Brittany Leanna Robertson-Floyd (née Robertson; born April 18, 1990), known professionally as Britt Robertson, is an American actress.
Raised in Greenville, South Carolina, at age 14, Robertson moved to Los Angeles with her grandmother to audition for TV roles, a pivotal move that led to her living independently from the age of 16. Robertson's early career saw her performing on stage at the Greenville Little Theater, before transitioning to screen, making her debut in an episode of Sheena in 2000. Her subsequent roles in television and film, included Power Rangers Time Force, The Ghost Club, and more significant parts in Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers, Dan in Real Life, and The Tenth Circle.
Her lead roles in series such as Life Unexpected (2010–2011) and The Secret Circle (2011–2012) enabled further recognition. Robertson gained wider acclaim for her performances in Under the Dome (2013–2014), Tomorrowland (2015), and as the lead in Girlboss (2017), portraying a fictionalized version of entrepreneur Sophia Amoruso. Her career continued with roles in films like I Still Believe and on television in The Rookie: Feds (2022).
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Early life
Brittany Leanna Robertson was born at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 18, 1990, to Beverly (née Hayes) and Ryan Robertson, a restaurant owner. Robertson grew up in Greenville, South Carolina. She is the oldest of seven children; her mother and stepfather have three children (two girls, one boy), and her father and stepmother also have three children (one girl, two boys).
Her grandmother, Shuler Robertson, took her to Los Angeles when she was 14 years old in order to allow her to audition for TV pilots. Robertson said that they would knit together during down-time on set. Her grandmother returned to North Carolina when Robertson was 16, at which point she lived on her own in Los Angeles.
Career
Robertson first appeared before an audience when performing various roles on stage at the Greenville Little Theater in her hometown. At age 12, she began making extended trips to Los Angeles to audition for roles in television; she was cast in a role in a pilot for a series which was never picked up by a network. She made her screen debut as the younger version of the title character in an episode of Sheena in 2000. She made a guest appearance on Power Rangers Time Force the following year and received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, or Special – Leading Young Actress for her role in The Ghost Club (2003).
Robertson was selected to play Michelle Seaver in the Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers in 2004. A role in Keeping Up with the Steins followed in 2006. She played Cara Burns in the 2007 film Dan in Real Life. Robertson appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the episode "Go to Hell", and had a role as a recurring character in the CBS television series Swingtown.
In 2008, she played the protagonist in a Lifetime original film, The Tenth Circle, based on Jodi Picoult's novel of the same name, followed by other television roles.
In 2009, she appeared in Mother and Child. In the same year, she played a small role as DJ in The Alyson Stoner Project. She also made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Babes" as Tina Bernardi, a Catholic teen who gets pregnant in a pact. In late autumn 2010, she starred as Allie Pennington in the Disney Channel original film Avalon High.
Robertson played the lead role of Lux Cassidy in the television drama series Life Unexpected (2010–2011), which was cancelled in its second season despite positive reviews. In 2011, she appeared in Scream 4. She also had a leading role in the supernatural teen drama television series The Secret Circle (2011–2012), but after its first season, it was also cancelled. That same year, she starred in the film The First Time.
In 2013, she joined the main cast of the science fiction mystery television series Under the Dome in the role of Angie, which she played until 2014. She had subsequent roles in the films Delivery Man (2013) and Ask Me Anything (2014), for which she won the Best Actress award at the Nashville Film Festival. In 2014, Robertson won the Boston Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress for White Rabbit. In 2015, she starred in The Longest Ride and also played the starring role in the film Tomorrowland, for which she was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
Personal life
On May 25, 2022, Robertson announced her engagement to British footballer Paul Floyd. The couple were married on April 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. In 2025, the couple's first child, a daughter, was born.
