Denyse Tontz

Denyse Tontz
Born (1994-09-17) September 17, 1994
San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2006–present
Website denysetontz.com

Musical career

Genres Folk pop
Instruments
Associated acts Thomas Hrvatin

Denyse Tontz (born September 17, 1994[1]) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Tontz is known for her roles as Jennifer 1 on Nickelodeon's television series Big Time Rush, as Courtney on Freeform's The Fosters, as Nikki Ortiz on the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog, and as Miranda Montgomery on All My Children.[2][3] Her first single, "Better Than Nothing" was released in 2012.

Personal life

Tontz has a younger sister, Nicole, and a younger brother, Tommy.[1]

Career

Acting

Before she began her acting career, Tontz was a child model[4] and the face of Barbie couture in the UK.[3] Tontz made her first appearance on television, appearing on the show E-Ring as Princess Gabrielle. In 2007, she portrayed Alice Keefe in the Nickelodeon movie The Last Day of Summer. In 2008, she was cast as Meagan Todd in the movie Dog Gone along with Luke Benward and French Stewart. Tontz began recurring on Big Time Rush in 2009 playing the role of Jennifer 1.[4] Tontz revealed on August 6, 2012, that Nickelodeon had renewed Big Time Rush for a 13-episode fourth season, a development that was later independently confirmed.[5]

In November 2012 Tontz appeared on the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog, playing Nikki Ortiz who is Avery's neighbor and Tyler's crush. Her Dog with a Blog character, Nikki, had moved from El Salvador, and is sweet and talented but also initially quite naïve.[4][6] It was later announced that Tontz's character would begin to be recurring.[4]

In early 2013 it was revealed that Tontz would be playing Miranda Montgomery in daytime drama All My Children.[4][7] The first appearance of Tontz as Miranda Montgomery was on the April 29, 2013 premiere episode of All My Children.[8][9] On November 11, 2013, it was announced that Prospect Park had closed production and canceled the series again. Tontz later stated that although she had fun, soaps were just not her cup of tea.[10][11]

Music

In 2012, Tontz released the video for her first single, "Better Than Nothing" featuring Thomas Hrvatin, via YouTube. Shot on an iPhone 4S, the song features Tontz's quirky, playful style of writing. "Better Than Nothing" was also featured on the March 24, 2013 episode of the The Mentalist.[2][12] Tontz has recently announced that she is working independently on an album with producer Suren Wijeyaratne.

In June 2014 Tontz won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song for a Drama Series for "Parachute", an original song she wrote for All My Children.[13][14]

She released her track "Why" on May 5, 2015, and her latest song and video "Go", on July 4, 2015.

Filmography

Film and television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2006 E-Ring Princess Gabrielle Episode: "The Two Princes"
2007 The Last Day of Summer Alice Keefe Film
2008 Dog Gone Meagan Todd Film
2009 The Perfect Sleep Young Porphyria Film
2009–2013 Big Time Rush Jennifer 1 Recurring role, 21 episodes
2011 The Nine Lives of Chloe King Vanessa Episode: "Responsible"
2011 I Hate My Teenage Daughter Snotty Girl Episode: Pilot
2012 Shake It Up Gloria Episode: "Weird It Up"
2012–2013 Pair of Kings Tarantula Girl Episodes: "The New King, Part 2: The Bro-fessor and Mary Ann", "Meet the Parent"
2012–2014 Dog with a Blog Nikki Ortiz Recurring role
2013 All My Children Miranda Montgomery Series regular
2014 Workaholics Kim Episode: "Beer Heist"
2014 Melissa & Joey Layla Episode: "Accidents Will Happen"
2014 Bones Alice Kelly Episode: "The Geek In The Guck"
2015 Earthfall Rachel Lannon Television movie
2015 Paradise Pictures Luciana Delgado Unsold television pilot[15]
2016 The Fosters Cortney Strathmore Recurring role

Discography

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Better Than Nothing" 2012 Unknown

References

  1. 1 2 "miranda rights". Soap Opera Digest. July 15, 2013. p. 45.
  2. 1 2 Watts, Clark. "The Mutli Talented Denyse Tontz is Electrifying the Industry". CelebrityJabber. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Official Denyse Tontz's website - Bio". DenyseTontz.com.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Kroll, Dan J (February 25, 2013). "Denyse Tontz cast as AMC's Miranda Montgomery: Other Tontz news". Soapcentral. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nickelodeon Greenlights Fourth Season of Hit Musical Comedy Series 'Big Time Rush'". TV by the Numbers. August 6, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Watch Dog with a Blog Season 1 Episode 4 Wingstan". OVGuide.com.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Errol (February 25, 2013). "EXCLUSIVE! Jordan Lane Price NOT Miranda Montgomery; Soap Casts Denyse Tontz in Role". Soap Opera Network. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  8. ↑ O'Connell, Michael (March 11, 2013). "'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' Set Online Premiere Date". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Denyse-Tontz.com "All My Children" Premiere". Denyse Tontz.
  10. ↑ Stanhope, Kate (November 11, 2013). "All My Children Dead (Again), Cast Members Say". TV Guide. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  11. ↑ "'All My Children' Canceled: Online Soap Not Returning". Huffington Post. November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  12. ↑ ""The Mentalist" (featuring "Better Than Nothing")". DenyseTontz.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  13. ↑ "'Sesame Street,' 'Ellen DeGeneres' Lead Daytime Emmy Creative Arts Winners (FULL LIST)". Variety. June 21, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  14. ↑ Clifford, Kambra (June 21, 2014). "And the 41st Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award Winners Are...". soapoperanetwork.com. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  15. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (December 3, 2015). "Hollywood Drama 'Paradise Pictures' Passed Over at USA, Being Shopped Elsewhere". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 28, 2016.

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