1. Bridgit Claire Mendler was born on December 18,1992 and is an American entrepreneur and former actress and singer-songwriter.
81 Facts About Bridgit Mendler
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Bridgit Mendler first became known as a child actress and continued acting into adulthood, which overlapped with a musical career in the 2010s.
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Bridgit Mendler starred in the Disney Channel film Lemonade Mouth.
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Bridgit Mendler began her music career contributing to the soundtrack of Lemonade Mouth in 2011, and signed with Hollywood Records that same year.
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Bridgit Mendler then embarked on two concert tours: Live in Concert and Summer Tour.
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From 2010 to 2012, Bridgit Mendler served as ambassador to nonprofit First Book, which encourages reading, and Give with Target, to raise funds to reform schools in the United States.
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Bridgit Mendler was a student and researcher with the MIT Media Lab from 2017 to 2023.
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Bridgit Mendler is registered as a PhD candidate with MIT's Center for Constructive Communications and Social Machines group.
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Bridgit Mendler was born in Washington, DC, and moved with her family to Mill Valley, California, at the age of eight.
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When she was eight years old, Bridgit Mendler began taking part in local roles in both dramatic and musical theatre, and became the youngest performer in the San Francisco Fringe Festival.
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In May 2017, Bridgit Mendler was announced as one of the 2017 MIT Media Lab's Director's Fellows.
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In 2004, Bridgit Mendler got her first voice acting role in the animated Indian film The Legend of Buddha, in which she portrayed young Buddha.
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Bridgit Mendler got her second voice acting role in 2005 as the voice of the character Thorn in the video game Bone: Out from Boneville, which was based on the Bone comic series.
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Bridgit Mendler portrayed the dream child of character Lulu Spencer, in which the two have an argument on Mendler's character's birthday.
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That same year, Bridgit Mendler voiced the character Thorn in the video game Bone: The Great Cow Race.
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In 2007, Bridgit Mendler made her film debut in the film adaption of the Alice series, titled Alice Upside Down.
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Bridgit Mendler portrayed the antagonistic role of Pamela, who is the rival of Stoner's character, Alice.
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Also in 2007 Bridgit Mendler auditioned for Sonny with a Chance for the role of Sonny Munroe, but Demi Lovato was chosen.
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Bridgit Mendler had the role of Kristen, a girl who attends OCD on a scholarship, and works hard to keep her good grades.
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Bridgit Mendler had begun working on a film with actress and singer Lindsay Lohan titled Labor Pains, which kept being pushed back due to various conflicts and problems.
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Bridgit Mendler had a supporting role in the film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
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In 2009, Bridgit Mendler became a recurring character in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place.
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Bridgit Mendler portrayed the role of Juliet Van Heusen, a vampire who later forms a romance with David Henrie's character Justin Russo.
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Bridgit Mendler would go on to appear in eleven episodes total for the series, spanning from 2009 to 2012 when the series ended.
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In 2010, Bridgit Mendler became the star of the Disney Channel series Good Luck Charlie, centering on a teenage girl who makes videos for her baby sister to watch as she gets older.
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Bridgit Mendler voiced the lead role of Arrietty in the American English dub of The Secret World of Arrietty.
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On November 25,2014, Bridgit Mendler was announced as a member of the main cast of the NBC comedy series Undateable in season two.
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Bridgit Mendler portrays the character Candace, an unlucky and undefeatably optimistic waitress, who becomes part of the main group.
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In October 2016, Bridgit Mendler was cast as Ashley Willerman on the fifth season of the CMT television series Nashville.
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On February 10,2017, Bridgit Mendler was cast in lead role of the Fox comedy television pilot Thin Ice, created by Elizabeth Meriwether, but the network ultimately passed on the pilot in May She appeared in the Netflix comedy film Father of the Year along with David Spade, Joey Bragg, Matt Shively and Jackie Sandler, which was released July 20,2018.
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In November 2019, Bridgit Mendler appeared in the eight-part Netflix comedy television series, Merry Happy Whatever, along with Dennis Quaid, Ashley Tisdale, and her Undateable co-star Brent Morin.
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Bridgit Mendler performed numerous songs for the soundtrack of Lemonade Mouth, which was released on April 12,2011, by Walt Disney Records.
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Bridgit Mendler recorded the song "This Is My Paradise" for Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, which was released as a promotional single on January 11,2011, with a music video directed by Alex Zamm.
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On March 31,2011, it was confirmed that Bridgit Mendler had signed with Hollywood Records, and had begun working on her debut album.
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Bridgit Mendler later co-wrote and sang the Disney's Friends for Change Games anthem called "We Can Change the World", released as her third promotional single on June 11,2011.
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Bridgit Mendler's vocals have been compared to Lily Allen, Cher Lloyd, Jessie J and Karmin.
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Bridgit Mendler released two promotional singles on the album: "Forgot to Laugh" and "Top of the World".
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Bridgit Mendler recorded it on her own, independent of Hollywood Records, and filmed in Griffith Park, in Los Angeles.
