Erinn Westbrook

Erinn Veronica Westbrook is an American actress, singer, dancer and model. She is known for her roles on Glee, where she portrayed the captain of the Cheerios, Bree, the MTV series Awkward, where she starred as Stanford-bound tennis star, Gabby Richards, and the Netflix series Insatiable in which she starred as pageant queen Magnolia Barnard. She currently stars as Tabitha Tate in The CW series Riverdale.

Erinn Westbrook
Born
Erinn Veronica Westbrook

Long Island, New York, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationActress, model, singer and dancer
Years active2011–present

Early and personal life

Westbrook was born on Long Island, New York, but moved to Town and Country, Missouri when she was six years old. She attended John Burroughs School, where she was the captain of the cheerleading squad.[1] She graduated from Harvard University, where she majored in English, American Literature and Language, with a secondary concentration in Dramatic Arts and an advanced certification in Spanish.[2] She was the tenth member of her family to attend the university and while there she wrote for the Harvard Crimson and was President of Students Taking on Poverty.[3]

Career

After interning for CNBC, NBC, and Oxygen, Westbrook began her career as an on-air personality for MTV. Apart from reporting on issues and topics pertinent to young people, her main endeavors within the network were hosting SXSW, mtvU's Movers & Changers, a joint venture between the network and the New York Stock Exchange, and MTV Spring Break. Westbrook served as one of the main hosts of MTV Spring Break 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2012, Westbrook landed a recurring role on Mr. Box Office, starring alongside Bill Bellamy, Vivica Fox and Jon Lovitz.[4] She also choreographed two episodes in 2013. Westbrook began her career in Los Angeles as a model with Ford Models appearing in ads for Nike, Vineyard Vines, Seventeen Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine among many others. In the Fall of 2013, Westbrook was featured as one of "Fashion's Next It Girls" in Hollywood by Who, What, Wear.[5] Westbrook has guest-starred on a variety of shows including Switched at Birth, Supernatural, Bones, NCIS and most recently, Jane the Virgin. She is best known for her role as captain of the cheerios, Bree, during the fifth season of Glee. In the Spring of 2014, Westbrook joined the cast of MTV's successful drama, Awkward, and continued with the show through the fifth and final season, concluding in 2016. In the Summer of 2014, Westbrook was invited by the US embassies in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia to visit Southeast Asia as an emissary of Culture and the Arts.[6]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Debut Sofia Cross Short Film
2013 In a World... Reality Girl #3
2016 72 Hours: A Brooklyn Love Story? Jazz
2021 7th & Union Marie Taylor
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009–2011 Movers & Changers Herself / Host 12 episodes
2011 1000 Ways to Die Angela Episode: "Wait, Don't Tell Me - You're Dead"
2012 Switched at Birth Jessica Episode: "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden"
2012–2013 Mr. Box Office Danielle 22 episodes
2013 Dog with a Blog Remy Episode: "Guess Who's a Cheerleader"
2013 Twisted Sydney Episode: "Out with the In-Crowd"
2013 See Dad Run Meredith 2 episodes
2013 Glee Bree 7 episodes; also performer
2014 Supernatural Tamara Episode: "Bloodlines"
2014 Bones Brenda Episode: "The Purging of the Pundit"
2014–2016 Awkward Gabby Richards 17 episodes
2015 Constantine Lily Episode: "A Whole World Out There"
2015 Stitchers Nikki Fox Episode: "Finally"
2015 NCIS Hanna Friedgen Episode: "Day In Court"
2016 Jane the Virgin Natalie Tanner 2 episodes
2016 The Night Shift Kelly Anne Episode: "Get Busy Livin'"
2016 How To Be A Vampire Klara 5 episodes
2017 Love on the Vines Liz Preston TV Movie
2017 Life After First Failure Mandi-Ann Deandre 3 episodes
2017 The Tap Gloria Murphy USA Network pilot
2018–2019 Insatiable Magnolia Barnard Main role; 19 episodes
2018 Legacies Cassie Episode: "Death Keeps Knocking on My Door"
2019 The Resident Adaku Eze 7 episodes
2021 Riverdale Tabitha Tate Main role (season 5[7]-present)
2021 Advice By Love[8] Kendall Turner Lead (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15215420/)

References
  1. Hart-Schmidt, Blaise. "Dynamic People: Erinn Westbrook". Ladue News. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  2. http://www.laduenews.com/living/special-features/dynamic-people-erinn-westbrook/article_a46c4e87-4069-5b67-a78c-d3a89f8a8639.html
  3. http://www.thecrimson.com/writer/1203932/Erinn_V._Westbrook/
  4. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/mr-box-office/cast/395237/
  5. http://www.whowhatwear.com/style-driven-meet-fashions-next-it-girls/slide5
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff6dRMOvZkI
  7. "Trendy Bapu: Latest Trending News". Trendy Bapu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15215420/
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