Whitney Sloan
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Whitney Adela Sloan is a British
-born actress best known for playing her role as "Hollywood Henderson" in the Disney Channel Original Movie Go Figure
.
. Nine years spent of her life were basically revolved around acting (auditioning for plays
). She was moving constantly, giving her major plays to attend and participate (whilst switching schools/countries/states). While in London
and San Francisco, she starred in many films with her acting a success on stage (most recently Maria in West Side Story, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof
, and Juliet
in Romeo and Juliet
). Sloan still moves constantly to pursue her career and continue acting in films and shows
.
, General Hospital
, and the independent film State's Evidence. That summer proved particularly successful for the intelligent Ms. Sloan, as she was accepted into an extremely prestigious academic High School only weeks before school was to resume. Transitioning beautifully from her low key, Northern California Public School life to one of academic rigor and the cutthroat industry, Whitney managed to shoot two films (Blue Demon and Glass Trap), star in a school production (Lilian Hellman's The Children's Hour
), and maintain remarkable grades for the duration of her sophomore year.
Her most recent projects are Go Figure
and Joint Custody.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-born actress best known for playing her role as "Hollywood Henderson" in the Disney Channel Original Movie Go Figure
Go Figure (film)
Go Figure is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. Walt Disney Records released the Go Figure soundtrack on June 7, featuring the title track by Everlife along with a music video.- Plot :...
.
Early years
At a very tender age of 5,Sloan was interested in acting in theatreTheatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
. Nine years spent of her life were basically revolved around acting (auditioning for plays
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
). She was moving constantly, giving her major plays to attend and participate (whilst switching schools/countries/states). While in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and San Francisco, she starred in many films with her acting a success on stage (most recently Maria in West Side Story, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
, and Juliet
Juliet Capulet
Juliet is one of the title characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the other being Romeo. She is the daughter of old Capulet, head of the house of Capulet. The story has a long history that precedes Shakespeare himself....
in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
). Sloan still moves constantly to pursue her career and continue acting in films and shows
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
.
Current life
Her original plan of only spending a summer there was abandoned after immediately nabbing roles on the popular shows Judging AmyJudging Amy
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
, General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
, and the independent film State's Evidence. That summer proved particularly successful for the intelligent Ms. Sloan, as she was accepted into an extremely prestigious academic High School only weeks before school was to resume. Transitioning beautifully from her low key, Northern California Public School life to one of academic rigor and the cutthroat industry, Whitney managed to shoot two films (Blue Demon and Glass Trap), star in a school production (Lilian Hellman's The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour (play)
The Children's Hour is a 1934 stage play written by Lillian Hellman. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. An angry student, Mary Tilford, runs away from the school and to avoid being sent back she tells her grandmother that the two...
), and maintain remarkable grades for the duration of her sophomore year.
Her most recent projects are Go Figure
Go Figure (film)
Go Figure is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. Walt Disney Records released the Go Figure soundtrack on June 7, featuring the title track by Everlife along with a music video.- Plot :...
and Joint Custody.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Moondance Alexander Moondance Alexander Moondance Alexander is a comedy/drama directed by Michael Damian and written by Janeen Damian. The film was released in North America in October, 2007. The story is set in Colorado and is based on actual events from the life of Janeen Damian. It stars Kay Panabaker as the title character and Lori... |
Megan Montgomery | Paper Co-Principal |
| 2006 | State's Evidence State's Evidence State's Evidence is an independent film created in 2004 and released in 2006, directed by Benjamin Louis and starring Douglas Smith, Alexa Vega, Majandra Delfino, Kris Lemche, Cody McMains, and Drew Tyler Bell.-Plot summary:... |
Kelly | |
| 2005 | Glass Trap | Carly | |
| Go Figure Go Figure (film) Go Figure is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. Walt Disney Records released the Go Figure soundtrack on June 7, featuring the title track by Everlife along with a music video.- Plot :... |
Amy "Hollywood" Henderson | TV-movie | |
| 2004 | Blue Demon Blue Demon Alejandro Muñoz Moreno , better known as Blue Demon , was a Mexican luchador Enmascarado who was widely considered to be one of the greatest Mexican wrestlers of his time... |
Mercedes | Voice |
| 2003-2004 | General Hospital General Hospital General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns.... |
Kate Salor | #1.10562 #1.10334 #1.10340 #1.10322 |
| 2003 | Judging Amy Judging Amy Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly... |
Kelly Mitchell | Motion Sickness |