Bree Elise

Worked with rapper "Drake", at the time known as Aubrey Graham and Tika Sumpter on a Noggin Channel show in 2005 before both of her co-stars became the superstars that they are today. She hopes to follow their footsteps.

No dream is too big or far fetched for this Los Angeles native, Bree Elise, born Brianna Elyce De'Canillas. Her family surname dates back to the early 1900s when her family migrated from Spain to the the Philippines and then finally settled to her hometown of Los Angeles, CA in 1918. They then dropped the "De'" from "De'Canillas" to give it more of an Americanized feel. You can say her family lineage is relatively new to the United States. Once Brianna was born, she took her family name change a step further and changed it from Brianna Elyce Canillas to Bree Elise to give it a more simpler ring for branding purposes and a twist of Hollywood's star quality. By the age of 5 everyone was calling her "Bree". During preschool Bree gave a speech in front of her school's auditorium declaring her desire to become a nurse, little did she know a few months later she would forget the premature dream of becoming a nurse and would be found performing in numerous ballet recitals, holiday parades and training to become a professional figure skater. This began Bree's journey as a performance artist. Soon she reached a peak where many people were suggesting she become home-schooled and begin training for the Junior Olympics. Although she spent the majority of her time baton twirling, ice skating and training in dance studios she still had a passion for school and education. She decided to spend less time in the arts and focus her studies in school to becoming a meteorologist or archaeologist. By time Bree entered high-school she still was engaged in her performance arts on the weekends and enrolled in drama class as an elective during the week. One of her classmates then asked if she wanted to audition for a paid gig on an MTV Show. Bree could not refuse the offer! This role she landed and then began a domino effect for her on-camera entertainment career, landing gig after gig as a dancer, actor and spoken word artist. Bree saw this as a great avenue for capitalization and making money while having fun.