What The Cast Of Bring It On Looks Like Today

Bring It On boasted some pretty big stars, and Kirsten Dunst is one of the biggest. She already had more than a decade's worth of credits on her resume when she landed the role of head cheerleader Torrance Shipman. Her career continued to skyrocket after Bring It On, and she's had roles in other blockbuster films such as Spider-Man, Bachelorette, and The Bling Ring. She has also starred in a few TV shows, including Fargo and On Becoming a God in Central Florida.

The actress also has plans to try her hand at directing and is attached to an adaptation of Sylvia Plath's novel, The Bell Jar. She told Variety of her attempts to make the film and secure financing, and of just how difficult it is to succeed as a director in Hollywood because of her gender. "It's always harder for women," she said. "Everyone has to work 10 times harder." 

Heartthrob Jesse Bradford was the male lead of Bring It On, portraying Torrance's love interest, and Missy's brother, Cliff Pantone. Bradford had been acting for most of his life before landing the role, earning his first film credit in 1984's Falling In Love. Since getting his happily ever after with Torrance at the end of Bring It On, Bradford has been a TV mainstay with roles on shows like The West Wing, Outlaw, Guys With Kids, Shooter, and Teachers.

All those decades of acting have resulted in a healthy bank account for the star that has enabled him to live quite comfortably. In November 2018, the actor's Los Angeles home was put up for sale for just under $3 million. The following month, he announced his marriage to actress Andrea Leal who, according to her Instagram bio, has changed her last name to Bradford's legal last name, Watrouse, and is enrolled as a veterinary medicine student.

After her role as Courtney in Bring It On, Clare Kramer's career really took off. She appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 2000 to 2002. From there, she had roles in several more films, including Road to Hell, Hard Love, and The Wrong House. While she's still acting, Kramer has also turned her attention to producing, beginning with Tweet Out in 2013.

Kramer has also tried her hand at directing. In 2017, she directed her first documentary, Joyrider, alongside actress and producer (and fellow Bring It On alum) Bianca Kajlich. The documentary is about Kajlich's brother, a wheelchair athlete who became the first hand-cyclist to compete in Race Across America.

While directing can be a difficult industry for women, Kramer refuses to look at it that way. "I'm trying to raise my girls the way I was raised, which was really not seeing gender as an obstacle or something that differentiates," she told Birth.Movies.Death. "It is there, of course. Our society does differentiate, but I really try to live my life as if I can do anything. I try not take the 'woman' label into account so much."

Bring It On was one of Tsianina Joelson's earliest roles. She followed up her role as the cheerleader Darcy with an arc on Xena: Warrior Princess, playing the role of Varia. Joelson had a role in American Pie 2 in 2001 and had guest spots that same year on a few shows including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Men, Women & Dogs. After 2001, Joelson's career slowed down a bit. She appeared in the TV movie Hollywood Division in 2004. That role was followed by The Rain Makers in 2005, and According to Greta in 2009.

Since 2009, however, Joelson hasn't had any roles. She is also pretty quiet on social media, leaving her current life a bit of a mystery. While there is an Instagram account in her name, it isn't verified and hasn't been updated since 2017. It seems that Joelson may have taken a step back from her career to focus on family. The actress is married to director Michael Lohmann and the couple is raising a family together.

Nathan West continued acting for a while after playing Jan in Bring It On, with roles in 7th Heaven and Not Another Teen Movie. He hasn't had an acting credit since 2010, though, and these days he's more focused on his family and his blossoming music career. Performing under the name East of Eli, West has been gaining some notoriety as a musician, and made fans swoon with his single "Nowhere" in 2017. The song was dedicated to his wife, actress Chyler Leigh.

"Nowhere" is a love letter to my wife," West told All Access Music. "It is about the power of love that we have had over the past 18 plus years and how love in itself has no boundaries. Over the years, we have faced a lot of hardships but also have had brilliant moments, through it all we have never given up on the belief that the love we share is worth fighting for. We have an incredible relationship and are more in love now than ever. The song is for her, she is my best friend, greatest inspiration and biggest fan."

Bring It On was the only acting credit of Natina Reed's career. Reed portrayed Jenelope, one of the cheerleaders from the Clovers. While that was her only role as an actress, she did appear in a couple more films as herself. After Bring It On, Reed portrayed herself in the 2003 film Honey, as one of the members of the musical group Blaque. She also made an appearance in 2008's Til 6 in the Morning by Platinum Souls.

Tragically, Reed passed away in 2012, just a few days before her 33rd birthday. She was struck by a car and killed in what was ruled an accidental death, although the authorities did open up an investigation into what happened. Reed left behind a 10 year old son, Tren Brown. "Natina continuously embodied the pioneering spirit of Blaque and her undeniable creativity touched the hearts of fans everywhere," said the other members of Blaque in a statement (via AJC). "Natina was a mother, sister, accomplished songwriter, artist and friend."

The third and final member of Blaque, Shamari DeVoe (listed as Shamari Fears in the film's credits), played Lava in Bring It On. The cheerleading movie is her only film credit to date, but even people who don't follow her music are likely to be familiar with her face. DeVoe appeared on The Real Housewives of Atlanta from 2018 to 2019. Her husband, Ron DeVoe, is also a musician and is part of the group New Edition.

DeVoe infused a lot of drama into the reality show, particularly after dropping the bomb that she and her husband had an open marriage for a while, shocking her mother-in-law. DeVoe said that the experiment didn't work, but that it had lasted for about a year and a half. "I initiated the open marriage," she said on the show (via Rolling Out). "We were going through some really bad times. It was a girl that I was interested [in] at the time. I wanted to do something different. I was bi-curious."

Bianca Kajlich had a small roll in Bring It On as the cheerleader Carver. While her role in the film was brief, her acting career has been anything but. The actress has racked up quite a few roles on her resume since 2000, including arcs on Boston Legal from 2000 to 2001 and Dawson's Creek from 2002 to 2003. Other notable roles include a lead role on Rules of Engagement, which Kajlich starred in from 2007 to 2013. Most recently, she has appeared on the fifth season of Bosch.

From 2014 to 2016, she portrayed Leslie on Undateable, a show about the difficulties of the dating world. Kajlich said she identified a lot with the character. "I have to say that I find a lot of common threads with Leslie because I, too, was divorced in my early 30s," she told The PC Principle. "You find yourself back out in the dating pool and realize you don't know how it works anymore."