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television series '' The Walking Dead''.

Early life

Sharbino is from Flower Mound, Texas. Her siblings

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and Sawyer Sharbino also act, and the family moved to

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when Brighton was nine. She switched to online school to make time for her acting career.

Career

Sharbino began her career singing on ''

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'' on

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. She had other early guest television appearances on series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The New Normal'' and ''

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''. 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

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in the "Hit and Run" episode of '' NCIS''. In 2014, Sharbino was cast in the fantasy series ''

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'' , in which she played the young version of the Snow Queen, Ingrid. About 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. They 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." Sharbino played Abby Beam in the 2016 faith based film '' Miracles From Heaven,'' alongside

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and

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. The movie was shot in Atlanta in the summer of 2015 and Sharbino had her 13th birthday on set. Brighton Sharbino 2 2015

In 2017, Sharbino played the role of Tiffany Hart in the film '' Bitch''. 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. The film won numerous best audience awards and jury awards at film festivals, including the

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, Naples,

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and Prescott festivals. In 2018, Sharbino acted alongside her older sister Saxon in the film ''Urban Country''; she played the role of Faith, a teenager that moves to a horse ranch to help her ill mother. In 2019, she starred as antagonist Allison Betts in season 1 of the

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web series '' Zoe Valentine'' and appeared in the drama film '' American Skin''. She starred in the 2020 Snap Original series ''Players''.

Personal life

Sharbino plays the piano and took

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classes with her younger brother.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Audio

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharbino, Brighton Living people 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Texas American child actresses American film actresses American radio actresses American television actresses American web series actresses People from Flower Mound, Texas 2002 births