Name Jamie Lynn Spears

The younger sister of Britney Spears, Jamie Lynn is aiming to make her own mark as an actress and singer

Birth name Jamie-Lynn Marie Spears

Date of birth 4 April 1991

Star sign Aries

Birthplace McComb, Mississippi, USA

Height 5ft 51/2in

Eye colour Brown

Marriages None

Children Pregnant

Biography

Zoey 101 star Jamie Lynn has followed in big sister Britney’s footsteps by launching an acting and singing career.

The youngest of the Spears family, Mississippi-born Jamie Lynn got a leg up in showbiz by appearing in Britney’s 2002 movie, Crossroads, as well as starring in a Pepsi ad.

She was a regular on Nickelodeon comedy show All That but left in 2005 to star as Zoey Brooks in the channel’s Emmy-nominated show Zoey 101. Jamie Lynn – who also sings the show’s theme tune, Follow Me – won a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award for Favourite TV Actress in 2006.

But it was fresh-faced Jamie Lynn – not her troubled sister – who made the headlines in December 2007 when she announced she was pregnant, aged just 16. Because she was under the age of consent for the state of California, the media speculated whether boyfriend Casey Aldridge – two years her senior – could be charged with statutory rape, but officials said this was not the case.

Jamie Lynn – who returned for the Zoey 101 season finale in May 2008 – gave birth to daughter Maddie Briann Aldridge in June 2008. She has told the press she plans to raise Maddie in Louisiana so that the baby can have a ‘normal life’.

Quotes

(On her teenage pregnancy)
‘I can’t say this was something I was planning to do right now. I was shocked and scared when I first found out I was pregnant and I didn’t know what to think.’ (OK! USA, 19 December 2007)

(On her baby’s father, Casey Aldridge)
‘I've been friends with him since I was about 14. Then we started dating. I met him at church.’ (OK! USA, 19 December 2007)

(On being offered her own show, Zoey 101)
‘I thought, “Oh, my gosh, that would be so cool!”’ (People, 7 January 2005)

(On working in LA)
‘Of course sometimes I will miss my friends, but I’m used to it. It doesn’t bother me; I like to be by myself sometimes. I’m that kind of person that would rather sit in my room and watch movies all day.’ (Us Magazine, September 2007)

(On Britney’s fame)
‘It’s great. She has shopping sprees and trips and I get to go with her, so it doesn’t bother me!’ (The David Letterman Show, 2005)