Today we’d like to introduce you to Brittney Brackett.
Hi Brittney, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I’ve been a ham as long as I could remember, since the age of 3 or 4. My parents even named me after Morgan Brittney the actress and go figure, I became one. I got my start in community theatre with the South Carolina Children’s Theatre and local commercials at WYFF Channel 4, where my dad worked in advertising. That’s when I realized the art of acting was unique because I could become another character to tell entertaining stories- which was pretty cool to a preteen. I moved on to take acting and voice classes at The Fine Arts Center and eventually became co-captain of the debate team at J. l. Mann High School. I competed for more than three years in performance events, including Humorous and Dramatic Interpretation, placing top 20 in the nation in forensics, thanks to my diamond coach, Mr. Truman Humbert.
After graduating college, I dove back into acting but still held other jobs until I could work in the business full time. I co-hosted and co-produced SoulTrax, a video gospel countdown show, hosted live events, and began my voice acting career narrating for DSS and SNAP training videos and voicing characters in regional cartoons and local planetarium shows. As a co-host and comic relief for Black WallStreet Radio, I co-produced two seasons and began to love the research and production side of entertainment. This led me to serve as lead anchor and copywriter of Onyx News and join the Jeff Akers Films Network production team as an actor and production assistant on film and documentary projects, “Illumination” and “Homeless in the South”. It was during this time that I put action behind my dedication to community service and started the Outstanding Youth Awards Initiative, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit that awards youth in seven categories (Entertainer, Entrepreneur, Innovator, Athlete, Volunteer, Scholar, and Overall Outstanding Youth of the Year) along with scholarships for their community efforts and achievements, Hosts empowerment workshops and cultural outings. To date, we’ve awarded over $3,600 in scholarships, partnered with more than 30 corporate sponsors, including Spinx and QuikTrip, and hosted five award ceremonies for deserving youth.
After acquiring agency representation with Houghton Talent in Atlanta, larger theatrical and spokesperson roles started coming my way from Tyler Perry Studios, OWN, Publix, Deloitte, The North Carolina Education Lottery, The Global Leadership Summit, Denny’s, AtWork… and the rest is history.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
The world of entertainment has been the “best struggle of my life” because it’s taught me resiliency and how quitting only cheats you of opportunity. You can’t share the gifts God has put inside of you with the world if you quit every time it gets hard, scary or uncomfortable. Keep people around you who pour into you, speak life into you and encourage you to keep going.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’m known best as a voice talent, spokesperson and actor, but I also consider myself a conceptual creator because I really love researching, writing screenplays and sketches, and writing children’s books (currently producing my 5th as we speak). I’ve also been media coaching and commercial drafting through my company b dynamic! Productions for more than eight years, which has afforded me corporate clients and opportunities to work with local businesses.
Serving in nonprofit leadership, donating to local charities and working in my community makes me proud and it’s what drives me most to leave my legacy. I seek to show love and improve my city and my community any way I can. What sets me apart, I believe, is my drive and ambition to create fun, informative projects that deeply move children and adults and create kingdom mindsets.
How do you think about happiness?
Great question. I have body art that reads “Life is beautiful” because I feel that life is exactly what we make it. You can come from a dark past, but you only stay there if you choose to. When you want something bad enough, you go after it and it consumes you- hopefully in a positive way- and encourages you to evolve. Being chosen by God to become an entertainer makes me happy, but I mostly enjoy giving my time to causes that build up children and community.
Contact Info:
- Email: brittney.brackett@gmail.com
- Website: brittneybrackett.com
- Instagram: bbactress85
- Facebook: Brittney A Brackett
- Other: https://wlo.link/@BrittneyBrackett
Image Credits
Lisa Salas, Photographer Ira Carmicheal, Photographer Seajae Deihl, Cirque Studios Photography Josh Norris, Photographer
