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, daughter of the title character on

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's ''

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'', and the voice of Bloom, one of the main characters in the

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revival of ''Winx Club''.

Life and career

Molly Quinn was born in

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. She began taking weekly acting lessons from director and producer Martin Beck after performing in a community production of ''

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'' at age six. In the sixth grade, she auditioned at the Young Actors Studio, and after six months of "intensive ctingtraining", signed with the Osbrink agency and Management 360. From 2009 to 2016, she starred in the

mystery drama series ''

'' as Alexis Castle, the lead character's daughter. From 2011 to 2015, Quinn performed the lead role of Bloom in

's revival of the animated series ''

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''. At first, Quinn tried a "cartoony" voice for her character. Nickelodeon advised her to use her real voice instead, saying, "No, we want voices of real girls this time around." Quinn also voiced Bloom in the re-records of the

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and second films based on the series. In March 2014, Quinn appeared as the voice of the sentient computer Fey, in the episode "Numbers" of the podcast series ''

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''.

Filmography

Awards

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