Daphne Blunt
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Born | Daphne Louise Blunt October 23, 1997 Overland Park, Kansas, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actress, singer, web television presenter, fashion blogger |
Years active | 2008–2016 |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] |
Website | www |
Daphne Louise Blunt (born October 23, 1997) is an American actress, singer, web series presenter and fashion blogger. Blunt is known for her work on television shows such as The Young and the Restless, The Thundermans, Uncle Buck and Nickelodeon's The Dunes Club. She was the face of Fanlala.com, where she regularly interviewed celebrities on the red carpet, anchored Fanlala's web news show The Feed, and starred in her own fashion and style show, Daphne's Look of the Week. She currently runs a personal fashion blog known as To Style, With Love.
Career[]
Early career[]
Blunt was born at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. She began acting at the age of 3, appearing in local theater. In 2004, she moved to Miami with her family, where she continued to perform in local theater and began modeling for one of the top modeling agencies in the country, Irene Marie Models, best known for their reality show 8th and Ocean. In 2008, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting and singing career. She is represented by her agent Coast to Coast Talent Group in Los Angeles,[1] and managed by Go Talent Management in Studio City, California.[1]
Radio and internet[]
Blunt starred in My Dream on Radio Disney, which first aired on July 5, 2010. While radio episodes are in audio format only, each is turned into a webisode by Radio Disney and made available on their website.[2] She has received international attention for her role in the series, including coverage in the United States,[3] Canada,[4] China,[5] India,[6] Singapore,[7] South Africa,[8] Taiwan[9] and the UAE.[10]
Through Fanlala.com, Daphne Blunt regularly interviews celebrities on the red carpets of movie premiers, including Gnomeo & Juliet, Disney's Frozen and Monsters University to name a few. Blunt anchors Fanlala's E-news show "The Feed," and stars in her own fashion & style show, Daphne's Look of the Week. Daphne also does the lead voiceover for Fanlala.com's "Josie and her Celebrity Friends," a comedy following a teenage girl and her imaginary celebrity friends! Previously, she was the host of Daphne's LaLaLand on Fanlala.com, which was also syndicated on cable television around the world. She also currently hosts Daphne's Look of the Week on the same website.[11] She is also a celebrity host on Fanlala.com for special events such as the Hollywood Christmas Parade.[12]
In 2014, Blunt started her own personal style blog, To Style With Love, the name being inspired by the Lulu song "To Sir With Love".[13]
Television and film[]
Blunt made her first television appearance at the age of 10 on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless.[14] She starred as Emma in the new Nickelodeon's Pilot episode of The Thundermans. Blunt is known for starring as Kayla in the Radio Disney series My Dream, which is described by The Hollywood Reporter as "a contemporary story on a format reminiscent of the 1940s, before TV was pervasive."[15] However, unlike Depression-era radio series, that typically featured episodes lasting 30 minutes, episodes of Disney's My Dream last just 90 seconds each, described as "bite-size chunks" by Disney executives.[16] Blunt then went on to become a series regular in the Nickelodeon Pilot "Dunes Club" in 2015. Blunt is also currently set to guest star in the upcoming ABC sitcom Uncle Buck.
Musical career[]
During the first season of the series My Dream, Blunt released her first single for Radio Disney, Hello World, on Radio Disney, and published a video for it on YouTube on March 21, 2011.[17]
Radio and filmography[]
Year[18] | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | The Young and the Restless | Jayele | Featured |
Pubert | Sasha | Principal | |
2009 | My Daddy is the President | Kylie | Lead |
Strange Little Girl | Sally McPhee | Featured | |
Up Jump the Boogie | Keke | Featured | |
BrainSurge | Herself | Season 1, episode 1 | |
2010 | The Things You Lose | Jilly-Ann | Lead |
Radio Disney's My Dream | Kayla | Lead, voice | |
Amish Grace | Lilly | Uncredited | |
79th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade | Herself | Host & Guest | |
2010–2014 | Fanlala Red Carpet Hosting | Herself | Host |
2011 | Daphne's LaLaLand | Herself | Host |
80th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade | Herself | Guest | |
2012 | America's Most Wanted | Desiree Morales | Principal |
81st Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade | Herself | Guest | |
2012–2014 | Daphne's Look of the Week | Herself | Host |
Fanlala Feed | Herself | Host | |
2013 | Penny Arcade | Melissa | Principal |
The Thundermans | Emma | Featured, voice | |
Josie and her Celebrity Friends | Josie | Lead, voice | |
2014 | I Didn't Do It | McKylie | Guest |
2015 | The Dunes Club | Veda | Recurring role |
Uncle Buck | Jen | Guest |
References[]
- ^ a b c "IMDb Resume for Daphne Blunt". IMDb. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ^ Daphne Blunt (July 1, 2010). "FanLaLa.com". FanLaLa.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ The Today Show[dead link]
- ^ "CBC News". Canada: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. June 29, 2010. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Muzi.com". News.muzi.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ Ghelani, Shreya. "AOL Bollywood". Aol.in. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ InSing.com[dead link]
- ^ Location Settings (June 29, 2010). "News24". News24. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Taiwan News". Etaiwannews.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Khaleej Times". June 29, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Fanlala Video". Fanlala.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ fanlalatv (January 28, 2009). "Daphne Blunt Hosts the Hollywood Christmas Parade for Fanlala". Retrieved January 12, 2012 – via YouTube.
- ^ Blunt, Daphne. "To Style With Love: About Me". To Style With Love. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ CBS News[dead link]
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ "ABC News". Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ Daphne Blunt (March 21, 2011). "Hello World by Daphne Blunt". Retrieved July 17, 2012 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "Filmography by year for Daphne Blunt". IMDb. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century American women singers
- African-American actresses
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- African-American women singer-songwriters
- African-American female models
- American women pop singers
- American child models
- American television actresses
- American film actresses
- American child actresses
- American fashion journalists
- American women non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American singers
- 21st-century African-American women singers