Britney Spears Film & TV
Film and television
Britney Spears joined New York City's Professional Performing Arts School when she was only 8 years old. She then became was an understudy in the 1991 play Ruthless! and worked in several other off-Broadway productions. At age 11, she started with the cast of The New Mickey Mouse Club - until that show ended production in 1993.
Spears had a starring role in the 2002 film Crossroads, in which she played a high school graduate that journeys to find her long-lost mother. The movie was badly received, as was Britney’s performance; Spears received two Razzie Awards – one for Worst Actress and one for Worst Original Song. Even so, the film grossed over $60 million worldwide. Spears also made cameo appearances in Austin Powers Goldmember and Longshot. Footage of Spears appeared in the 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which samples a 2003 CNN interview about the Iraq War in which Spears actually says, "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens."
In late 1999, Spears appeared on the sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and performed the song "(You Drive Me) Crazy". This cameo was a cross-promotion for the film Drive Me Crazy, which starred Sabrina's Melissa Joan Hart and was named after the song. Britney also appeared on Saturday Night Live as host and musical guest in 2000, 2002 and 2003. In 2006, Spears guest-starred on the Will & Grace episode "Buy, Buy Baby". Her portrayal of a lesbian drew harsh criticism from conservative Christian groups.
In 2008, Spears guest-starred on CBS's television show How I Met Your Mother playing a receptionist. She actually received positive reviews for her work as well as getting in the highest ratings for the series in its three-season run.
