Here's Brie's biography in her own words, from her official site:
Here's my story...
I guess I can't really say where it all started. I didn't have a light bulb moment when I realized that I wanted to be a musician or an actor; I was probably too young to remember when it the idea came to me. I have always watched good movies and listened to great songwriters. I also went to the theater a lot and that was a big inspiration. I started working with an acting coach and a vocal instructor when I was 6 years old. I did a lot of local performances and stumbled on to an agent in San Francisco when I was 7. I made the move to Los Angeles just before I turned 9 and started working at "The Tonight Show". From there I booked my first sit-com called "Schimmel". Unfortunately, Robert Schimmel got cancer and the show had to be canceled before it ever got on TV. I was disappointed but it wasn't long before I got cast on "Raising Dad" with Bob Saget. While we were filming the show I stumbled into a music store and my eyes fell upon what I thought was the most beautiful guitar in the world. I bought that pretty guitar (that of course was a piece of junk) and brought it to work. A fellow cast member (Beau Wirick) offered to teach me on set. It was then that I realized that you could take poems and turn them into songs. I began writing all the time, but just thought of it as a hobby. We happened to have a musical guest on the show and her management scheduled a meeting with me shortly after filming. They hooked me up with some producers and I began working on my demos. At the same time I finished filming Raising Dad. The next project for me was "Right on Track" for the Disney Channel. I had an amazing time working with the "real" Ender's Sisters. When I finished filming I went into the recording studio to continue working on my demo. I had written and recorded "Invisible Girl" and my producers at the time said that I needed a power ballad. That's when I wrote the ballad on Finally Out of P.E. called "Go Goodbye". The combination of the two songs made Universal take an interest in me and 6 months later I had a deal with Universal and Casablanca. I think I had just turned 14 when my record deal was official and I just had finished filming "Sleepover". While focusing on the music I did a small part in "13 going on 30" and I had no idea that movie would be as big as it turned out. I continued working on the record and spent a lot of time in NYC which I LOVED. After I thought I had finished the album I went to a Maroon 5 concert and it inspired me so much that I wrote a new song called "Finally out of PE". I had a meeting with the label already scheduled and when I showed up I surprised them with the new song. They loved it and we decided to make it the title track of the album.
Now it's nearly 2 years later and the record is about to come out. I hope that whoever buys the CD get's something out of it. I think there is a story on the record for everyone. I write about everything and anything that compels me. Not just boys and relationships but stuff like catty girls, feeling insecure, divorce, crazy P.E. teachers, and trying to find yourself. I'm learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that I'm not the only one who hates their hair or their life at times. I think making someone rethink their own insecurities would be the biggest goal I have for Finally Out of PE. (FOOPE, like that?). So now I have played on the Beautiful Soul tour with Jesse McCartney, the WNBA, TV Shows, and summer festivals. My next musical adventure will be a new tour and a soundtrack project. I am also in a new movie called "Hoot" with Logan Lerman, Luke Wilson and Jimmy Buffet. It will be in theaters April 8th, [now May 5th] don't miss it!
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