Daphne Blunt

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Daphne Blunt
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Blunt pictured in 2013.
Born
Daphne Louise Blunt

NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress, singer, web television presenter, fashion blogger
Years active2008–2016
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [1]
Website www.tostylewithlove.com

Daphne Louise Blunt is an American actress, singer, web series presenter and fashion blogger. Blunt is known for her work on television shows such as The Young and the Restless , The Thundermans , Uncle Buck and Nickelodeon's The Dunes Club. She was the face of Fanlala.com, where she regularly interviewed celebrities on the red carpet, anchored Fanlala's web news show The Feed, and starred in her own fashion and style show, Daphne's Look of the Week. She currently runs a personal fashion blog known as To Style, With Love.

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Career

Early career

Blunt was born at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. She began acting at the age of 3, appearing in local theater. In 2004, she moved to Miami with her family, where she continued to perform in local theater and began modeling for one of the top modeling agencies in the country, Irene Marie Models, best known for their reality show 8th and Ocean. In 2008, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting and singing career. She is represented by her agent Coast to Coast Talent Group in Los Angeles, [1] and managed by Go Talent Management in Studio City, California. [1]

Radio and internet

Blunt starred in My Dream on Radio Disney, which first aired on July 5, 2010. While radio episodes are in audio format only, each is turned into a webisode by Radio Disney and made available on their website. [2] She has received international attention for her role in the series, including coverage in the United States, [3] Canada, [4] China, [5] India, [6] Singapore, [7] South Africa, [8] Taiwan [9] and the UAE. [10]

Through Fanlala.com, Daphne Blunt regularly interviews celebrities on the red carpets of movie premiers, including Gnomeo & Juliet, Disney's Frozen and Monsters University to name a few. Blunt anchors Fanlala's E-news show "The Feed", and stars in her own fashion & style show, Daphne's Look of the Week. Daphne also does the lead voiceover for Fanlala.com's "Josie and her Celebrity Friends", a comedy following a teenage girl and her imaginary celebrity friends! Previously, she was the host of Daphne's LaLaLand on Fanlala.com, which was also syndicated on cable television around the world. She also currently hosts Daphne's Look of the Week on the same website. [11] She is also a celebrity host on Fanlala.com for special events such as the Hollywood Christmas Parade. [12]

In 2014, Blunt started her own personal style blog, To Style With Love, the name being inspired by the Lulu song "To Sir With Love". [13]

Television and film

Blunt made her first television appearance at the age of 10 on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless . [14] She starred as Emma in the new Nickelodeon's Pilot episode of The Thundermans . Blunt is known for starring as Kayla in the Radio Disney series My Dream, which is described by The Hollywood Reporter as "a contemporary story on a format reminiscent of the 1940s, before TV was pervasive." [15] However, unlike Depression-era radio series, that typically featured episodes lasting 30 minutes, episodes of Disney's My Dream last just 90 seconds each, described as "bite-size chunks" by Disney executives. [16] Blunt then went on to become a series regular in the Nickelodeon Pilot "Dunes Club" in 2015. Blunt is also currently set to guest star in the upcoming ABC sitcom Uncle Buck .

Musical career

During the first season of the series My Dream, Blunt released her first single for Radio Disney, Hello World, on Radio Disney, and published a video for it on YouTube on March 21, 2011. [17]

Radio and filmography

Year [18] TitleRoleNotes
2008 The Young and the Restless JayeleFeatured
PubertSashaPrincipal
2009My Daddy is the PresidentKylieLead
Strange Little GirlSally McPheeFeatured
Up Jump the BoogieKekeFeatured
BrainSurge HerselfSeason 1, episode 1
2010The Things You LoseJilly-AnnLead
Radio Disney's My DreamKaylaLead, voice
Amish Grace LillyUncredited
79th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade HerselfHost & Guest
2010–2014Fanlala Red Carpet HostingHerselfHost
2011Daphne's LaLaLandHerselfHost
80th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade HerselfGuest
2012America's Most WantedDesiree MoralesPrincipal
81st Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade HerselfGuest
2012–2014Daphne's Look of the WeekHerselfHost
Fanlala FeedHerselfHost
2013Penny ArcadeMelissaPrincipal
The Thundermans EmmaFeatured, voice
Josie and her Celebrity FriendsJosieLead, voice
2014 I Didn't Do It McKylieGuest
2015The Dunes ClubVedaRecurring role
Uncle Buck JenGuest

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