40 Fun Facts About Bridgit Mendler

Northwood Space, the startup Bridgit Mendler co-founded as chief executive, was set up to mass-produce what?

Ground stations are the Earth-side links that send and receive satellite data, and Northwood wants to build them in bulk. The company launched with $6.3 million from investors including Founders Fund.

Bridgit Mendler's aunt, Christine Blasey Ford, testified to the Senate in 2018 about which Supreme Court nominee?

Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed the following month by a Senate vote of 50 to 48. Ford is a professor of psychology at Palo Alto University.

After leaving show business, Bridgit Mendler earned a law degree in 2024 from which Ivy League university?

Harvard Law School awarded her a Juris Doctor in May 2024, the same year she went public as chief executive of a space startup.

Bridgit Mendler's album Hello My Name Is... takes its title from a line in which of its songs?

Ready or Not gave the album its name and was its lead single too. Mendler described it as a song about a lifelong wallflower who decides to take charge.

Which 1960s folk songwriter has pop singer Bridgit Mendler named as her biggest musical influence?

Bob Dylan was the first musician who made her pay attention to songwriting, she has said. Her favourite song of his is Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.

What is the name of Bridgit Mendler's character in Good Luck Charlie, who films video diaries for her little sister?

Teddy Duncan signs off each diary with the words of the show's title. Mendler played her for all four seasons and in a Christmas TV movie.

Bridgit Mendler's debut solo single borrows its chorus from a 1996 hit by which hip-hop group?

Fugees had themselves borrowed the hook from a 1968 soul record by the Delfonics. That is why the two writers of that soul original share the songwriting credit on Mendler's track.

On Wizards of Waverly Place, Bridgit Mendler's character Juliet van Heusen is which kind of supernatural being?

A vampire whose parents run a rival sandwich shop on Waverly Place, Juliet becomes Justin Russo's main love interest. Mendler played her across three seasons.

Which Lemonade Mouth co-star plays Bridgit Mendler's best friend in the music video for Hurricane?

Naomi Scott joined her for the shoot in London in March 2013. Scott later played Princess Jasmine in Disney's live-action Aladdin.

At which university did Bridgit Mendler earn a master's degree in media arts and sciences?

MIT awarded her the degree in 2020 for a thesis on technology that helps settle disputes. She had first joined the Media Lab three years earlier as a Director's Fellow.

In the Disney Channel movie Lemonade Mouth, Bridgit Mendler's character Olivia White fills which role in the band?

Lead singer Olivia has to beat a panic attack before the band's first show at a Halloween dance. The film drew 5.7 million viewers on its premiere night.

Bridgit Mendler's debut solo single peaked at 49 at home but debuted in the top ten in which country?

The United Kingdom sent the song straight in at number seven, its peak, and kept it in the top ten for four consecutive weeks.

Which veteran film star played Bridgit Mendler's controlling father in the Netflix sitcom Merry Happy Whatever?

Dennis Quaid played Don Quinn, a deputy sheriff who disapproves of every partner his children bring home. The series ran for eight episodes set around one Christmas.

Which Good Luck Charlie co-star, cast as on-screen boyfriend Spencer, did Bridgit Mendler date in real life?

Shane Harper and Mendler were a couple from 2011 to 2015. The pair also sang a duet, My Song for You, in one of the sitcom's Christmas episodes.

Bridgit Mendler's sitcom Good Luck Charlie was taped in Los Angeles but is set in which US city?

Denver is home to the show's family, though the family home seen on screen actually stands in Pasadena, California.

Which mythical lost city gives its name to Bridgit Mendler's 2016 single featuring the rapper Kaiydo?

Atlantis was the first single of her independent era, and MTV called it a radical departure from her previous record. Mendler said she wrote it about feeling numb after heartbreak.

Bridgit Mendler played the younger sister of which star's character in the 2009 comedy Labor Pains?

Lindsay Lohan starred as an assistant who fakes a pregnancy to keep her job. The film skipped American cinemas and premiered on ABC Family instead.

With whom did Bridgit Mendler found the space startup Northwood, an idea hatched during the COVID-19 lockdowns?

Her husband, Griffin Cleverly, started Northwood with her. The idea came while the couple sat out lockdown in New Hampshire, building their own radio gear from hardware-store parts.

On which TV talent show did Bridgit Mendler sing her debut single in 2012, nervous to perform for Britney Spears?

The X Factor booked her for its semi-final results show that December. Mendler admitted afterwards that the whole performance had made her nervous.

Which Bridgit Mendler song became the third single from Hello My Name Is... in July 2013?

Top of the World followed the album's first two singles in July 2013. Mendler later shot an acoustic video for it in Griffith Park, made on her own without her record company.

