Amanda Leighton

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Amanda Leighton (born June 7, 1993 in Fresno , California ) is an American actress .

life and career

Amanda Leighton was born in Fresno, California, where she attended Clovis West High School.

She has been an actress since 2005, after starring in an episode of Six Feet Under . Appearances in series such as Criminal Minds , Grey's Anatomy , Dr. House and Pretty Little Liars before starring in Make It or Break It in 2012 . For this role she benefited from dance lessons, which she had already enjoyed for eleven years.

From 2013 to 2014 she was briefly part of the cast of the soap opera Shadow of Passion . Further series appearances followed, for example, with Home & Family , Bones - The Bone Hunter or Rosewood . From 2014 to 2018, Leighton starred as Emma Kurtzman on The Fosters , which made her better known. This is followed by the role of teenage Sophie in 2017 , as part of the cast of This Is Us .

In addition to her acting activities, Leighton is also active as a speaker. For example, she has been lending her voice to Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls since 2016 and took on another speaking role in the Netflix original series Trolls - The party goes on in 2018 ! . She was also heard as a speaker in video games such as Lego Dimensions and World of Final Fantasy .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2005: Six Feet Under ( Six Feet Under , TV series, episode 5x07)
  • 2010: Criminal Minds (TV series, episode 5x13)
  • 2011: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, episode 7x12)
  • 2011: Dr. House ( House MD , TV series, episode 7x12)
  • 2011: Pretty Little Liars (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2011–2012: 90210 (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 2012: Make It or Break It (TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 2012: Divorce Invitation
  • 2013: Karate Chaoten ( Kickin 'It , TV series, episode 3x10)
  • 2013: Austin & Ally (TV series, episode 2x22)
  • 2013: Sketchy (TV series, one episode)
  • 2013-2014: Shadow of Passion ( The Young and the Restless , TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 2014: Home & Family (TV series, one episode)
  • 2014: Bones ( Bones , TV series, episode 10x03)
  • 2014–2018: The Fosters (TV series, 52 episodes)
  • 2015: The Better Half
  • 2015: Stolen (short film)
  • 2015–2017: Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything ( Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything , TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2016: The Cheerleader Murders (TV movie)
  • 2016: Teen Titans Go! (TV series, episode 3x40, voice)
  • 2016: Rosewood (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • since 2016: Powerpuff Girls (TV series, voice)
  • since 2017: This Is Us - Das ist Leben ( This Is Us , TV series)
  • 2018: Year 3000 (voice)
  • 2018–2019: Trolls - The party continues! ( Trolls: The Beat Goes On ! , TV series, 52 episodes, voice)
  • 2019: Amphibia (TV series, voice)
  • 2019: Teen Girl in a Frog World (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2019: Good Trouble (TV Series, Episode 2x10)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Rick Bentley: Clovis West grad is Blossom's voice on 'Powerpuff Girls' relaunch (en) . In: The Fresno Bee , April 1, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2017. 
  2. Amanda Leighton Q & A (s) . In: Kidzworld , June 12, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2017.