Brittany Allen

Education

She attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the Sheridan Institute for Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario, for their Music Theatre – Performance Program.

Career

After a few minor roles in TV movies, Allen played the role of Marissa Chandler on All My Children from April 21, 2009 to December 21, 2010. For this role, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award in 2011 in the category Younger Actress in a Drama Series. She went on to appear in several TV series, with recurring roles in the Canadian drama Bomb Girls and the American science fiction western Defiance on the Syfy network.

In 2014, she played the lead role in the science fiction horror film Extraterrestrial, directed by Colin Minihan of The Vicious Brothers, with whom Allen started an ongoing personal and professional relationship.

In 2015, Allen starred in the psychological thriller Backgammon and contributed to the writing of the story for the independent comedy-drama film, Almost Anything.

In 2016, she teamed up with Minihan again for the unconventional zombie film It Stains the Sands Red, where Allen acted as executive producer and starred as a lone woman being chased by a single, relentless zombie throughout the desert.

In 2017, Allen starred in the science fiction drama Incontrol. She also had a co-starring role in the horror film Jigsaw, a sequel to the Saw film franchise.

In 2018, she appeared on the USA Network series Falling Water, replacing Brooke Bloom in the role of Sabine for the series' second season. She also played the role of Ella Riordan in the second season of NBC's "Taken". The same year she co-starred alongside her Jigsaw co-star Hannah Emily Anderson in the thriller What Keeps You Alive, which she also produced and scored. The film marks her third collaboration with Colin Minihan.

In 2019, she appeared in the horror film The Prodigy as Margaret St. James. The same year she appeared as Charlotte/Popclaw in the Amazon superhero black comedy television series, The Boys.

Personal life

In 2014, she started dating Canadian director Colin Minihan, whom she met on the set of Extraterrestrial, which he directed and in which she starred.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Allen won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2011 for playing Marissa Tasker on All My Children.

References

References

1. https://www.instagram.com/p/CmlSIB2OhVC/
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5. Dennis Harvey. (July 27, 2017). "Film Review: 'It Stains the Sands Red'". Variety.
6. (2017-09-24). "SMT: Sitdown with 'It Stains' and 'Jigsaw's' Brittany Allen – Pop Culture Madness Network News". Pcmworldnews.com.
7. "Incontrol (2017)".
8. "Sci-fi thriller 'Incontrol' scores North America deal (exclusive)".
9. (3 November 2017). "Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen go from Jigsaw to What Keeps You Alive".
10. (12 August 2021). "Jigsaw/Saw 8 – ScreenRant".
11. (9 March 2018). "Trailer: What Keeps You Alive Starring Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen – Dread Central".
12. (16 February 2018). "Another Eerie 'What Keeps You Alive' Image Keeps Terror Afloat – Bloody Disgusting".
13. (June 7, 2018). "Exclusive Interview: Director Colin Minihan and Actress Brittany Allen Talk Their Latest Collaboration". Rue Morgue.
14. (6 March 2018). "'Jigsaw' Stars Joins Orion Pictures' 'Descendant' – Bloody Disgusting".
15. (11 March 2018). "It Stains the Sands Red's Brittany Allen Joins New Nicholas McCarthy Movie". [[Dread Central]].
16. (July 26, 2019). "The Boys Recap: X-Factor". Vulture.
17. (June 7, 2018). "Exclusive Interview: Director Colin Minihan and Actress Brittany Allen Talk Their Latest Collaboration". Rue Morgue.
18. Gajewski, Ryan. (2025-08-19). "Justin Long, Kate Bosworth’s Horror-Comedy ‘Coyotes’ Sets Fall Release (Exclusive)".
19. (June 20, 2011). "Daytime Emmy 2011 Winners: Full List Of Emmys Awards". [[The Huffington Post]].