Connie Britton Biography

Connie Britton (Constance Elaine Britton) is an American actress, singer, and producer. She is best known for her role as Rayna Jaymes in the ABC/CMT musical drama series Nashville from 2012 to 2018.

Connie Britton Age | How Old Is Connie Britton?

She was born on March 6, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She is 56 years old as of 2023.

Connie Britton Height | How Tall Is Connie Britton?

She stands at a height of  ‎5 feet 8inches (1.73 m) weighing ‎55 kg (122 pounds).

Connie Britton Family

Britton is the daughter of Linda Jane (née Cochran) and Edgar Allen Womack, Jr., who was a physicist and an energy company executive. Britton spent her early years in Rockville, Maryland.

When she was seven years old, she moved with her parents and her fraternal twin sister, Cynthia, to Lynchburg, Virginia.

Connie Britton Twin Sister

Britton has a twin sister named Cynthia. Though her twin is not an actress, Cynthia has made a name for herself as a defense contractor for the Department of Energy located in Virginia.

Connie Britton Husband | John Britton Connie Britton

She was married to John Britton from 1991 to 1995. Britton met investment banker John Britton at Alpha Delta House at Dartmouth College. They moved to Manhattan together in 1989, and got married on October 5, 1991 and divorced in 1995.

Connie Britton Son

In November 2011, Britton adopted a son, Eyob “Yoby” Britton, from Ethiopia.

Connie Britton Net Worth

Britton has an estimated net worth of about $12 million, which she earned from her career as an actress, singer, and producer.

Connie Britton Education

She attended the E. C. Glass High School Theater; her photo is displayed in the E. C. Glass Alumni Theater. Britton majored in Asian studies with a concentration in Chinese at Dartmouth College, and studied at the Beijing Normal University in Beijing during her freshman summer with Kirsten Gillibrand, now a U.S. Senator from New York.

After graduating in 1989, Britton moved to New York City, where she spent two years at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre studying with Sanford Meisner.

Connie Britton

She made her feature film debut in the independent comedy-drama film The Brothers McMullen (1995), and in 1996, she was cast as Nikki Faber on the ABC sitcom Spin City.

Britton later starred in the short-lived sitcoms The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001) and Lost at Home (2003). She has appeared in several films, most notably the sports drama film Friday Night Lights (2004) and the thriller film The Last Winter (2006).

In 2011, Britton starred as Vivien Harmon in the first season of FX horror-drama series American Horror Story, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. In 2018, she reprised her role for the eighth season of the show, entitled Apocalypse.

In 2014, she was named UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. She was then featured in the comedy-drama film This Is Where I Leave You (2014), the drama film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), the action comedy American Ultra (2015), and period drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017).

In 2018, Britton starred as Abby Clark in the first season of the Fox procedural drama 9-1-1, and received Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for performance in the Bravo true crime anthology series Dirty John.

Connie Britton Friday Night Lights

From 2006 to 2011, she starred as Tami Taylor on the NBC/DirecTV drama series Friday Night Lights. For this role, Britton received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Connie Britton Nashville

She starred as country singer Rayna Jaymes in the ABC/CMT musical drama series Nashville from 2012 to 2018, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2012.

Connie Britton American Horror Story

In 2016, she had a recurring role as socialite Faye Resnick in the first season of FX true crime anthology series American Crime Story.

Connie Britton Hair Color | Connie Britton Hair Extensions

Britton has stunning hair. Her long, thick strawberry blonde waves even have their own   Twitter account and a hashtag (#conniebrittonshair) devoted to her envious locks.

Connie Britton 911

Britton played the role of Abby Clark on FOX’s 9-1-1 in the first episode of the first season. Abby is a 9-1-1 dispatcher in the Los Angeles area, however Connie left 9-1-1 after the one-year deal with the series came to an end.

Connie Britton Spin City

Britton played the role of Nikki Faber in the 1996–2002 Tv series Spin City. Nikki is a confident lady who works at City Hall, she is free-spirited and she mainly attracts dangerous men.

Connie Britton Measurements

Height: 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight: 55 kg (122 pounds)
Measurements: 37-25-35 in or 94-63.5-89 cm
Dress Size: 4 (US) or 36 (EU) or 8 (UK)
Bra Size: 34C
Shoe Size: 10 (US) or 40.5 (EU)

Private Life

While at Dartmouth in the late 1980s, Britton studied Chinese, including living for a summer in Beijing with future US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

In 1993, Britton joined the New York Junior League and was a member of the 1993 provisional class of volunteers where she listed her occupation as “Actress”.

In a 2012 interview on NPR, Britton said of the experience: “I always wanted to be an actor. But when I went to college, I had to fulfill a language requirement and so I thought it would be really cool to do it speaking Chinese. My Chinese these days is real, real shaky. Let’s put it this way: These days, my singing is better than my Chinese.”

On April 2, 2014, she became the 10th Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme, the anti-poverty agency of the UN. Britton joins celebrities such as Maria Sharapova, Antonio Banderas, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo in this role. She will focus her advocacy efforts on eradicating extreme poverty, fighting exclusion and empowering women.

In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the 2016 Orlando gay nightclub shooting; in the video, Britton and others told the stories of the people killed there.

Connie Britton Songs

• No One Will Ever Love You
• He Ain’t Gonna Change
• My Favorite Hurricane
• Stronger Than Me
• Ball and Chain
• This Time
• Wrong for the Right Reasons
• Postcard From Mexico
• Can’t Remember Never Loving You
• Hold On to Me
• Buried Under
• The Rivers Between Us
• Gasoline and Matches
• You’re Mine
• Changing Ground
• Bitter Memory
• I Want to
• Lies of the Lonely
• It’s My Life
• The End of the Day
• Can’t Remember Never Loving You
• Baby It’s Cold Outside
• You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
• This Is Real Life
• Baby It’s Cold Outside
• Wrong Song

Connie Britton Movies And Tv Shows

Connie Britton Movies

Connie Britton Tv Shows | Connie Britton Shows