Sabrina Bryan

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Sabrina Bryan
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Bryan performing in 2008
Background information
Birth nameReba Sabrina Hinojos
Born (1984-09-16) September 16, 1984 (age 39)
Yorba Linda, California, U.S. [1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • dancer
  • choreographer
  • fashion designer
  • television personality
Years active1996–present
Labels Walt Disney (2002–2006)
Sony (2005–2006)
Hollywood (2006–2008)
Formerly of The Cheetah Girls (2003–2008)
Spouse(s)
Jordan Lundberg
​
(m. 2018)​

Reba Sabrina Hinojos (born September 16, 1984), known professionally as Sabrina Bryan, is an American actress, singer, and television personality. She was best known as a member of the girl group The Cheetah Girls, and starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name and its sequels, The Cheetah Girls 2 and The Cheetah Girls: One World . Before she appeared on television, Bryan was a dancer, and trained at Hart Academy of Dance, located in La Habra, California.

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The Cheetah Girls

In 2003, Bryan starred as Dorinda "Do" Thomas in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls , a musical comedy based on the bestselling series of young adult books of the same name by Deborah Gregory. The film depicts four best friends (Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Bryan) who form a pop group in their first year of high school for a talent show and reach unexpected success. Prior to The Cheetah Girls, two of Bryan's castmates Bailon and Williams were members of R&B girl group 3LW. The Cheetah Girls premiered on August 15, 2003, to 6.5 million viewers, a huge ratings success. [2]

Due to the popularity of the film, Bryan and her other bandmates achieved mainstream pop music success as members of the official Cheetah Girls group. The movie's soundtrack reached No. 33 on the Billboard 200 and was certified double-platinum, selling more than 2 million copies in the United States alone. [3] [4] It is one of the best selling albums from Walt Disney Records, alongside the soundtrack to High School Musical . In November 2005, the group released their Christmas album Cheetah-licious Christmas and toured the US on their Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour.

The Cheetah Girls 2 premiered on the Disney Channel on August 25, 2006. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, bringing in a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating both the premiere ratings of High School Musical (7.7 million) and the previous highest rated DCOM record holder, Cadet Kelly (7.8 million). The film would also become the highest rated Cheetah Girls movie in the trilogy. [5] The sequel's plot followed the Cheetah Girls as they become largely successful and take a tour of Spain. The film's soundtrack was released on August 15, 2006. [6] It debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, and has moved over 1.4 million copies to date, achieving platinum status.

After the release of Cheetah Girls 2, Bryan, along with her fellow Cheetah Girls, toured the United States on their The Party's Just Begun Tour from September 2006 to March 2007. While touring, The Cheetah Girls began work on their official debut studio album. Bryan was interviewed by Billboard magazine, where she stated that the group was eager to showcase a "more mature" sound to gather an audience of older fans, while still keeping the lyrics clean for the younger fanbase as well. Williams was quoted as saying that the band members co-produced and co-wrote a "good portion" of the album. [7] On September 25, 2007, TCG was released by Hollywood Records, with a debut of No. 44 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was the first album by the group not to be released by Walt Disney Records. 126,000 copies have been sold to date. [8] [9]

The third and final part of the franchise, The Cheetah Girls: One World , premiered on August 22, 2008, the only release to not feature Raven Symoné. The film revolves around the three remaining Cheetah Girls visiting India to appear in a Bollywood musical. The movie premiered to over 6.2 million viewers, and reached 7 million viewers in its final half-hour. [10] One World's soundtrack was released three days prior to the film's release, on August 19, 2008. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200. The Cheetah Girls kicked off their One World Tour on October 8, 2008 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and concluded on December 21, 2008 in San Diego, California.

In early 2009, The Cheetah Girls officially announced that they had disbanded, in favor of pursuing solo projects.

Bryan and former Cheetah Girl bandmate and close friend Kiely Williams continued their creative collaboration with the development of a web series talk show, Dinner with Friends. [11] The first episode premiered on July 1, 2011 on YouTube. [12] The series ran for nine episodes, concluding on August 28, 2011. [13] [14]

Television and film appearances

Bryan has acted in several TV shows, with notable guest appearances in several episodes of the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful . She also appeared in two series pilots, King's Pawn and Driving Me Crazy, neither of which made it to air. She then had guest appearances in shows like The Geena Davis Show and The Jersey . She also appeared in the TV series, Grounded For Life , before her rise to stardom in The Cheetah Girls . [15] She had a small supporting role as Mrs. Murray in the 2008 straight-to-DVD film Mostly Ghostly , and stars in the comedy film Help Me, Help You (formerly titled If It Ain't Broke, Break It). [16] Sabrina is the voice of Pamela Hamster in the animated Disney channel series Fish Hooks appearing in two episodes "Hooray for Hamsterwood" and "Pamela Hamster Returns". Since, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan will both co-star on the web series "Dinner With Friends", "March Moms", and "Bad Sex With Good People". [17]

Dancing with the Stars

Sabrina competed in the 5th season of Dancing with the Stars . Sabrina and her professional dancing partner, Mark Ballas, received a score of 26 out of 30, at the time the highest score earned in the first week by any contestant. On week 4 of the show, they set another record by receiving a 30/30 from the judges for their paso doble, making her the first contestant to have received a perfect score that early in the show's history. Bryan led all contenders in judges' scoring in weeks 1, 3, and 4.

