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Breanna Yde
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Yde in October 2016
Born
Breanna Nicole Yde

(2003-06-11) June 11, 2003 (age 22)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other names YDE
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present

Breanna Nicole Yde (born June 11, 2003) is a talented American actress. She is well-known for her roles in popular TV shows and movies. Breanna played Frankie Hathaway in The Haunted Hathaways. She also starred as Tomika in the TV series School of Rock. You might also know her as Zoey from the movie Santa Hunters. She was Akimi in Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. More recently, she played Gina in the Netflix series Malibu Rescue.

Breanna Yde's Early Life

Breanna Yde was born in Sydney, Australia. When she was two years old, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. She is a citizen of both the United States and Australia. In 2008, her family moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California. The next year, at age six, she started taking acting and music lessons. To help her pursue more acting roles, she and her family moved back to Los Angeles in 2012.

Breanna's Career Journey

Starting Her Acting Career

Breanna Yde got an early role in the film Level 26: Dark Prophecy in 2009. In 2011, she appeared as a guest star in an episode of the TV series How I Met Your Mother. She also appeared in national commercials for companies like McDonald's, AT&T, and Toyota.

In 2012, Breanna was cast as Frankie Hathaway in the Nickelodeon series The Haunted Hathaways. She also appeared in the Nickelodeon TV movie Santa Hunters in 2014.

Starring in School of Rock

In 2016, Breanna began starring as Tomika in School of Rock. This was another Nickelodeon series based on the 2003 movie. Her role as Tomika earned her a nomination for the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Star in 2017. School of Rock ran for three seasons and finished in 2018.

While working on School of Rock, Breanna also had a voice role. She played Ronnie Anne in the Nickelodeon animated series The Loud House. She also appeared in the Nickelodeon TV movie Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. In 2017, she voiced Young Mariah in the animated film Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You.

Malibu Rescue and Beyond

In 2019, Yde starred as Gina in the Netflix film Malibu Rescue. This movie led to a TV series of the same name, where Breanna continued her role as Gina. She played Gina again in a second movie, Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave. This film was released by Netflix in August 2020.

Her Musical Journey as YDE

In 2019, Breanna Yde started working with pop songwriter Justin Tranter. In 2020, she released her first songs, "Stopped Buying Diamonds" and "BlindLife". She co-wrote both songs with Tranter. She released them through Warner Records under the name YDE.

In December 2021, she starred as Sophia in a musical called WILD: A Musical Becoming. She performed alongside Idina Menzel at the Loeb Drama Center. This show was put on by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2022, she began releasing new songs from her first EP, SEND HELP. Breanna was the main songwriter and executive producer for this EP. SEND HELP was released on September 9, 2022, through Warner Records.

Breanna Yde's Film and TV Roles

List of film and television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Level 26: Dark Prophecy Young Sibby Dark
2011 How I Met Your Mother Little Girl Episode: "Challenge Accepted"
2013–2015 The Haunted Hathaways Frankie Hathaway Main role
2014 Santa Hunters Zoey Television film
2015 Instant Mom Grace Episodes: "Thumper for President", "Walk Like a Boy"
Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Herself Television special
2016–2018 School of Rock Tomika Main role
The Loud House Ronnie Anne Recurring voice role (seasons 1–3)
2016 Albert Molly Voice role; television film
2017 Nickelodeon's Not So Valentine's Special Herself Main role
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Simone Episode: "To Be Invited or Not to Be"
Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special Delores Television special
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Akimi Television film
Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You Little Mariah Voice role; direct-to-video film
2019–2020 Malibu Rescue Gina Main role
2020 Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave Gina Streaming film

Awards and Nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2017 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Female TV Star School of Rock Nominated

See also

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