Sara Paxton

Sara Paxton (born April 25, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She began acting at an early age, appearing in minor roles in both films and television shows before rising to fame in early October 2002. She played Sarah Tobin from Greetings from Tucson (2002–2003), the titular role in the television series Darcy's Wild Life (2004–2006) and Sarah Borden in Summerland. Her other films include Aquamarine (2006), Return to Halloweentown (2006), Sydney White (2007), Superhero Movie (2008), The Last House on the Left (2009), The Innkeepers (2011), and The Front Runner (2018).

Early life Paxton was born on April 25, 1988, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. She is the only child of Lucia and Steve Paxton, both of whom are dentists. Her mother was born to a Jewish family in Monterrey, Mexico, and grew up in the city of Ciudad Acuña. Paxton's father is of English and Scottish descent, and he converted to Judaism upon marrying her mother. Paxton did not have a bat mitzvah because of her filming schedule. In a 2009 interview with Teen Hollywood, Paxton disclosed that she had been accepted to several colleges, but decided not to attend any schools in favor of pursuing her acting career. During the same summer season, she appeared in several episodes of Summerland, playing Sarah Borden, a mentally troubled teen who used drugs and had sex with Jesse McCartney's character.

Paxton was the cast in the lead role of the Discovery Kids television series, Darcy's Wild Life playing Darcy Fields, a girl who works at a rural veterinary clinic; the series was filmed on a farm in Toronto Reviewers of the film compared Paxton, whose inspiration is Goldie Hawn, to actress Reese Witherspoon, saying that she has an "infectious, nutty energy."

Paxton hosted "The Secret Life of Water," the first episode of the series Planet H2O, which premiered in April 2006 on public television stations. The following month, shortly after turning 18, she made an appearance on the television series Pepper Dennis, playing a teen actress. Paxton then appeared in Return to Halloweentown (replacing Kimberly J. Brown) in the fourth installment in Disney Channel's Halloweentown series; she dyed her hair brown for the role. The film aired on October 20, 2006.

During the summer and early fall of 2006, Paxton filmed The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker, a Lifetime Television film, on Vancouver Island.

Paxton's next film role was in Sydney White, a college-set comedy starring Amanda Bynes and Matt Long; filming began on February 12, 2007, in Orlando, Florida and the film was released on September 21. She next starred in Superhero Movie, a parody on superhero films which began filming in September 2007 and was released on March 28, 2008. She provided backing vocals on her co-star Drake Bell's theme song for the movie Superhero! Song.

Paxton starred in the remake of The Last House on the Left, playing the lead female character, Mari. The film was released on March 13, 2009.

2013–present: television roles and film

Paxton starred in The CW drama series The Beautiful Life alongside Corbin Bleu, Mischa Barton and Elle Macpherson. The show premiered on September 16, 2009, but was canceled after just two episodes. It aired later online on YouTube. Paxton next co-starred with Scott Eastwood in the thriller Enter Nowhere;

She starred in the 2011 film Shark Night. She then played Mirabella on the ABC Family movie Lovestruck: The Musical in 2013. In April 2016, Paxton joined the cast of David Lynch's 2017 Twin Peaks revival.

In 2018, she co-starred as Donna Rice opposite Hugh Jackman in Jason Reitman's The Front Runner, a biographical film about politician Gary Hart. In 2018–2019, she played Amber Dooley in the NBC series Good Girls.

Paxton had a supporting role in Andrew Dominik’s Blonde (2022), based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. The film is a fictionalized portrayal of the life and career of actress Marilyn Monroe.

Paxton had a small supporting role which she referred to as a "sneaky cameo" in Zach Cregger's Weapons (2025), having also voiced roles in Cregger's previous film Barbarian (2022).

Personal life In 2013, Paxton met Zach Cregger in Austin, Texas; they married in October 2019.

Filmography Film

Television

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