Leighanne Littrell
| Leighanne Littrell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Leighanne Reena Wallace July 20, 1969 Marietta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Height | 5' 9" (175 cm) |
Leighanne Reena Wallace Littrell (born 20 July 1969 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American model, actress, and aspiring designer. She's also the wife of Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell, whom she married on September 2, 2000. She has appeared in movies including Megalodon, Olive Juice and more. She also appeared in two Backstreet Boys Music Videos, "As Long As You Love Me" and "I'll Never Break Your Heart".
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Early life and education
Leighanne Reena Wallace was born on July 20, 1969 in Marietta, Georgia. She has two sisters, Suzanne and Tracey, and her parents are Jack (Stepdad) and Shirley Tolbet (mom). She played softball as a young girl, which resulted in a broken nose in the seventh grade. Leighanne was liked by a lot of her school mates. While growing up She attended and graduated from Marietta High School from 1983 to 1987, where she participated in many activities, such as manager for the basketball and tennis teams, voted for the Homecoming Court, a part of Upstage Risk, Marietta's High School Drama Club (They do five to seven productions a year, including two musicals and the contest play. One of these productions is a night of senior-directed one-acts.), gaining her interest in the Arts. Other clubs she belong to includes member of the cheerleading squad and the Powder Puff football team (this is a team which participates in a special game which is held once a year - the girls play football while the boys are the cheerleaders!), the Flag Corps, Student Council and the school Marching Band. She loves to play tennis and golf, enjoy all outdoor activities and as she says, "loves to be active." She also did some modeling while in high school.
Career
Early career
Before coming to Los Angeles, Leighanne was a top model in the Atlanta area where she donated her time as the local celebrity to various charities, worked in Public Relations for Coca Cola Corp., taught gymnastics, and nurtured her love for music through writing songs and singing as a pastime.
Modeling career
Leighanne has done a couple layouts for Muscle Magazine (August 1998 issue).
Acting career
Leighanne guest-starred in a Silk Stalkings episode, "Escorting Disaster", as a model named "Devine Farr". Leighanne did a sex scene in My Fellow Americans with one of the main characters named "Carl". Leighanne played college girl "Tanna Stewart" in Wild America. Leighanne also appeared on Jam Bay, Mortal Combat: Conquest, One Life To Live, and did a Mercedes Benz commercial. Met her husband Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys on the set of their music video "As Long As You Love Me" on June 15, 1997 Leighanne starred as "Michelle" in an independent film, Olive Juice.
Personal life
Leighanne first met Brian during the filming of "As Long As You Love Me". Brian had a crush on her and asked her out for Italian food that was in 1997. They have been inseparable ever since.
Marriage and family
Littrell proposed on Christmas night 1999, and they married on September 2, 2000. On September 11, 2001, Leighanne and the band's crew member Daniel Lee were scheduled to fly from Boston, where the group played their fifth sold-out show the night before, back to Los Angeles aboard American Airlines Flight 11. Littrell canceled her flight the night before as she wanted to spend more time with her husband, but Lee was one of 92 people killed aboard Flight 11 after it was hijacked and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.[1][2] Leighanne not only starred and co-produced Olive Juice but produced the film's soundtrack with her husband Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell. This soundtrack was the first project that Brian and Leighanne worked on together not just as husband and wife, but as business partners as their label and film production company BriLeigh came from this collaboration. Leighanne and Brian have a son named Baylee Wylee Thomas Littrell, born on November 26, 2002.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | Witnaur's Girlfriend | |
| 1997 | Wild America | Tanna | |
| 1998 | Backstreet Boys: All Access Video | ||
| 2001 | Olive Juice | Michelle Malloy | |
| 2004 | Megalodon | Christen Giddings |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Silk Stalkings | Divine Farr | Escorting Disaster |
| 1998 | Mortal Kombat: Conquest | Young Girl | Unholy Alliance |
| Year | Title | Artist | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) | Travis Tritt | Music video | ||
| 1997 | As Long As You Love Me | Backstreet Boys | Donna | Music video | |
| 1998 | I'll Never Break Your Heart | Backstreet Boys | Brian's love interest | Music video (U.S version) | |
| Mercedes-Benz | TV commercial |
External links
- (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514811/): IMDB Link.
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