Bridget Flanery

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Bridget Flanery
Born
Bridget Christine Flanery

Guthrie Center, Iowa, U.S.
Education Drake University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
SpouseBrandon Christy (m. 2009)

Bridget Christine Flanery (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress. [1]

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Early life

Bridget Christine Flanery was born on March 24 in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Flanery has an older sister, Jill, and three brothers, James, Bill and John. She studied Theatre and graduated from Drake University in 1992. [2] [3] After graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. [4]

Career

Flanery played Lila Fowler in the comedy-drama series Sweet Valley High from 1994 until 1996, when she was replaced by Shirlee Elliot. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1997 for the Best Performance in a TV Comedy Guest Starring Young Performer for the television show Pearl . Between 1996 and 1998, she portrayed Jill on sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch . [1] She appeared in several guest starring television roles, including Love Boat: The Next Wave , Will & Grace , Desperate Housewives , Boy Meets World , Out of Practice , Without a Trace , Hart of Dixie and Two and a Half Men. [1] [5]

She has also appeared in theatre productions, including A Streetcar named Desire at the Yale Repertory Theatre, Loves and Hours at the Old Globe Theatre, and Spring Awakening at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. [6] [1] Flanery teaches acting at The Studio School in Los Angeles as of May 2019. [1]

Personal life

She has been married to Brandon Christy since August 8, 2009.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994EncounterCatShort film
1996Fatal ExpressionsKathy Kelly
2009Something BlueKathleen O'Connell
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994-1996 Sweet Valley High Lila Fowler44 episodes
1996 Weird Science CourtneyEpisode: "Grumpy Old Genie"
1996 Boy Meets World LisaEpisode: "Singled Out"
1996 7th Heaven Susan BarrettEpisode: "Saturday"
1996 California Dreams Girl who makes announcementEpisode: "The Fashion Man"
1996–1998 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Jill9 episodes
1997 Pearl Episode: "Power Play"
1997 Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac LisaTV miniseries
1997 Unhappily Ever After BunnyEpisode: "Sorority Girl"
Episode: "Ryan Vampire Slayer"
1997-1998 Teen Angel Jessica Fishman4 episodes
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction MirandaEpisode: "Dead Friday"
1998 Babylon 5 ZoeEpisode: "Day of the Dead"
1998 The Outsider Lita HayworthTV movie
1999 The Love Boat: The Next Wave SimoneEpisode: "Such Sweet Dreams"
2005 Without a Trace Beth NorwoodEpisode: "Lone Star"
2005 Will & Grace Viv CassidyEpisode: "Kiss and Tell"
Episode: "Friends with Benefits"
2005 Out of Practice MaryEpisode: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do. And Do. And..."
2008 Two and a Half Men KatieEpisode: "Damn You, Eggs Benedict"
2008 Desperate Housewives PeggyEpisode: "Back in Business"
2011 Hart of Dixie Becky HilsonEpisode: "The Pirate & the Practice"

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