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How Bridgit Mendler from “Good Luck Charlie” Got Her Start

Bridgit Mendler is being hailed as the next big thing, the next Miley Cyrus. I’m not sure if anyone can be the next Miley Cyrus, but I do believe Bridgit Mendler is headed for big things.

Disney Channel just aired the promo for the upcoming Disney Channel series “Good Luck Charlie”. Check it out. It looks pretty funny.

Here’s an excerpt from an article about Bridgit and how she got started:

Growing up on the east coast, Bridgit had very little interest in acting. It was only when she moved to San Francisco that she actually started to take an interest and hired her first agent. Here she played a number of minor roles but nothing really too serious. She moved to Los Angeles aged 13 and got another agent, receiving slightly bigger roles in soaps such as General Hospital. Despite this small scale success, it was really still nothing more than a hobby and it was only really in the last couple of years that her career has taken off.

Being cast in two movies, ‘The Clique’ and ‘Labor Pains’ alongside stars such as Lindsay Lohan led Bridgit to be spotted by Disney. Once Disney had found the young actress they offered her a guest role in JONAS playing Nick Jonas’ girlfriend. She went down so well with the audience that they decided to offer her another role in ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’, this time for four episodes. Filming had barely begun when they offered Bridgit her own new show, ‘Good Luck Charlie’.

Good Luck Charlie synopsis below.

The family sitcom “Good Luck Charlie” follows the comedic quandary of teenagers Teddy and PJ Duncan and their 10-year-old brother Gabe when they’re unexpectedly designated babysitters for the new baby in the house as their mom Amy returns to work as a late shift nurse and dad Bob carries on with his pest-control business.  Now, the whole family is involved in raising the baby and it’s up to the older kids to come home after school and take charge of young Charlotte (AKA Charlie) all while navigating typical teenage life.

Even the teenagers know that the adorable little bundle of burdens is quite a beautiful addition to the family but with burp cloths in their backpacks and formula stains on their favorite clothes, the Duncan kids have a lot to learn about the comedic chaos this baby can unwittingly create especially when she is mobile, can grasp objects and be generally destructive.  Meanwhile, the “new” again parents Amy and Bob quickly relearn everything from existing on two hours of sleep, changing diapers and dodging spit up.

Hard-driving Teddy is determined to juggle her responsibilities to her family with her grades, texting and cell phone chats with friends, all while creating daily video diaries for Charlie to use for advice after Teddy has grown up and moved out. In addition to Teddy’s tips on how to withstand the household, they also relate to being a teenager and dealing with friends, boys and school.

Older brother, the easy-going PJ, spends most of his time preoccupied with girls, and with the time he has leftover, he usually practices with his band “PJ and the Vibe” or argues with Teddy about nearly everything.

Mischievous Gabe maneuvers the transition from being baby in the family to what he considers to be the overlooked rank of middle child.  He also has an affinity for coming up with unique solutions to the precarious situations he finds himself getting into.

Starring are Bridgit Mendler (recurring guest star on Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” and guest star on “JONAS”) as Teddy Duncan; Leigh-Allyn Baker (“Will & Grace) as Amy Duncan; Bradley Steven Perry as Gabe Duncan; with Eric Allan Kramer (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “My Name Is Earl”) as Bob Duncan; and Jason Dolley (“Hatching Pete,” “Minutemen” and “Cory in the House”) as PJ Duncan.

The live action comedy series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen (“Suddenly Susan” and “What I Like About You”) and executive-produced by Baker, Vaupen and Dan Staley (“Cheers,” “Love & Money”).  “Good Luck Charlie” is a production of It’s A Laugh Productions, Inc. It carries a TV-G parental guideline.