Denyse Tontz’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

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.

Personal life

Tontz has a younger sister, Nicole, and a younger brother, Tommy.

Career

Acting

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.

In early 2013 it was revealed that Tontz would be playing Miranda Montgomery in daytime drama All My Children. The first appearance of Tontz as Miranda Montgomery was on the April 29, 2013 premiere episode of All My Children. On November 11, 2013, it was announced that Prospect Park had closed production and canceled the series again. Tontz later stated that although she had fun, soaps were just not her cup of tea.

Music

In 2012, Tontz released the video for her first single, “Better Than Nothing” featuring Thomas Hrvatin, via YouTube. Shot on an iPhone 4S, the song features Tontz’s quirky, playful style of writing. “Better Than Nothing” was also featured on the March 24, 2013 episode of the The Mentalist. Tontz has recently announced that she is working independently on an album with producer Suren Wijeyaratne.

In June 2014 Tontz won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song for a Drama Series for “Parachute”, an original song she wrote for All My Children.

She released her track “Why” on May 5, 2015, and her latest song and video “Go”, on July 4, 2015.

Filmography

Discography

• “Better Than Nothing” (feat. Thomas Hrvatin)
• “Use It”
• “Mr. Hipster”
• “Why” (track only)
• “Go”

Music videos