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On June 28,2014, Bridgit Mendler began the second leg of her Summer Tour, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Bridgit Mendler discussed some of the producers and songwriters she was working with, including Mitch Allan, Dan Book, Alexei Misoul, Augie Ray, Beloryze, TMS, Ina Wroldsen, and Steve Mac.
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On February 3,2017, Bridgit Mendler announced her new single, "Temperamental Love" featuring Devontee.
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Bridgit Mendler told CNBC that the idea for the company was conceived during her stay in New Hampshire during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
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In 2010, Bridgit Mendler became ambassador to First Book, a service that encourages reading and provides books to children in need.
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Bridgit Mendler participated of the Disney's Friends for Change Games, an Olympic-based televised games aired on theDisney Channel, getting $125,000 donation to UNICEF as Yellow Team captain and competing for $100,000.
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In 2012 Bridgit Mendler won the honorary award Common Sense Media as Role Model of the Year for her work against bullying.
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Bridgit Mendler was the third young artist to win the award, which usually honors environmentalists and scholars.
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Bridgit Mendler attended the annual UNICEF acoustic concert in New York to raise donations for charity in January 2013.
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In July 2012 Bridgit Mendler became ambassador of the campaign Give With Target with department store chain Target to raise funds to reform schools in the United States.
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Bridgit Mendler was featured in a March 2013 public campaign Delete Digital Drama with Seventeen magazine to end cyberbullying.
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Bridgit Mendler worked with Acuvue being a mentor to help Katie, a winner of the 2013 Acuvue 1-Day Contest, get closer to her dream of making a difference.
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In October 2013, Bridgit Mendler hosted the event We Day of Free The Children Foundation, a campaign that helps build schools for underprivileged children in Canada and the United States.
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In November 2013, Bridgit Mendler participated in the World Challenge Marathon for Save the Children Foundation, a charity race to helps children with health problems.
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In March 2014, Bridgit Mendler traveled to region of El Quiche, Guatemala to participate in the other project of Save the Children that helps underprivileged children in developing countries.
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Bridgit Mendler said "It's an easy way for kids to help little ones everywhere get a healthy start and an opportunity to learn just by doing something they do most weekends anyway".
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In 2012, Bridgit Mendler signed with Target to release an exclusive line of clothing inspired by her character Teddy Duncan of Good Luck Charlie.
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Bridgit Mendler released exclusively her music video and registered some personal clothes and fashion searches.
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Bridgit Mendler had her own version in the games FanFUN FANfinity.
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Bridgit Mendler has cited Bob Dylan as her biggest musical influence.
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Bridgit Mendler has a way of writing songs that's really playful with lyrics, but at the same time he's saying something that people feel is important and that they relate to.
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Bridgit Mendler cited Jamie Foxx as a great model of how to have a career in acting and music.
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Bridgit Mendler says that she is influenced by British neo-soul music, and listed Ellie Goulding, Florence and the Machine, Marina Diamandis, Lily Allen, and Lianne La Havas as her biggest British influences.
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Bridgit Mendler has mentioned Natasha Bedingfield, Broken Bells, Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse.
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In 2013, Bridgit Mendler revealed to have a big admiration for the Adele's musical style.
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Bridgit Mendler was influenced by Canadian artists Feist and Tegan and Sara.
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Bridgit Mendler covered the song "I Was a Fool" by the duo and released with the message: "I heard this song by Tegan and Sara a couple weeks ago and couldn't stop singing it, so I just had to do my own version".
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Thematically, Guilherme Tintel of Portal It Pop has noted that Bridgit Mendler was not immature as the first work of other Hollywood Records artists.
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Bridgit Mendler said that the writing process isn't hard, because she was influenced by her own experiences.
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Bridgit Mendler said she didn't want to make commercial songs, but timeless songs.
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Savio Alves of Febre Teen Magazine said that Bridgit Mendler's voice was "strong and sweet".
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Bridgit Mendler calls Mendler's voice as having a "metallic tone" and this being "rare in young female singers".
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Bridgit Mendler's voice was compared to indie and blues artists.
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Bridgit Mendler was included on Billboards "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors" list in 2012.
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Bridgit Mendler was chosen as one of the ten hottest young female artists by Forbes Woman.
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In 2012, Bridgit Mendler was chosen as role model of the year by Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization that honors innovative minds from the worlds of entertainment, public policy and technology and rewards mainly teachers, scientists and philanthropists.
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Bridgit Mendler was honored for her charity work in anti-bullying actions, improving the lives of families by providing a trustworthy role model and creating a positive impact in the world.
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Bridgit Mendler was the second youngest artist to win the award, after Miranda Cosgrove.
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Bridgit Mendler was called "likeable and amazing" in Lemonade Mouth by Khalid McCalla of The Oberlin Review.
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James Knight of Classicalite opined that Undateable "only showed up on the radar" because of Bridgit Mendler's casting and performance.
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From May 2011 to November 2015, Bridgit Mendler dated long time friend and former co-star Shane Harper.
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In October 2019, Bridgit Mendler announced via Instagram that she had married Griffin Cleverly.
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In February 2024, Bridgit Mendler announced that she became the mother of a 4-year-old boy, whom she had begun fostering in 2021 and adopted around Christmas 2022.