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| Name | Brianne Tju |
| Date of Birth | June 14, 1998 |
| Age | 26 |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | Asian-American |
| Years Active | 2007-present |
| Occupation(s) | Actress |
| Character(s) | Riley Marra |
Brianne Tju (born June 14, 1998) is an American actress of Chinese descent. She is best known for her roles as Alex in Liv & Maddie (2013-2017) and Riley Marra in Scream. She has also starred in other projects, most notably the films 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2017), Gone in the Night (2022), and Uglies (2024), as well as her role in the Amazon Prime series I Know What You Did Last Summer (2020).
Trivia[]
- Brianne Tju was the first actress in the entire franchise to be a teen playing a teen, at 16 and being born in 1998, roughly being the same age as her character.
- In actuality, the first actress to be a teenager and portray one in the franchise was Heather Matarazzo, who played Martha Meeks, but who's character's official date of birth hasn't been given (who's speculated to have been 17-18 during the events of Scream 3).
- Matarazzo was born in 1982 and would have been 17 during filming, but Martha could still have been born in 1983.
- She's one of the few actors in the franchise to have been a teenager playing a teen while filming her role.
- The first being Heather Matarazzo, followed by Emma Roberts as Jill Roberts in Scream 4, but she was 19 while Jill was 17.
- Brianne was the youngest cast member in the TV series.
- Bella Thorne was 18 in Season 1, while her character Nina Patterson was 17, but Throne was born on October 8th, 1997, so Nina was likely a few months younger than Thorne.
- Kiana Ledé, who portrayed Zoe Vaughn in Season 2, was 18 while Zoe was about 16 or 17.
- Mary Katherine Duhon, who played Haley Myers in Season 2, was 19, Haley's age was never stated but she was likely 17.
- Jenna Ortega, who played Tara Carpenter was 17 when filming for the fifth film started but turned 18 a few days later.
- However, Tara is said to have been 18 about to be 19 in the 5th film, which was originally set in 2021, before sixth film changed year to 2022 (there's some conflict regarding the Carpenter's sisters actual ages: See Continuity Errors; due to retroactive continuity in sixth film, made her character be 19 turning 20 instead) which means Jenna Ortega may be a few weeks younger than Tara.
- Jack Champion who played Ethan Landry was 17 when filming started for the sixth film, but is supposed to be the same ages as the other main characters who would have been 19.
- At 16, Brianne would be the first and only youngest actor, thus far, to have filmed as her age, in the entire franchise, followed by;
- Jack Champion (17 in filming, despite character being 18).
- Jenna Ortega (17, then 18, despite character being 19 turning 20).
- Heather Matarazzo (17, although character stated to be 17-18).
- Bella Thorne (18, despite character being 17).
- Kiana Lede (18, despite character being 16-17).
- Emma Roberts (19, despite character being 17).
- Mary Katherine Duhon (19, despite character likely being 17).
- In actuality, the first actress to be a teenager and portray one in the franchise was Heather Matarazzo, who played Martha Meeks, but who's character's official date of birth hasn't been given (who's speculated to have been 17-18 during the events of Scream 3).
- Brianne would be the first Asian actress in the Scream franchise out of two, and the first and only of the TV series.
- Succeeded by Devyn Nekoda in the film franchise, as Anika Kayoko in Scream VI.
- Brianne Tju starred in Amazon's TV series of I Know What You Did Last Summer as Margot, one of the killers on the series.
- The show being a spin on the 1997 film of the same name, which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar in that film, who portrays Cici Cooper in Scream 2. The movie was written by Kevin Williamson
- Starred in the TV series Light as a Feather (2018-2019) alongside Liana Liberato, who played Quinn Bailey in Scream VI.
- Starred in the 2022 film Gone in the Night alongside Dermot Mulroney, who portrayed Wayne Bailey in Scream VI.
External Links[]
Brianne Tju at the Internet Movie Database
Brianne Tju (@TjuBrianne) on Twitter- Follow Brianne Tju (@briannetju) on Instagram
