Bridgit Mendler

Bridgit Mendler is an American entrepreneur and former actress and singer who began performing as a child and became a Disney Channel mainstay in the 2010s. Born in Washington, D.C., she started in local theater before her first screen credits, among them The Clique (2008), Labor Pains (2009) and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009). After signing with Disney Channel in 2009, she played Juliet van Heusen on Wizards of Waverly Place and took the lead as Teddy Duncan on Good Luck Charlie, also starring in the musical film Lemonade Mouth (2011) and its television follow-up Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011), and voicing Arrietty in The Secret World of Arrietty (2010). She later appeared in Father of the Year (2018) and the Netflix series Merry Happy Whatever. As a singer she released the album Hello My Name Is... in 2012 and the EP Nemesis in 2016. She later co-founded the satellite data startup Northwood Space.