Alyssa Shafer

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Alyssa Jordan Shafer (born July 10, 1998 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actress . She is the older sister of Nick Shafer , who is also active as an actor.

life and career

Alyssa Shafer, born in Los Angeles, California, in the summer of 1998, started out in advertising at the age of nine months, where she was used for various print campaigns. She was finally booked for her first audition for a commercial at the age of three and has come up with over 30 different commercials over the years. At the age of four she made her first noteworthy appearance in film and television when she slipped into the role of Juel in the successful film Der Kindergarten Daddy , for whom she and another twelve-person team won a Young Artist Award in the category " Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film ”was nominated. Since she couldn't read at the time of her audition, but had to learn a nine-page script for the film, her mother helped her by reading the script to her sentence by sentence so that Alyssa could memorize it. In 2004 she finally appeared in other productions. On the one hand, this was in the film Fat Albert, on the other hand, in one episode each of Practice - The Lawyers and Medical Investigation . In 2005 she took on the role of Lily Brody in While You're There and was also featured in an episode of Related . In the German-language dubbed version of the film Solange du da ist , the German voice actress Marie Hintz , the daughter of Melanie Hinze and Matthias Hinze , who died in 2007 , gave her the voice. Starting in 2006 in particular, Alyssa Shafer has been featured in numerous internationally broadcast television series, mostly only in guest roles. While in the same year she was also hired for dubbing on the animated feature film Happy Feet and was nominated for this work in 2007 for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress" Tajja Isen won a colleague from Happy Feet, Shafer was also used in various series.

This year she was in one episode of How I Met Your Mother , Dr. House and Las Vegas and also came into the cast of The Unit - A Matter of Honor , where she played Serena Brown in 22 different episodes until 2009 . While she mostly focused on her role in The Unit during this time , where she mimed the daughter of Sergeant First Class ** Bob Brown (played by Scott Foley ) and Kim Brown ( Audrey Marie Anderson ), she also came from 2008 to 2009 used in three different episodes of the reality TV series Scare Tactics . In addition, the young up-and-coming actress came, who is often used as a ballet dancer and also appeared in a production of The Nutcracker . Other appearances in 2009 included a leading role in the film My Friend Ted, three appearances for one episode each in Knight Rider , Private Practice and Desperate Housewives . In 2010, Alyssa Shafer, who in addition to her brother Nick also has a second younger brother by the name of Carter, appeared in TV series such as Make It or Break It , Grey's Anatomy , Miami Medical and The Defenders . 2011 has followed appearances in an episode of Parks and Recreation and in the film Field of Vision , which premiered on June 11, 2011. The young Californian has a leading role in the film. Alyssa's family is in good contact with the famous Coleman acting family, with Alyssa having spent Halloween with Holliston Coleman , Bobby Coleman and another part of the Coleman family .

Nominations

  • 2004: Young Artist Award in the category "Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film" for their engagement in Der Kindergarten Daddy (together with another twelve-person team)
  • 2007: Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress" for their involvement in Happy Feet

Filmography

Film appearances (also short appearances)
Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b 25th Annual Young Artist Awards , accessed June 12, 2011
  2. a b 28th Annual Young Artist Awards , accessed June 12, 2011
  3. “Field of Vision” Airing on NBC June 11 Endorsed by KIDS FIRST! ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 12, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / huffingtonpostunionofbloggers.org