Brittany Snow has long been a staple for every girl’s night in with friends. Need a good laugh? Watch the Tampa native shine as an a cappella Barden Bella in the Pitch Perfect trilogy. Need a good cry? She’s got you covered with the bittersweet comedy Someone Great, opposite Gina Rodriguez. Feeling vengeful because he broke your heart? John Tucker Must Die—where Snow appears alongside Jesse Metcalfe and Penn Badgley—will give you some ideas. Whatever the occasion (or decade), Snow knows just what a girl wants. Now she’s back with The Hunting Wives, streaming on Netflix this Monday, and The Beast in Me, out later this year. To celebrate, the actress shares her key components to the good life. —Carolina de Armas
Airline: Delta, or any airline that’s nice to my dog.
Airport: Burbank, because you can get right on the plane.
Alibi: “I just got a new phone.” Does that one work anymore?
App: Spotify.
Bag: Big but not heavy.
Birthday: A low-key trip with friends and a shared house.
Boyfriend/girlfriend: A best friend.
Breakfast, weekday: Smoothie.
Breakfast, weekend: Mimosa, eggs, and one pancake.
Cocktail: Ranch water.
Cocktail appetizer: Chips and guacamole.
Couple: Harry and Sally.
Date: Classic dinner and a movie.
Diet: Pepsi.
Dinner, weekday: Pizza and salad.
Dinner, weekend: Sushi.
Disguise: Someone who doesn’t have social anxiety.
Dress: Little black one.
Enemy: A fitted sheet.
Escape: In a movie theater with back-to-back films.
Excuse: “I was in a movie theater with back-to-back films.”
Family: Mine—but with fewer opinions about my hair.
Friend: The ones you make perfect playlists for.
Good-bye: “See ya later, alligator.” I’m from Florida.
Movie: Casablanca. Especially on a plane!
Pair of pants: Old Levi’s I found for $12 at a thrift store. (I washed them, don’t worry.)
Pen or Pencil: When I find the perfect pen from paying a restaurant bill, I tip them extra for it and explain that I need it.
Piece of advice: My dad’s. “This ain’t no dress rehearsal.”
President: I was class president of my fourth-grade class. Thank you … thank you.
Saying: “Not my circus, not my monkeys.”
Time of day: We call it morning cuddles—when my dog realizes I’m awake and puts her head under my chin.
Victim: My tragic fashion looks from 2001 to 2009.
Brittany’s Essentials
