Stephanie Lynn Pratt is an American television personality.
In 2007, she came to prominence after being cast as a supporting position in the reality
television series The Hills, which documented the personal and professional lives of Lauren
Conrad, Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, and Whitney Port.
In 2010, the series underwent several casting adjustments and saw Pratt become a primary
cast member, joining Patridge, Lo Bosworth, and Kristin Cavallari.
Life and career Stephanie Lynn Pratt was born in Los Angeles,
California, on April 11, 1986.
She is the younger sister of Spencer Pratt, also a television personality.
In 2006, MTV developed the reality television series The Hills as the spin-off of Laguna
Beach: The Real Orange County.
It originally chronicled the lives of Lauren Conrad, who appeared on its predecessor, her
housemate Heidi Montag, and friends Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port.
In 2007, Pratt's brother Spencer began dating and later moved into an apartment with Montag,
which led to the deterioration of her friendship with Conrad.
During the third season, Conrad ended her friendship with Montag after she suspected
that the male Pratt was responsible for rumors of a sex tape involving her and her former
boyfriend Jason Wahler; the ensuing feud between the three carried through each subsequent
season.
During production of the third season, the female Pratt first appeared on the series
while angrily confronting Conrad at a club.
However, upon the realization that they attend the same college, they became friends.
Their relationship put a burden on Pratt's relationship with her brother and Montag,
who reacted by beginning to alienate her.
The fourth season saw Pratt's role increased, with more emphasis placed on her personal
life and her past drug abuse.
During the fifth season, Stephanie worked with Lauren at Kelly Cutrone's People's Revolution,
though Lauren ended Pratt's internship, per Cutrone's orders, due to poor performance.
Conrad left the series after the first half of the season.
The second half of the season continued with Kristin Cavallari hired as the replacement
narrator.
Pratt and Cavallari began as rivals due to conflicts about Audrina Patridge's ex-boyfriend
and a report linking Cavallari to drug use, though they would become friends during the
following season.
Pratt also became friends with Audrina and Lo Bosworth during the season.
Despite rumors of not returning after the fifth, Pratt returned and was featured as
a main cast member in the sixth and final season.
Stephanie talks of her DUI arrest, and her sibling rivalry with Spencer became more intense
as his behavior became more erratic.
Stephanie and the rest of the cast either did not mention Spencer or Heidi after the
two were permanently axed from the series, or kept their comments focused on how no one
knew what the couple were up to, and had avoided any recent contact with them.
The Hills ended its series run on July 13, 2010.
In 2013, Pratt made several appearances on television in the United Kingdom.
This included being a guest on the spin-off of Celebrity Big Brother, as well as making
a special appearance from episodes two onwards on season 6 of E4's Made in Chelsea, a British
equivalent of The Hills.
On 18 August 2014, she entered the Celebrity Big Brother house for the fourteenth series
as a housemate.
Personal life Pratt is the younger sister of Spencer Pratt,
and the sister-in-law of Heidi Montag.
She has struggled with bulimia in the past due to the pressure to be thin stemming from
appearing alongside very thin co-stars on the show.
In April 2010, Pratt posed nude for PETA's Be Nice to Bunnies iPhone application, which
is intended to help the public find stores and products that are kind to animals.
Stephanie Pratt remains close friends with her former Hills co-stars, Lauren Conrad and
Lo Bosworth.
In July 2013, there were pictures of Stephanie and Spencer Matthews that stated they were
together.
Legal troubles In a 2007 US Magazine interview, Pratt revealed
previous substance abuse problems and discussed an incident in which she shoplifted $1,300
worth of merchandise from a Neiman Marcus in Honolulu in 2006, while working as a production
assistant on ABC’s LOST.
On October 18, 2009, Pratt was arrested in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on suspicion
of drunk driving, and booked into jail in Van Nuys.
She took two breathalyzer tests, first blowing 0.08, then blowing 0.09.
The legal limit in California is 0.08.
She was released several hours later after posting a $5,000 bail.
On August 4, 2012 Pratt's boyfriend, Line Snob app co-founder Julien Chabbott was arrested
in New York City for driving over a police officer's foot, following Chabbot's attempts
at avoiding a parking ticket.
The incident was caught on camera and later uploaded to YouTube.
In the video, Pratt is seen intervening and then driving Chabbott's Ferrari 458 away from
the scene after the arrest.
Television series References
External links Stephanie Pratt's official website
Stephanie Pratt at the Internet Movie Database Stephanie Pratt on MTV
Stephanie Pratt on Twitter