Amanda Leighton

Amanda Moreno Leighton (born June 7, 1993 ) is an American actress. She is known for her voice acting as Blossom in the 2016 Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls, Poppy in the 2018 Netflix animated series Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and Polly Plantar in the 2019 Disney Channel animated series Amphibia. She is also known for her recurring role as Emma in the Freeform drama series The Fosters.

Personal life Leighton grew up in Fresno, California and she graduated from Clovis West High School.

Leighton married professional mixed martial artist Sage Northcutt on December 5, 2020.

Career Leighton started her acting career at the age of 10 in her hometown, and got her first agent at the age of 12 when she started taking acting classes and going to auditions in Los Angeles. She also has 11 years of dance experience, which she used in ABC Family's Make It or Break It, where she played a gymnast named Wendy Capshaw. In June 2015, Leighton was cast to voice Blossom in Cartoon Networks revival of The Powerpuff Girls, which ran from 2016 to 2019.

Leighton's other appearances include roles on several television shows including Pretty Little Liars as Danielle, Grey's Anatomy as patient Sarah Cassidy with Treacher Collins syndrome, 90210 as Alex Scarborough, Criminal Minds as Trish Leake, and as a singing Cactus Kid in Six Feet Under. She recurred as Emma on the ABC Family/Freeform drama series The Fosters from 2014 to 2018. Leighton voiced the regular roles of Poppy in the animated series Trolls: The Beat Goes On! which was released by Netflix between 2018 and 2019, and the pollywog Polly Plantar in the Disney Channel animated series Amphibia, which aired from 2019 to 2022. She costarred in the 2020 drama film Chance.

Filmography + Television Year Title Role Notes 2005 Six Feet Under Singing Cactus Kid Episode: "The Silence" 2010 Criminal Minds Trish Leake Episode: "Risky Business" 2011 Grey's Anatomy Sarah Cassidy Episode: "Start Me Up" House Young Elena Episode: "You Must Remember This" 2011–2012 90210 Alex Scarborough 3 episodes 2011 Pretty Little Liars Danielle 2 episodes 2012 Make It or Break It Wendy Capshaw Recurring role (season 3) 2013–2014 The Young and the Restless Raven 6 episodes Rosewood Sophie Hornstock 2 episodes 2017–2022 This Is Us Young Sophie Inman Recurring role Film Video games