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Bridget Flanery
Bridget Flanery
Born	Bridget Christine Flanery; March 24, 1970 (age 54); Guthrie Center, Iowa, U.S.
Education	Drake University (BA); Yale University (MFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Brandon Christy (m. 2009)

Bridget Christine Flanery (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress.^[1]

Early life

Bridget Christine Flanery was born on March 24, 1970 in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Flanery has an older sister, Jill, and three brothers, James, Bill and John. She studied Theatre and graduated from Drake University in 1992.^[2]^[3] After graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.^[4]

Career

Flanery played Lila Fowler in the comedy-drama series Sweet Valley High from 1994 until 1996, when she was replaced by Shirlee Elliot. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1997 for the Best Performance in a TV Comedy — Guest Starring Young Performer for the television show Pearl. Between 1996 and 1998, she portrayed Jill on sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch.^[1] She appeared in several guest starring television roles, including Love Boat: The Next Wave, Will & Grace, Desperate Housewives, Boy Meets World, Out of Practice, Without a Trace, Hart of Dixie and Two and a Half Men.^[1]^[5]

She has also appeared in theatre productions, including A Streetcar named Desire at the Yale Repertory Theatre, Loves and Hours at the Old Globe Theatre, and Spring Awakening at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center.^[6]^[1] Flanery teaches acting at The Studio School in Los Angeles as of May 2019.^[1]

Personal life

She has been married to Brandon Christy since August 8, 2009.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Encounter	Cat	Short film
1996	Fatal Expressions	Kathy Kelly
2009	Something Blue	Kathleen O'Connell

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994-1996	Sweet Valley High	Lila Fowler	44 episodes
1996	Weird Science	Courtney	Episode: "Grumpy Old Genie"
1996	Boy Meets World	Lisa	Episode: "Singled Out"
1996	7th Heaven	Susan Barrett	Episode: "Saturday"
1996	California Dreams	Girl who makes announcement	Episode: "The Fashion Man"
1996–1998	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Jill	9 episodes
1997	Pearl		Episode: "Power Play"
1997	Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac	Lisa	TV miniseries
1997	Unhappily Ever After	Bunny	Episode: "Sorority Girl" Episode: "Ryan Vampire Slayer"
1997-1998	Teen Angel	Jessica Fishman	4 episodes
1998	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Miranda	Episode: "Dead Friday"
1998	Babylon 5	Zoe	Episode: "Day of the Dead"
1998	The Outsider	Lita Hayworth	TV movie
1999	The Love Boat: The Next Wave	Simone	Episode: "Such Sweet Dreams"
2005	Without a Trace	Beth Norwood	Episode: "Lone Star"
2005	Will & Grace	Viv Cassidy	Episode: "Kiss and Tell" Episode: "Friends with Benefits"
2005	Out of Practice	Mary	Episode: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do. And Do. And..."
2008	Two and a Half Men	Katie	Episode: "Damn You, Eggs Benedict"
2008	Desperate Housewives	Peggy	Episode: "Back in Business"
2011	Hart of Dixie	Becky Hilson	Episode: "The Pirate & the Practice"

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Bridget Flanery - Faculty, Acting Program". Studio School. February 18, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "Bridget Flanery". IMDb. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "From Drake to Hollywood—and Back Again". Drake University. December 17, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2022. Flanery, FA'92, first came to Drake…
^ "BRIDGET FLANERY". StageSceneLA. March 25, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "BRIDGET FLANERY". www.colonytheatre.org. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "Bridget Flanery". IMDb. Retrieved May 2, 2019.