Carla Jeffery, an actor best known for her role as Bree in Disney\u2019s Zombies franchise, has died aged 33. <\/p>\n
In a statement online, Jeffery’s talent agency, Alexander’s Talent Management, confirmed she died on September 1. A cause of death was not stated. <\/p>\n
“Carla was more than a client; she was family,” the agency wrote. <\/p>\n
“Our hearts are with Carla\u2019s family and loved ones during this devastating time.”<\/p>\n
The agency said “watching her grow from a talented young girl into the beautiful, vibrant woman and actress she became was an incredible privilege”. <\/p>\n
The Houston-born actress appeared on 10 episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) in Season 6 and Season 7, according to her IMDB page. <\/p>\n
She also appeared in shows including iCarly, Southland, Good Luck Charlie, Shake It Up and American Vandal.<\/p>\n
She went on to star as Bree, one of the central characters in Disney\u2019s Zombies franchise, a musical trilogy about a high school zombie and human cheerleader who fall in love.<\/p>\n
Known for her spark and humour, Jeffery served as a loyal friend to main character Addison (Meg Donnelly), and became a fan favourite across the film series and its animated spinoff.<\/p>\n
“We will remember her infectious smile, her laughter, her talent and the beautiful light she carried everywhere she went,” the post from Alexander\u2019s Talent Management said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carla Jeffery, an actor best known for her role as Bree in Disney\u2019s Zombies franchise, has died aged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,409,111,139,64,69,417],"class_list":["post-588919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-north-america","tag-nz","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}