Before she appeared on television, Bryan was a dancer, and trained at Hart Academy of Dance, located in La Habra, California.

In 2003, Bryan starred as Dorinda "Do" Thomas in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls, a musical comedy based on the bestselling series of young adult books of the same name by Deborah Gregory.

The film depicts four best friends (Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Bryan) who form a pop group in their first year of high school and reach unexpected success.

[3] Due to the popularity of the film, Bryan and her other bandmates achieved mainstream pop music success as members of the official Cheetah Girls group.

[4][5] It is one of the best selling albums from Walt Disney Records, alongside the soundtrack to High School Musical.

Bryan was interviewed by Billboard magazine, where she stated that the group was eager to showcase a "more mature" sound to gather an audience of older fans, while still keeping the lyrics clean for the younger fanbase as well.

[9][10] The third and final part of the franchise, The Cheetah Girls: One World, premiered on August 22, 2008, the only release to not feature Raven Symoné.

The Cheetah Girls kicked off their One World Tour on October 8, 2008 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and concluded on December 21, 2008 in San Diego, California.

[14][15] Bryan has acted in several TV shows, with notable guest appearances in several episodes of the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

Kiely Williams and Bryan co-starred on the web series "Dinner With Friends", "March Moms", and "Bad Sex With Good People".

[19] She was eliminated sixth from the show, despite receiving a perfect 30 for her Rumba and topping the leaderboard for two consecutive weeks.

She was one of the featured celebrity dancers in the Live Dancing with the Stars Las Vegas show, running April 14 through August 5, 2012 at the Tropicana Resort and Casino theater.

She has interviewed season 10 winner of the series Nicole Scherzinger, country singer Reba McEntire, Evan Lysacek, Erin Andrews, Kate Gosselin, and many more.

Bryan teamed up with popular author Julia DeVillers to write the book Princess of Gossip, the story of an ordinary girl with an extraordinary secret.

[21] In April 2017, Bryan became engaged to strategic accounts manager Jordan Lundberg after six years of dating.