Bridgit Mendler

In 2012, she began dating her ‘Good Luck Charlie’ co-star, Shane Harper. The TV couple were ranked fourth amongst the ‘Hottest Couples’ in 2014. However, the couple broke up in 2015.

She began her philanthropic endeavours as a teenager. In 2010, she became the ambassador of ‘First Book’, a campaign which provides books to needy children.

She has raised almost a million dollars at various concerts and campaigns for the underpriviledged, such as ‘We Can Change the World’, ‘Give With Target’ and ‘World Challenge Marathon for Save the Children Foundation’.

Bridgit Claire Mendler was born on 18th December 1992 in Washington D.C. She grew up with her younger brother, Nick, and moved to Mill Valley, California when she was eight.

After settling in California, she took part in several plays and developed a fancy for acting. She eventually became the youngest performer in ‘San Francisco Fringe Festival’.

At eleven, she decided to make acting her career and hired an agent. She began by acting in commercials and doing voice-overs and eventually became a television star.

On graduating from high school, she sought admission at the ‘University of Southern California’ where she enrolled in Anthropology. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University in 2016.

In 2004, Bridgit got a breakthrough voicing the character Lucy in the Indian animated film ‘The Legend of Buddha’. It was followed by a guest appearance in the TV show ‘General Hospital’ in the episode ‘Lulu’s Dream Daughter’.

In 2006, she voiced Thorn in the video game ‘Bone: The Great Cow Race’. And the next year she was cast in her debut film ‘Alice Upside Down’ as the antagonist Pamela. She also provided vocals for the film’s soundtrack ‘Free Spirit’.

She played the role of Kristen Gregory in the teen film ‘The Clique’ and acted alongside popular actress Lindsay Lohan in the movie ‘Labor Pains’ aired on ABC network in 2009.

Another offer came her way when she was cast in a supporting role as Becca Kingston in the live action/ computer animated children’s comedy ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel’.

Mendler became a part of the Disney family in 2009 when she was offered a recurring role in the hit Disney series ‘Wizards of the Waverly Place’ in which she played the vampire, Juliet Van Heusen.

In 2010, she was cast in a lead role as Teddy Duncan in the American Disney sitcom ‘Good Luck Charlie’. The series met with critical acclaim and it became her first main role as an actor. The series spanned four successful seasons running for 97 episodes.

With fortunes flooding in after her role as Teddy Duncan, Disney cast Bridgit in the teen musical ‘Lemonade Mouth’ as Olivia White in 2011. In the movie, her talent as a singer shined through and a soundtrack under the banner of ‘Walt Disney Records’ was released on 12th April 2011.

In December 2011, she starred in the teen film ‘Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas!’ and made guest appearances in TV shows such as ‘PrankStars’, ‘So Random!’, ‘House’, ‘Violetta’, ‘We Day’ and ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’.