:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/4J4XPSWW2BB4TB5XCMEP2PDKII.jpg "Bridgit Mendler: the best series and movies of the former Disney star")
The versatile artist Bridgit Mendler, known for her career in Disney and music, becomes CEO of the startup Northwood Space. (Credits: Disney Plus)Subscribe to Disney+, click hereYou may be interested: “Stranger Things 5” is “ruined” for Linda Hamilton and this is the reason
Less than a decade ago, Bridgit Mendler was considered a rising star capable of easily competing with emerging artists such as Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. However, the pop singer and Disney Channel teen actress hasn’t released new music since 2017 and her last on-screen role was in 2019. The reason? She was earning a doctorate from the prestigious MIT and, at the same time, earning her doctorate from Harvard Law School. But her efforts don’t end with academics, as she recently added a new facet to her resume as CEO of the startup Northwood Space.
The company, focused on satellite data innovation, has the mission of creating a “data highway between Earth and space,” facilitating access to communication with the outside world, Mendler commented in a conversation with CNBC. She added that her “love” for space law was cultivated during her work at the Federal Communications Commission’s Space Office during 2022 and was encouraged by her husband and co-founder, engineer Griffin Cleverly.
Northwood Space receives $6.3 million in funding for ground infrastructure development. (Credits: Disney Plus)
The artist gained notoriety at Disney with the role of Teddy Duncan in the comedy Good Luck Charlie!, which aired from 2010 to 2014 for four seasons. There she played a young woman who creates a series of video diaries with life advice for her younger sister, establishing a strong connection with the audience. Prior to this job, she had a recurring role on Wizards of Waverly Place, where she played vampire Juliet van Heusen.
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Outside of television, she played student Becca Kingston in the musical film Alvin and the Chipmunks 2. Additionally, she had roles in teen comedy films such as Upside Down Alice and The Clique. In 2018, Mendler played Meredith in Daddies with Honors, directed by Tyler Spindel. This project was rated as one of the worst Netflix titles, with a 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes. After this experience she carries out her latest project in front of the cameras as Emmy Quinn in the 2019 sitcom Happy Whatever You Want.
Subscribe to Disney+, click hereBridgit Mendler conducted research and completed her PhD at MIT and studied law at Harvard (Credits: Disney+)
His talent in music became evident after the release of Lemonade Mouth (2011). The film stars Mendler as Olivia White, a shy student with an exceptional voice. She forms a band with other young people who challenge the rules of her school and eventually come together to express her dreams, frustrations, and hopes through her songs. Just one year after the premiere, the performer presented her debut album Hello My Name Is…, which included the singles “Ready or Not”, “Top of the World” and her greatest success to date, “Hurricane.”
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While basking in the attention of Hollywood, in a 2014 Fox 5 New York interview, he stated that he had begun college, majoring in anthropology. [en la Universidad del Sur de California], but still had the desire to maintain his career in entertainment. And so it was, since in 2016, she released her EP Nemesis, another work well received by critics for its introspective lyrics and innovative sound. Since then, her time in music has been paused, prioritizing her studies and work at the MIT Media Lab, where she focuses on technologies that promote collaborative governance and citizen participation.
On TikTok, Mendler’s song “Hurricane” gained great popularity, fueling a viral trend. (Credits: Sony Music)
In 2021, during a conversation with the Techsetters podcast, she was asked if she would sing or act again in the future: “I don’t know. I am the most random person. I’ve written scripts, I’ve written music. “I am tempted to return to entertainment, but I also believe that I am really building something with my research, and that is something I want to continue doing,” she maintained.
After announcing her new role as CEO on Twitter, the 31-year-old multifaceted star, married to Cleverly, also added news that shocked her followers: “I wanted to share that I am the mother of a sweet 4-year-old boy. “I started fostering children in 2021 and adopted him around Christmas 2022. I am very lucky: being a mother is the greatest gift and most defining experience that exists,” she expressed; marking a new facet of her life.
The idea for Northwood Space arose from Bridgit Mendler’s passion for space law and her experience at the FCC Office of Space. (Credits: Sony Music)Subscribe to Disney+, click here
You can find the remembered Bridgit Mendler series, Lemonade Mouth, Good luck, Charlie! and The Wizards of Waverly Place, on the Disney+ platform. On the other hand, her movies Happy Whatever and Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 on Netflix.