Jamie Lynn Spears was born on April 4th, 1991 in McComb, Mississippi to parents Lynn Bridges (Woolemore) and Jamie Parnell Spears. Her older sister is pop diva Britney Spears. She also has an older brother, Bryan.

She moved with her family to Kentwood, Louisiana when she was young (and still lives there when not filming her TV shows). As a young child, Jamie and her family did not have much money. [Note: she lived in New York City for a few months when she was an infant so her sister could pursue her career].

Jamie Lynn always looked up to her big sister Britney, and wanted to follow in her footsteps. So besides going to school, being involved with gymnastics and playing with friends, she began to do a little singing as well. In 2000, sang in on an unreleased Aaron Carter Christmas song. 

Between filming Zoey 101 and all her other activities, she attends Parklane Academy, a private Christian school in McComb. In 2001 she won 1st place at a gymnastics competition in Baton Rouge.

Her exposure on television was in a Clorox commercial in 2001 and appeared with two of her friends. However, her first real exposure was when she went with her sister on the Oprah Winfrey Show and sang to the audience. He movie debut came a year later in Crossroads, in which she played the role of young Lucy. The older Lucy was portrayed by her older sister, who looked like her when she was Jamie’s age.

Her career began to develop further in 2002 when she joined the cast of the hit pre-teen variety show, All That. In 2003, she continued to perform on All That, but also continued to explore her musical outlets as well and recorded a remake of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" with the group Triple Image. The song was a big hit with the pre-thirteen crowd and hit #1 on the Disney Top 40 countdown. For her acting in All That she was nominated for the Blimp Award for Favorite Television Actress at the Kid's Choice Awards in 2004 and the cast of All That was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series in 2005 [shared with Chelsea Brummet, Ryan Coleman, Lisa Foiles. Christina Kirkman, Shane Lyons, Giovonnie Samuels, Jack De Sena and Kyle Sullivan ].

In 2004 she was given the chance to star in her own television show, Zoey 101 on Nickelodeon. The show highlights her talent and on-air charisma and it has also been a big hit. She also sings the show’s theme song "Follow Me" (which was written by her sister Britney).

Jamie Lynn is going to be an aunt! Her sister Britney Spears announced in April 2005 that she is pregnant and is and husband Kevin Fenderline are expecting their first child.

In 2005 she starred in Zoey 101 which was one of the most watched shows on Nickelodeon. She is currently working on the shows for next season during the summer of 2005. She works on the show during the summer so she can go back home (to McComb, Mississippi) to continue High School at Parkland Academy.

The young Spears is also an entrepreneur - she has announced a clothing line based on the fashions she wears on Joey 101. The clothing will begin to go on sale in the Fall of 2005 and will be available exclusively at Mays. 

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