BRIDGET DWYER

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BRIDGET DWYER

PHOTOS

OVERVIEW______________________

DATE OF BIRTH 27 April 1985, Los Angeles, California.

BIOGRAPHY She's done some things. I'll do this later.

TRIVIA

• Recently quit acting to follow a career in film composition like her father.
  
• Attended UCLA for two years before dropping out to pursue acting.
  
• Is part of an indie folk duo Vintage September with her close friend from high school.
  
• Graduated from Beverly Hills High in 2003.
  
• Is allergic to gluten, milk and eggs.
  
• Her favorite actresses include Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Katharine Hepburn.
  
• She can play the piano and ukulele.
  
• Owns a bichon frise puppy named Emerson which she nicknames "M&M".
  
• Is the middle sister of the family. Her older sister Kelly Dwyer and younger sister Abigail Dwyer are both actresses.
  
• 2011 - Has decided to return to acting after a year of working as a film composer.
  

PERSONAL QUOTES

• "Acting wasn't my first love, but I eventually grew to appreciate it as much as my family does. It's fun, but I get a thrill out of performing music more."
  
• "It's an addiction. I love clothes. I like to go down Melrose and look in all the windows and I go to different flea markets. I have lots of costumes. You never know when you're going to have to dress up like a milkmaid from the 1600s."
  
• "I was labeled a 'theatre type' in high school, which made it hard to fit in and feel part of things."
  
• "Doing the music for this film was life changing for me - of course because I quit acting and started writing music for movies instead." - On writing music for a film for the first time.
  
• "Will I miss acting? Probably. Would I go back to it? Probably."
  

AWARDS

• 2009, Nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for (500) Days of Summer at the Satellite Awards.
  

FILMOGRAPHY___________________

ACTRESS

• "FUNNY OR DIE PRESENTS..." . . . . MARY TODD LINCOLN ( 1 episode, 2010 )
  - EPISODE #1.1 ( 2010 ) _{TV episode} . . . . MARY TODD LINCOLN
  
  
• ( 500 ) DAYS OF SUMMER ( 2009 ) . . . . SUMMER FINN
  
• "LIFE INTERTWINED" . . . . CAFE MUSICIAN ( 3 episodes, 2008-2009 )
  - DOWNTOWN ( 2009 ) _{TV episode} . . . . CAFE MUSICIAN
  - I HEART NEW YORK ( 2008 ) _{TV episode} . . . . CAFE MUSICIAN
  - DOUBLE REBOUND ( 2008 ) _{TV episode} . . . . CAFE MUSICIAN
  
• YES MAN ( 2008 ) . . . . ALLISON
  
• GIGANTIC ( 2008 ) . . . . HARRIET 'HAPPY' LOLLY
  
• THE HAPPENING ( 2008 ) . . . . ALMA MOORE
  
• "THE SIMPSONS" . . . . MARY ( 1 episode, 2008 )
  - APOCALYPSE COW ( 2008 ) _{TV episode} ( voice ) . . . . MARY
  
• "TIN MAN" . . . . DG ( 3 episodes, 2007 )
  - TIN MAN ( 2007 ) _{TV episode} . . . . DG
  - SEARCH FOR THE EMERALD ( 2007 ) _{TV episode} . . . . DG
  - INTO THE STORM ( 2007 ) _{TV episode} . . . . DG
  
• THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD ( 2007 ) . . . . DOROTHY EVANS
  
• SURF'S UP ( 2007 ) ( voice ) . . . . LANI ALIIKAI
  
• SURF'S UP ( 2007 ) ( VG ) ( voice ) . . . . LANI ALIIKAI
  
• FLAKES ( 2007 ) . . . . MISS PUSSY KATZ
  
• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA ( 2007 ) . . . . MS. EDMUNDS
  
• THE GO-GETTER ( 2007 ) . . . . KATE
  
• THE GOOD LIFE ( 2007 ) . . . . FRANCES
  
• LIVE FREE OR DIE ( 2006 ) . . . . CHERYL
  
• FAILURE TO LAUNCH ( 2006 ) . . . . KIT
  
• ONCE UPON MATTRESS ( 2005 ) ( TV ) . . . . LADY LARKEN
  
• YOUNG ONES ( 2005 ) . . . . RILEY AT 15

COMPOSER

• ANGELS BY OUR SIDE ( 2011 ) ( pre-production )
  
• THE AIR I BREATHE ( 2011 ) ( post-production )
  
• SLAYER BY NIGHT ( 2011 ) ( completed )
  
• "LOVE, ACCIDENTALLY" ( TBA, 2010 )
  
  
• RACHEL'S CLOSET ( 2010 )
  

SOUNDTRACK

• WINNIE THE POOH ( 2011 ) ( performer: "Winnie the Pooh" ) ( post-production )
  
• "HOUSE M.D." ( 1 episode, 2009 )
  - UNDER MY SKIN ( 2009 ) _{TV episode} ( performer: "Never Had Nobody Like You" ( uncredited ) )
  
• ( 500 ) DAYS OF SUMMER ( 2009 ) ( performer: "Sugar town" )
  
• "LIFE INTERTWINED" ( 3 episodes, 2008-2009 )
  - DOWNTOWN ( 2009 ) _{TV episode} ( performer: "This Is Not A Test" )
  - I HEART NEW YORK ( 2008 ) _{TV episode} ( performer: "Sentimental Heart" )
  - DOUBLE REBOUND ( 2008 ) _{TV episode} ( performer: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "I Should Have Known Better" )
  
• YES MAN ( 2008 ) ( writer: "Uh-Huh", "Sweet Ballad" ) ( performer: "Journey To The Center Of The Earth", "Star Spangled Banner", "Uh-Huh", "Sweet Ballad", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Yes Man" )
  
• THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD ( 2007 ) (performer: "A Bird in a Gilded Cage")
  
• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA ( 2007 ) ( performer: "Why Can't We Be Friends", "Someday", "Ooh Child" )
  
• THE GO-GETTER ( 2007 ) ( performer: "When I Get To The Border" )
  
• THE GOOD LIFE ( 2007 ) ( performer: "On the Sunny Side of the Street" )
  
• ONCE UPON A MATTRESS ( 2005 ) ( TV ) ( performer: "In A Little While" )