Liana Daine Liberato (born August 20, 1995) is an American actress. She played the younger version of the female lead in the 2014 film '' The Best of Me'' and starred in the drama films '' The Last Sin Eater'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2010), the thriller films ''

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'' (2011) and '' Erased'' (2012), and the horrors ''

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'' (2013) and '' The Beach House'' (2019). In 2017, she was part of the ensemble cast of the drama ''

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'' and in 2018 she starred in the comedy '' Banana Split''. From 2018 to 2019, Liberato starred in the leading role on the

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'' as McKenna Brady, for which she received two nominations for a

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for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series (2019) and Outstanding Principal Performance in a Daytime Program (2020).

Early life

Liberato was born on August 20, 1995. She is from

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Career

In 2005, Liberato made her acting debut in the television series ''

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'' and has appeared on ''

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'', ''

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''. She also made an appearance in the music video for

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's song, "

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". The following year she appeared in the fourth season of ''

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'', and was featured in the June issue of ''

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''. In 2007, Liberato obtained the leading role in the

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adventure film ''The Last Sin Eater''. 2010 found Liberato starring in the film ''

''. Her performance, praised by

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in his review of the film, won her the

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at the 46th

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. In June, she was cast in the film ''

''. She played Kim in ''If I Stay'' and the younger version of the female lead in the 2014 film '' The Best of Me''. In 2014, Liberato was named one of the best actors under the age of 20 by

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Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liberato, Liana 1995 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Texas American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Living people People from Galveston, Texas Place of birth missing (living people)