Brighton Sharbino

Brighton Sharbino (born August 19, 2002) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lizzie Samuels on the AMC television series The Walking Dead.

Early life Sharbino's siblings Saxon and Sawyer Sharbino also act, and the family moved to Los Angeles when Brighton was nine. She switched to online school to make time for her acting career.

Career Sharbino began her career singing on Barney & Friends on PBS.

In 2013, Sharbino landed her first major recurring role as Lizzie Samuels in the fourth and fifth seasons of The Walking Dead. She appeared in the film Cheap Thrills and played Young Abby Sciuto in the "Hit and Run" episode of NCIS.

She played the young version of Ingrid in the episode "The Snow Queen" in season 4 of Once Upon a Time. Regarding the role, she stated "It was very different from shooting The Walking Dead and I loved it ‘cause I got to be a princess. In The Walking Dead they would put dirt on me. OUAT put extensions on me, were fixing my hair, and let me wear a princess dress, it was really fun to do. It was a dream." The movie was shot in Atlanta in the summer of 2015 and Sharbino had her 13th birthday on set. That same year, she had a guest role as Mandy Fowler in an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit; and appeared in Growing Up Smith, a coming of age comedy about growing up in small town USA in 1979 in which Sharbino played the role of Amy. In 2022, Sharbino portrayed the younger version of Brooke Shields in Hulu’s Welcome to Chippendales.

Personal life Sharbino plays the piano and took parkour classes with her younger brother.

Filmography Film

Television

Web

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