 9)
2006 	One on One 	Michelle McGinty 	4 episodes
2011 	90210 	Marissa Harris-Young	5 episodes
2011—2012 	Drop Dead Diva 	Elisa Shayne 	5 episodes
2012—2015 	The Game 	Chardonnay 	Recurring (Season 5) / Lead Role (Season 6–9)[23]
Won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2014)
2014 	The Soul Man 	Rita 	Episode: All the Way Live
2016 	Zoe Ever After 	Zoe Moon 	Lead role
2018—present	Star 	Cassie Brown 	Recurring (Season 2), Series Regular (Season 3)[24]
== Appearances and Reality Television ==
Appearances and Reality Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1995 	New York Undercover 	Singer 	Episode: Digital Underground
2002 	Brandy: Special Delivery 	Herself 	4 episodes
2002 	Maybe It's Me 	Herself 	"The Quahog Festival Episode" (Season 1, Episode 20)
2006 	America's Got Talent 	Judge (Herself) 	Season 1
2006 	Sesame Beginnings: Beginning Together	Herself 	
2008 	The Hills 	Herself 	"I Want You to Be with Me" (Season 4, Episode 12)
2009—2010 	For the Love of Ray J 	Herself 	4 episodes
2010 	Dancing with the Stars 	Contestant (Herself)	Season 11; Eliminated 9th
2010—2011 	Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business 	Herself 	Also executive producer
2011—2012 	Majors & Minors 	Mentor (Herself) 	Season 1; 9 episodes
Also executive producer
2014–present	Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood 	Herself 	Guest Appearance
2017 	My Kitchen Rules 	Contestant (Herself)	
Category:American film actresses