Who is Jamie Lynn Spears? Everything You Need to Know

Quick Facts

Age: 33 Years, 33 Year Old Females

Family:

Spouse/Ex-: Jamie Watson

father: Jamie Spears

mother: Lynne Spears

children: Maddie Briann Aldridge

Singers Actresses

Height: 5'5" (165 cm), 5'5" Females

City: McComb, Mississippi

U.S. State: Mississippi

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Childhood & Early Life

Jamie Lynn Spears was born on April 4, 1991 in McComb, Mississippi to James and Lynne Spears. She has two siblings, Bryan and Britney Spears.

She attended the Parklane Academy. While at school, she was a cheerleader and point guard of the basketball team. Spears completed her education via an online correspondence course. In 2008, she received her GED through Tangipahoa Parish School System Adult Education Center.

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Career

Jamie Lynn Spears officially made her debut in 2002 for Paramount Pictures drama film, ‘Crossroads’. Her sister, Britney, was playing the lead role in the film. Jamie made a cameo, playing the fictionalized younger version of her sister, Britney’s character, Lucy Wagner.

Following ‘Crossroads’, she was cast as a regular on the Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy series ‘All That’ that was running in its eighth season. Jamie was commended for her comic timing and on-screen brilliance. After a two year hiatus, ‘All That’ came in for its ninth season wherein Jamie reprised her role. However, she wasn’t a part of the series’ tenth and final season.

In 2004, she signed a development deal with Nickelodeon as per which she was to star as the protagonist in her own scripted television series. The series was titled ‘Zoey 101’. In it, she played the central character of Zoey Brooks who along with her friends attend a fictional boarding school, Pacific Coast Academy.

‘Zoey 101’ premiered on January 9, 2005 and became the network’s highest rated series premiere in over eight years. The phenomenal success of the first season led to three more seasons, with the show finally ending on fourth season with the finale episode ‘PCA Confidential’ that aired on May 2, 2008.

In March 2008, Jamie took up guest role of a promiscuous high school student Mandy Fener in the ABC comedy sitcom series ‘Miss Guided’. Same year, she also did a voice role for the direct-to-DVD animation film ‘Unstable Fables: Goldilocks & 3 Bears Show’ for the character of Goldilocks. The film was the third and final instalment of the ‘Unstable Fables’ trilogy.

Her career took a backseat when she learned about her pregnancy. Despite being merely 16, she went ahead and delivered her baby girl, Maddie, in June 2008. She took a hiatus from her acting career to take care of her little one.

In April 2010, she moved from Liberty, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her long desired music career. She began working on a country music album with a number of local music producers.

On November 7, 2011, she held a small concert at the Rutledge in Nashville in which she performed a set of original songs.

In November 2013, Jamie Lynn Spears released her debut single ‘How Could I Want More’ from her upcoming debut album. The song debuted at number 29 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs. The intensely personal lyrics mixed with a simple song production made the song a major hit. In 2014, she released an EP called ‘The Journey’.

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Together with Jana Kramer, she co-wrote the song ‘I Got the Boy’. The song, which was released as the second single from ‘Thirty One’ in 2015 was amazingly successful and received RIAA’s Gold Certification in February 2016.

On March 15, 2016, she performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. She was introduced by her two older siblings, Britney and Bryan, who made surprise appearances at the show. Following this, on June 24, 2016, Jamie Lynn Spears released her second single, ‘Sleepover’.

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Major Works

The magnum opus of Jamie Lynn Spears early career came with the 2005 series ‘Zoey 101’. A self-scripted series, she played the role of the protagonist Zoey Brooks. On its premiere, the series became the network’s highest rated series premiere in over eight years. The fourth and last season of the series ended on May 2, 2008.

The second innings of her career struck a high note with her debut single ‘How Could I Want More’ in November 2013. The song debuted at number 29 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs and was a major hit.

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Awards & Achievements

In 2005, Jamie Lynn Spears won the Young Hollywood Awards for the category ‘One to Watch - Female’.

In 2006, she won the Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Actress for ‘Zoey 101’. Following year, she received Kids' Choice Awards Germany Best Actress for ‘Zoey 101’.

In 2006 and 2007, she won Young Artist Awards Best Young Ensemble Performance In A TV Series (Comedy or Drama) for ‘Zoey 101’.

Personal Life & Legacy

In December 2007, Jamie Lynn Spears announced her pregnancy by her then boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, in an interview with OK! Magazine. The duo had been dating for two years. The news created a major controversy as Jamie was only 16 then, two years below the California age of consent. She recalls that ‘the world came crashing down’ for her with the news. Though taken aback, she held her ground and braved all scornful comments to deliver her baby girl, Maddie Brian Aldridge, on June 19, 2008 in McComb, Mississippi.

In March 2008, she confirmed her engagement to Aldridge. The couple moved back to Liberty, Mississippi where they purchased a house. However, the duo called off their engagement in March 2009.

Thereafter she entered into a relationship with Jamie Watson, who the owner of communications service Advanced Media Partners. After two years of on-and-off dating, they announced their engagement in March 2013 and got married in 2014.

Jamie Lynn Spears Biography