Denyse Tontz
| Denyse Tontz | |
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| Born |
September 17, 1994 San Diego, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website | denysetontz |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Folk pop |
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| Associated acts | Thomas Hrvatin |
Denyse Tontz (born September 17, 1994) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Tontz is known for her roles as Jennifer 1 on Nickelodeon's television series Big Time Rush, as Courtney on Freeform's The Fosters, as Nikki Ortiz on the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog, and as Miranda Montgomery on All My Children. Her first single, "Better Than Nothing" was released in 2012.
Tontz has a younger sister, Nicole, and a younger brother, Tommy.
Before she began her acting career, Tontz was a child model and the face of Barbie couture in the UK. Tontz made her first appearance on television, appearing on the show E-Ring as Princess Gabrielle. In 2007, she portrayed Alice Keefe in the Nickelodeon movie The Last Day of Summer. In 2008, she was cast as Meagan Todd in the movie Dog Gone along with Luke Benward and French Stewart. Tontz began recurring on Big Time Rush in 2009 playing the role of Jennifer 1. Tontz revealed on August 6, 2012, that Nickelodeon had renewed Big Time Rush for a 13-episode fourth season, a development that was later independently confirmed.
In November 2012 Tontz appeared on the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog, playing Nikki Ortiz who is Avery's neighbor and Tyler's crush. Her Dog with a Blog character, Nikki, had moved from El Salvador, and is sweet and talented but also initially quite naïve. It was later announced that Tontz's character would begin to be recurring.
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