Brittany Anne Byrnes is an Australian actress, dancer, judge, choreographer and coach who portrayed Charlotte Watsford in H2O: Just Add Water.
Personal life
Brittany was born in Australia and trained in all aspects of dance at the Bradshaw Dancers Performing Arts Academy in Sydney since she was 4. She was also cheerleader for the Kittens (West Tigers) until she quit in 2007. She used to do one of the hot and spicy fillet KFC ads.
In an interview from 2022, Brittany addressed that she has struggled a lot with people harassing and fat shaming her due to their inability to seperate her from her H2O character.[1]
Career
Her first role was in the movie Babe when she was 8 years old. There, Brittany played the granddaughter. From there she has been in movies like Little Oberon, Mermaids (where she played a daughter of a mermaid) who she also worked along Ariu Lang Sio who played Wilfred & Lara Cox who played Dr. Linda Denman in, and Swimming Upstream. She has also been in a number of television shows including Beastmaster, All Saints and the second season of the Australian show H2O: Just Add Water where she played Charlotte Watsford. Brittany was nominated for a total of two awards - an Young Actor's Award for Little Oberon in 2005 and an AFI award for H2O: Just Add Water in 2008. She quit acting in 2018. Brittany is one of few Australians to have judged at The Dance Worlds, after coaching Australia to it's first ever Worlds medal. Now with 9 worlds medals (Team Australia and Bradshaw Elite) and a legacy of that has helped put Australia on the map, Brittany strives to use her knowledge and experience to support the growth of Australian Allstar Dance. She is an inspiring coach to her students, a mentor to coaches across Australia, and a world class judge and choreographer.
Filmography
| Year: | Title: | Role: |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Heartbeak High | Rachel Stewart |
| 1995 | Babe | Granddaughter |
| 1996 | Twisted Tales | Jessie Courtney |
| 1993 - 1996 | G. P | Amy Hardy |
| 1998 | Children's Hospital | Helen Voyt |
| 1998 | Breakers | Catherine |
| 1998 | The Violent Earth | Helen as a Child |
| 2000 | BeastMaster | Muraki |
| 1998 - 2000 | Search For Treasure Island | Thea Hawkins |
| 2000 | Water Rats | Geena Sadler |
| 2001 | When Good Ghouls Go Bad | Dayna |
| 2001 | Escape of the Artful Dodger | Hannah |
| 2002 | Don't Blame the Koalas | Actress #3 |
| 2003 | Swimming Upstream | Diane Fingleton |
| 2003 | Mermaids | Tessa |
| 2005 | Little Oberon | Natasha Green |
| 1998 - 2008 | All Saints | Becky Franklin |
| 2007 - 2008 | H2O: Just Add Water | Charlotte Watsford |
| 2008 | Scorched | Deanna |
| 2009 | Sunset Over Water | Madga |
| 2010 - 2013 | Toybox | Tina |
| 2014 | We Are Darren and Riley | Brittany |
| 2014 | Wonderland | Pip Sallinger |
| 2018 | When Sally Left Steve | Sally |
Gallery
External Links
Brittany Byrnes on Wikipedia- Brittany Byrnes on IMDb
- Brittany Byrnes on Instagram
- Brittany Byrnes on Twitter
- Brittany Byrnes on Facebook
- Brittany Byrnes' Official Website
