Adrienne Janic

Adrienne "AJ" Janic
Adrienne "AJ" Janic
	Janic attending LA. Direct magazine's holiday party at the club Les Deux in Hollywood, California (December 11, 2008)
Born	July 25, 1974 (age 49); Whittier, California, United States
Other names	AJ
Spouse	Bud Brutsman
Website	www.adriennejanic.com

Adrienne Janic (Serbian Cyrillic: Адриана Јанић, romanized: Adriana Janić) (born July 25, 1974),^[1] sometimes credited simply as AJ, is an American actress and television host.

Career and life[edit]

She has primarily worked as a television host including as a co-host of TLC's Overhaulin', an automotive, reality-television series. She was also a host of Hot Import Nights (2008), an automotive show on the Speed Channel. On 12 September 2015, it was announced that she and Mike Phillips of Autogeek will host a new Velocity TV show Competition Ready.^[2]

She has appeared in several films including appearing in a supporting role in the film National Lampoon's Cattle Call (2006). From 2004 to 2006, Janic was one of the Fantanas, a group of promotional models that was created to promote Fanta brand of soft drinks in the U.S. In 2009 she was a co-hostess, with Tinker Keck (as Ty 'Tinker' Keck), of an infomercial for the "AbRocket" Fat Blasting System.

Janic is of Serbian and Mexican descent.^[3] She is married to Bud Brutsman, a video producer and television producer.^[4]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Diary of a Sex Addict	Julie	Video
2003	N.B.T.	Ashley
2005	Choker	Gorgeous Brunette
2006	All In	Jillian Rose
2006	Cattle Call	Auditioner #5
2008	Stiletto	Large Bills Model #1
2019	Light Visions	Zaphara	Pre-production

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer	Miss Klepp	Episode: "Once Upon a Mistress"
2000	Angel	Attractive Girl	Episode: "Five by Five"
2001	Undressed	Lauren	Regular role (season 5)
2003	Oliver Beene	Suzy	Episode: "Nudie Mag"
2004	Complete Savages	Tia	Episode: "Savage XXX-mas"
2005	House	Dr. Vivian	Episode: "Acceptance"
2006	Kitchen Confidential	Beautiful Woman #2	Episode: "Praise Be Praise"
2007	Las Vegas	Roxanne	Episode: "The Glass Is Always Cleaner"
2019	SEMA: Battle of the Builders	Adrienne	TV film

Appearances as self[edit]

Year	Title	Notes
2002	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Episode: "1.13"
2005	Queer Edge with Jack E. Jett	Episode: "1.22"
2005–08, 2014–15, 2019–	Overhaulin'
2008	Hot Import Nights	TV series
2011–2015	The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills	14 episodes
2012	Home & Family	Episode: "9 November 2012"
2013	Actors Entertainment	Episode: "ActorsE Chat with Adrienne Janic and Ric Drasin"
2014	Fit, Famous & Fabulous	TV series
2014	Q N' A with Mikki and Shay	Episode: "Adrienne Janic Interview: 2014 Roger Neal Oscar Suite"
2014	Kendra on Top	Episode: "Girls' Night Bout"
2016–17	Competition Ready	16 episodes

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Adrienne Janic | Birthday: Jul 25, 1974". rottentomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Competition Ready on Velocity". www.Autogeek.net. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Adrienne Janic | TheCelebrityCafe.com". Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
^ Nawaz, Rayed. "Here's Where Adrienne "AJ" Janic From Overhaulin' Is Today". hotcars.com. HotCars. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

External links[edit]

Adrienne Janic at Rotten Tomatoes
Adrienne Janic at IMDb
Adrienne Janic at TV Guide

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[dob-1] "Adrienne Janic | Birthday: Jul 25, 1974". rottentomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[2] "Competition Ready on Velocity". www.Autogeek.net. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[3] "Adrienne Janic | TheCelebrityCafe.com". Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved March 27, 2010.

[4] Nawaz, Rayed. "Here's Where Adrienne "AJ" Janic From Overhaulin' Is Today". hotcars.com. HotCars. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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