Bridgit Mendler joined which NBC sitcom in its second season, playing the unlucky yet optimistic Candace?

Undateable went fully live for its third season, with every episode broadcast as it was performed. NBC cancelled the comedy when that run ended.

Bridgit Mendler voiced the title character in the American dub of a 2010 film made by which Japanese company?

Studio Ghibli made The Secret World of Arrietty, in which Mendler plays a tiny girl whose family lives hidden beneath a human home. Will Arnett, Amy Poehler and Carol Burnett joined her in the dub.

Which subject did Bridgit Mendler study at the University of Southern California while still acting and touring?

Anthropology became her choice in 2013, after she had started out taking one class at a time between tours. Her courses included medieval visual culture.

In Lemonade Mouth, where do Bridgit Mendler's character and the four other future bandmates first meet?

In detention, the five tap out a beat while the supervising teacher is out of the room, and she urges them to enter a music competition. The film is based on a 2007 novel by Mark Peter Hughes.

Why did Bridgit Mendler have to rewrite the whole of her planned second album in the mid-2010s?

Her computer failed and took every draft with it, so she began the songs again. A full second album never appeared: her next release was an EP in 2016.

Which record label signed Bridgit Mendler in 2011 and released her debut album Hello My Name Is... the next year?

Hollywood Records signed her in March 2011, the month her first single appeared. She left the label in 2015 and put out her next music independently.

Which famous couple gets a name-check in the words of Bridgit Mendler's debut solo single from 2012?

William and Kate had married at Westminster Abbey in April 2011, little more than a year before the song came out.

Which Lemonade Mouth cast member raps on Determinate, the Bridgit Mendler single that reached number 51 in America?

Adam Hicks, who played keyboard player Wen in the film, also co-wrote the song. Determinate was the most successful of the soundtrack's three singles.

Which promotional single from Bridgit Mendler's Hello My Name Is... did Idolator praise for its witty metaphors?

Forgot to Laugh premiered on Idolator a few weeks ahead of the album. The site's reviewer said its metaphors would give Taylor Swift a run for her money.

On which long-running soap opera did a 13-year-old Bridgit Mendler land her first on-screen acting role?

General Hospital cast her as a child who appears in a dream of the character Lulu Spencer. By then she had already voiced parts in an animated film and a video game.

What is the title of the Good Luck Charlie theme song, performed by the show's star Bridgit Mendler?

Hang in There Baby was first played on Radio Disney in March 2010, days before the sitcom itself began. No soundtrack album for the show was ever released.

Which retail chain sold a clothing line inspired by Bridgit Mendler's Good Luck Charlie character?

Target sold the range under its D-Signed label, which turned the wardrobes of Disney Channel characters into clothes for fans. Mendler also fronted the chain's Give With Target campaign to raise money for schools.

Which 2016 EP did Bridgit Mendler release independently and describe as a collection of regret songs?

Nemesis arrived four years after her debut album, and fans could buy it as a box set with a signed copy. She toured North America to support it.

As an eight-year-old, Bridgit Mendler became the youngest performer at a fringe theatre festival in which city?

San Francisco's festival came soon after her family moved from Washington, D.C., to Mill Valley, California. She hired an agent at 11 to find acting jobs.

On which Fox drama did Bridgit Mendler guest-star in 2012 as Callie, a homeless teenage runaway?

House meets her in his clinic in the episode Runaways: she needs surgery that requires an adult's consent, and says she has fled an abusive home.

Which producer, also behind Selena Gomez's Who Says, co-wrote and produced most of Bridgit Mendler's debut album?

Emanuel Kiriakou produced nine of the twelve standard tracks with Andrew Goldstein, and co-wrote the lead single with Mendler.

Which songwriter, later a Grammy-winning R&B singer as Muni Long, co-wrote 5:15 on Bridgit Mendler's debut album?

Priscilla Renea also co-wrote All I See Is Gold for the album. Performing as Muni Long, she won a Grammy for her 2021 hit Hrs and Hrs.

Bridgit Mendler flew to Argentina in 2013 to sing Hurricane in a cameo on which Latin American telenovela?

Violetta, a Disney Channel telenovela filmed in Buenos Aires, had her perform the song with its cast. She appeared as herself in the episode.

In the TV movie Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!, Bridgit Mendler's character hitchhikes toward which city?

Palm Springs is where the grandparents live, but after she gives up her plane seat she and her mother must cross Utah and Nevada by road. The film drew 6.9 million viewers on its first airing.

In which 2008 film, based on Lisi Harrison's teen novels, did Bridgit Mendler play Kristen Gregory?

The Clique was co-produced by Tyra Banks' company and follows a circle of wealthy private-school girls. Mendler's future sitcom co-star Samantha Boscarino was also in the cast.