Penny Pingleton — Hairspray Character Profile

About Penny Pingleton

Tracy's shy, bespectacled best friend who finds love with Seaweed.

Penny Pingleton — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Academic diligence, Empathy, Dance learning, Courage, Friendship

• Strength: 3/10
• Intelligence: 7/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 3/10

Character Facts

Played by

Amanda Bynes

Appears in

Hairspray (2007)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Penny Pingleton — related — Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky)
• Penny Pingleton — related — Amber Von Tussle (Brittany Snow)
• Penny Pingleton — related — Corny Collins (James Marsden)
• Penny Pingleton — Social Best Friends — Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky)

  Tracy and Penny share a close friendship and support each other throughout the story.

• Penny Pingleton — Conflict School Rival — Amber Von Tussle (Brittany Snow)

  Penny and Amber share the same school environment with underlying social tension.

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More characters from Hairspray

• Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky)
• Edna Turnblad (John Travolta)
• Velma Von Tussle (Michelle Pfeiffer)
• Wilbur Turnblad (Christopher Walken)
• Prudy Pringleton (Allison Janney)
• Miss Wimsey (Jayne Eastwood)
• Flasher (John Waters)
• Corny Collins (James Marsden)
• Motormouth Maybelle (Queen Latifah)
• Mr. Spritzer (Paul Dooley)
• Amber Von Tussle (Brittany Snow)
• Mr. Pinky (Jerry Stiller)