Life and career

Scerbo was born on Long Island, New York. She is of full Italian ancestry. Scerbo was raised in Parkland, Florida and played soccer for the Parkland Soccer Club. She lived in Florida from the time she was in Kindergarten until she was cast in Make It or Break It. She attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In 2006, Scerbo successfully auditioned for the Music Girl Group Slumber Party Girls. Scerbo was chosen as one of the five members out of over 1,000 fellow applicants. In September 2006, the group hosted the Children's Music TV series Dance Revolution which promoted nutrition and fitness to children. Slumber Party Girls original songs was dominantly featured through the series run. The group's debut album Dance Revolution was released but failed to chart. The series was not renewed for a second season. In the midst of 2007 as the group began working on their sophomore record the group was confirmed to have split. That same year Scerbo signed a solo-recording contract with Geffen Records. Her three original songs Betcha Don't Know, Sugar and Spice and Top Of The World were all released to iTunes in 2008.

In 2007, Universal Pictures green-lit a planned fourth installment of the Bring It On film franchise with Scerbo confirmed to star. She portrayed the role of Brooke the team captain of the East Coast Jets Cheerleading squad who have won three-years in a row at Camp Spirit-Thunder. It was released direct-to-DVD in December 2007 to generally negative reviews from critics. That same year Scerbo appeared in the Disney Channel television pilot Arwin!. The pilot was filmed in late 2006 but was not picked up by Disney Channel.

In September 2008, Scerbo appeared alongside Missi Pyle and Emily Osment in the direct-to-DVD comedy film Soccer Mom. In June 2009, Scerbo was cast in the ABC Family teen drama series Make It or Break It which premiered to 2.5 million viewers. Scerbo portrayed the role of a skilled gymnast named Lauren Tanner who aspires to make it to the Olympic Games. Due to the series success ABC Family ordered an additional 10-episodes bringing the first season episode count to 20-episodes. In January 2012, ABC Family renewed the series for a third and final season. The series finale "United Stakes" aired in May 2012. In April 2010, Scerbo also appeared with her Make It or Break It cast mate Chelsea Hobbs in an episode of CSI: Miami.

In June 2011, Scerbo was confirmed to star in the ABC Family Original Film Teen Spirit. Scerbo portrays the role of the Queen Bee of high school who is electrified to death and is not allowed to enter Heaven unless she helps the schools most unpopular girl become Prom Queen. Filming took place in Wilmington, North Carolina. The film premiered in August 2011 on ABC Family.

It was announced that Cassie is the godmother to Tiffany Thornton's son.

In 2013, Scerbo appeared in the Syfy original movie Sharknado as bartender Nova; she returned to play Nova Clarke in the sequel, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! in 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Hitters Anonymous	Young Leah
2007	Natural Born Komics	Montana
2008	Soccer Mom	Tiffany
2011	A Holiday Heist	Kate
	Not Another Not Another Movie	Ursula
	Bench Seat	Girl	Short Film
2012	Music High	Candi Piper
2013	Isolated	Ambassador for Peace
	Not Today	Audry
2015	Take a Chance	Cynthia	Post-production
	My Life as a Dead Girl	Brittany/Chelsea
	Agoraphobia	Faye

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	House Broken	Cassie	Television movie
2006-07	Dance Revolution	Slumber Party Girl	Main role; 26 episodes
2007	Arwin!	Cassie	Failed pilot (not picked up); Main role
	Bring It On: In It to Win It	Brooke	Television movie (ABC Family)
2008	Mother Goose Parade		Television movie
2009-12	Make It or Break It	Lauren Tanner	Main role; 47 episodes (absent in the episode "The Great Wall")
2010	10 Things I Hate About You	Lauren Tanner	Episode: "The Winner Takes It All"
	CSI: Miami	Hilary Swanson	Episode: "Spring Breakdown"
	Sym-Bionic Titan	Kimmy/Tiffany (voice)	Episode: "Showdown at Sherman High"
2011	Teen Spirit	Amber Pollock	Television movie (ABC Family)
2012	Hot in Cleveland	Lindsay	Episode: "Method Man"
2012-14	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Heidi Wienerman (voice)	Secondary role; 15 episodes
2013	Sharknado	Nova	Television movie (Syfy)
	Bering Sea Beast	Donna	Television movie (Syfy)
2014	Baby Daddy	Heather	Episodes: "Romancing the Phone", "The Bet"
2015	Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!	Nova Clarke	Television movie (Syfy)
2016	Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens!	Nova Clarke	Television movie (Syfy)

Albums

• 2006: Dance Revolution (album)

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