Christopher Briney

Christopher Thomas Briney (born March 24, 1998 ) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the Amazon Prime Video teen romance series The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–present) and in the musical film Mean Girls (2024).

Early life and education
Briney was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of actors who had met in New York City. He has one sister.

He attended Waterbury Arts Magnet School and participated in a five-week intensive theater program at Wesleyan University in 2015. In 2016, he moved to New York City to attend Pace University. He graduated with a BFA in acting in 2020. While a student, he worked at a Trader Joe's on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.

Career
In 2021, the then-unknown Briney was cast in the biographical film Dalíland after being discovered by director Mary Harron. He had sent in an audition tape for The Summer I Turned Pretty before production began on Dalíland. He received a callback and did a chemistry read over Zoom while filming Dalíland in Liverpool.

In 2023, Briney and his The Summer I Turned Pretty castmates Lola Tung and Gavin Casalegno presented at the MTV Movie & TV Awards.

In 2024, Briney starred as Aaron Samuels in the film adaption of Mean Girls: The Musical for Paramount Pictures. He originally turned down the role when it required him to sing, but eventually accepted when the role's singing parts were cut.

Personal life
Since June 2021, Briney has been in a relationship with Isabel Machado. The two met as fellow acting students at Pace University.