Bryan received her lowest score, a 25 for a foxtrot, during week 6, in which she also performed a rock 'n' roll routine with the other contestants. That week, she was voted off. The announcement was met by shock and tears from the show's judges, contestants and live audience, since she and Ballas were favored by many to win the competition. An AOL poll voted their elimination "2007's most shocking TV moment". The next week, the remaining dancers and celebrities showed their continued support and affection for Bryan by donning her signature cheetah paw-print tattoo. For the penultimate week, Bryan and Ballas were invited back to the show to perform, another first for any couple as previously non-competition dances had only been performed by pro dancers. For the 100th show, their Paso Doble was chosen as number 9 on the top 10 dances of the first five seasons. Bryan and Ballas were the only couple in the top 10 that did not make it to the finals.

In 2012, Bryan was chosen by the public to compete on the 15th season of the show as one of the All-Stars contestants. She was partnered with Louis Van Amstel. [18] She was eliminated sixth from the show, despite receiving a perfect 30 for her Rumba and topping the leaderboard for two consecutive weeks. Coincidentally, she was eliminated on October 30, 2012, five years to the day she was voted off the first time and in the sixth week.

She was featured in the Soft Scrub Dancing with the Stars Live Tour. She danced with Derek Hough (while Mark was injured), then with Mark, until her last show on January 13, 2008, when she departed for India to film The Cheetah Girls: One World .

She was one of the featured celebrity dancers in the Live Dancing with the Stars Las Vegas show, running April 14 through August 5, 2012 at the Tropicana Resort and Casino theater.

She has been a celebrity correspondent for the behind-the-scenes look at season 8 of Dancing with the Stars for E! News, and TV Guide show Reality Chat. For season 9 of Dancing with the Stars, she co-hosted TV Guide show Reality Chat and hosted backstage at Dancing with the Stars on abc.com. Bryan was asked back to co-host backstage at Dancing with the Stars for the 10th through 12th seasons. She has interviewed season 10 winner of the series Nicole Scherzinger, country singer Reba McEntire, Evan Lysacek, Erin Andrews, Kate Gosselin, and many more.

Solo projects

Byou

Bryan released a DVD workout entitled Byou in December 2005. The workout is especially geared towards young girls with a tagline that reads "Be Happy, Be Healthy – BYOU!". More than a quarter million DVDs have been sold. A soundtrack to the DVD was also released which included the song "Byou", performed by Bryan, as well as other songs by her and other artists. The song "Byou" was also featured on the Radio Disney: Move It! CD which was released in 2006. Bryan released Byou 2, on January 13, 2009. [19] Byou 2 features one exclusive track by Bryan called "C'mon".

Princess of Gossip

Bryan teamed up with popular author Julia DeVillers to write the book Princess of Gossip , the story of an ordinary girl with an extraordinary secret. Princess of Gossip was released on October 8, 2008. [20] It is currently being considered for a possible movie.

Personal life

In 2008, it was announced that Bryan would be partnering with Mission Foods as the spokesperson for the Healthy Kids Challenge. One of Bryan's many roles is to provide information to help educate kids on easy ways to stay healthy through nutrition and keeping active.

In April 2017, Bryan became engaged to strategic accounts manager Jordan Lundberg after six years of dating. They were married on October 6, 2018. [21] In March 2020, they announced that they were expecting their first child, a girl due in September. [22] On August 31, 2020, she gave birth to a daughter. [23] In November 2022, they announced that they were expecting their second child. [24] On May 2, 2023, she gave birth to a boy. [25]

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2009Help Me, Help YouSandyIndependent Feature Film
2017Dance Night ObsessionKate
Television Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Mrs. Santa Claus FritzieTelevision Movie
2003 The Cheetah Girls Dorinda "Do" Thomas Disney Channel Original Movie; filmed in Canada.
2006 The Cheetah Girls 2 Disney Channel Original Movie filmed in Spain
2008 The Cheetah Girls: One World Disney Channel Original Movie filmed in India
Straight to DVD
YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Byou HerselfWorkout DVD
2008 Mostly Ghostly Mrs. MurrayHorror fantasy movie [26]
2009Byou 2HerselfWorkout DVD
2014The Next DanceIvy
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999King's PawnKellyUnaired TV Pilot
2000Driving Me CrazyTerry
2001Grounded for LifeSuzyEpisode: "Jimmy was Kung-Fu Fighting"
2015I Think My Babysitter's An AlienSenator Grant
Television guest appearances
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Grounded for Life SuzyEpisode: "Jimmy was Kung-Fu Fighting"
The Jersey Angelina Renard
The Geena Davis Show Tina
2002 The Bold and the Beautiful Alisa Cordova7 Episodes [27]
2007 Dancing with the Stars Herself — Season 5Eeliminated 6th.
Disney Channel Games HerselfYellow Team
2008 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Herself (with The Cheetah Girls)
Studio DC: Almost Live
Disney Channel Games HerselfThe Comets/Yellow Team
2009 E! News HerselfCorrespondent for the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars
2010-2011 American Broadcasting Company Correspondent for the 9, 10 & 11th season Dancing with the Stars
2010-2012 Fish Hooks Pamela Hamster (voice)3 episodes
2012 Dancing with the Stars HerselfAll Stars season; eliminated 6th
2013 Supah Ninjas Andreaepisode: Season 2 episode 14
2017 Celebrity Family Feud HerselfContestant
Internet
YearFilmRoleNotes
2011Dinner With FriendsHerself9 Episodes
2015March MomsLauren8 Episodes
2017Bad Sex With Good PeopleValerie10 Episodes
2019Christy’s Kitchen ThrowbackHerselfWeb Series

Discography

Albums with the Cheetah Girls

The Cheetah Girls Soundtrack

Cheetah-licious Christmas

The Cheetah Girls 2 Soundtrack

In Concert: The Party's Just Begun Tour

TCG

The Cheetah Girls: One World Soundtrack

Solo album

Byou

Byou 2

Songs

Music videos

Tours

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