BRITTANY SNOW IS HAVING the kind of year THAT REMINDS YOU WHAT HAPPENS WHEN talent MEETS fearlessness.
From roles in The Hunting Wives and The Beast and Me to the continued growth of September Letters, her mental health platform, Snow is proving that reinvention doesn’t have to be loud to be powerful.
These days, she’s taking more creative risks, telling more complicated stories about women, and using her platform to make others feel a little less alone. As she enters her 40s, Snow is thinking less about accolades and more about impact. If her work helps even one woman feel seen, understood, or connected, that’s the legacy she wants to leave behind. Consider it classic Brittany: equal parts heart and hustle. Read more about Brittany Snow’s journey in the C&C 100 interview below.
Tell us a little bit about maybe going into last year, this year, fulfilling it. What was your mindset?
Well, I think it kind of started. This sounds like I'm about to flex. But I think it all changed when I was a part of a short film that got nominated for an Academy Award. I didn't know it was going to be obviously nominated for an Academy Award, but I think I took a chance on the script and I knew it was disruptive and I knew that it was a big chance, but I knew that that's where my heart and my career needed to go. And then it's sort of like one of those domino effects where because of that short, I got Hunting Wives. Because of Hunting Wives, I auditioned for Beast to Me. Beast to Me, I got Murdoch. And so I think I go back to the thought process of I had this sort of inner voice in my head saying, I know this is probably risky, but I know this is what my heart wants to do and what's important.
Would you say now having gone through this…do you believe this is big risk, big reward?
Definitely. Yeah. And I never really fully gotten that until the past couple of years. I think it's like those things that make you feel uncomfortable are the things that push you to do something even better. And I think that's definitely a defining force in your sort of adventure.
Beyond, obviously, your incredible acting, directing, producing career, you have September Letters, which is something that we've teamed up with quite often on. We love it. We are huge advocates of mental health here. So tell us a little bit about September Letters.
So grateful that you guys have been such partners in September Letters with us. And we've collaborated on so many things because I think we both share a real strong advocacy for mental health and for women, especially with their mental health. And September Letters is a letter writing experience and mental health awareness charity that kind of showcases that people have different stories that really unite us more than define us. And so we ask women and anybody to write down their story and share it with other people so we can all join in the fact that we all have a story to share. And so it started off as just something where I read a letter that really inspired me and kind of was the catalyst for my story and my recovery. And I've tried to kind of have that be at the forefront of September Letters, that you can always share your story to help someone else.
It's also a book, which is really incredible. So many different things going on. You have a partner in that business, Jaspre. So talk to us about your partnership style and what goes into a great partnership as you're building something.
Gosh, Jasper and I are just the most opposite of people and that's why we really work so well together. I would never be able to do September Letters without her because she's sort of this dog with a bone, so business oriented, and her mindset is so clear. When you tell Jaspre you want to make something happen, she makes it happen. And I'm much more of a Pisces, so I'm just more head in the clouds. I've got big dreams, but I don't know how to pull it off. And I think when we work together really well, I can come up with the ideas and she can execute them. And we both really rely on each other for our strengths.
You've been in the entertainment industry for a very long time, obviously been through so many ebbs and flows. What have some changes been that you've been excited to see in the entertainment industry?
I think some great things that have happened is that women are being even more and more brave with their career, with what they want to do. You're seeing more women directors, producers, writers. And I think that women are also standing up for what they deserve to get paid and the equality that they deserve to have. I think that now more than ever, it's okay to share your story and your truth and to be brave in that and not to be bogged down by a stigma of, oh, we're women, we shouldn't ask for much and we don't want to disrupt things, we don't want to make waves. I think more and more in this business, people are really becoming aware that we have just as big of a voice, if not sometimes a better voice, in a lot of things that we need to stand up for.
Absolutely. And what is something that you wish would change in the entertainment industry?
Well, I still think we have a long way to go as well. And as great as the strides that we've made, I would love to get so many more scripts where the women are the directors and producers. I just had to say no to a movie the other day, which sounds like I'm just turning down movies all the time, which I'm not. But it was a very female-forward story about a woman having a mental breakdown. And it was a man director, man writer, man producers, and I just felt like this was a missed opportunity for a woman. So I feel like we still have a little bit to go in that way, or at least taking chances on some talent. I love seeing more complicated female figures. And I think there's been opportunity for that. I've definitely seen more of it, but there's still such a long way to go.
The first thing you do in the morning when you wake up.
I roll over because my dog sleeps next to me. I know it's bad. And I give her tons of kisses.
Who is one woman you admire?
I really admire my mom right now. She took care of my grandfather and she takes care of my dad, and she's a caregiver. And I think that that really goes unnoticed a lot of the time, the caregivers that really give their life away for people that they have to serve.
What is one piece of advice that changed your brain chemistry?
I think the best thing that ever happened to me is when I stopped trying to be anything else but myself and that it was completely okay to be awkward and weird and say the wrong thing and not have to try to mold myself to be another type of person. Once I started doing that, it's just so much more free.
And what's your current obsession?
My current obsession, I mean, right now there's a bunch of true crime podcasts that I'm listening to. And also there's this documentary on Netflix that is called Trust.
What do you want your legacy to be?
It's weird. I just turned 40 and I never really had a mindset of legacy or anything like that. But now I'm like, whoa, mortality is real. And I think that the thing that I would love to leave behind is something that will continue to help women specifically and to make them feel more united and less alone. And so September Letters is a huge part of that for me. People can like my movies and whatever, but if I've helped them in any way, then I think that's a legacy.