Amanda Leighton

Amanda Leighton
Born	Amanda Moreno Leighton (1993-06-07) June 7, 1993 (age 31) Fresno, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Sage Northcutt ​ (m. 2020)​

Amanda Moreno Leighton ^[1] (born June 7, 1993 ^[2] ) is an American actress. She is known for her voice acting as Blossom in the 2016 Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls , Poppy in the 2018 Netflix animated series Trolls: The Beat Goes On! , and Polly Plantar in the 2019 Disney Channel animated series Amphibia . She is also known for her recurring role as Emma in the Freeform drama series The Fosters .

Personal life

Leighton grew up in Fresno, California ^[3] and she graduated from Clovis West High School. ^[4] She is half Hispanic. ^[5]

Leighton married professional mixed martial artist Sage Northcutt on December 5, 2020. ^{[6] [ better source needed ]}

Career

Leighton started her acting career at the age of 10 in her home town, and got her first agent at the age of 12 when she started taking acting classes and going to auditions in Los Angeles. She also has 11 years of dance experience, which she used in ABC Family's Make It or Break It, where she played a gymnast named Wendy Capshaw. ^[7] In June 2015, Leighton was cast to voice Blossom in Cartoon Network 's revival of The Powerpuff Girls , which ran from 2016 to 2019. ^[8]

Leighton's other appearances include roles on several television shows including Pretty Little Liars as Danielle, Grey's Anatomy as patient Sarah Cassidy with Treacher Collins syndrome, 90210 as Alex Scarborough, Criminal Minds as Trish Leake, and as a singing Cactus Kid in Six Feet Under. She recurred as Emma on the ABC Family/Freeform drama series The Fosters from 2014 to 2018. ^[9] From 2017 to 2022, she recurred as young Sophie on the NBC television drama series This Is Us . ^{[9] [10]} Leighton voiced the regular roles of Poppy in the animated series Trolls: The Beat Goes On! which was released by Netflix between 2018 and 2019, ^[11] and the pollywog Polly Plantar in the Disney Channel animated series Amphibia , which aired from 2019 to 2022. ^[12] She costarred in the 2020 drama film Chance . ^[13]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Six Feet Under	Singing Cactus Kid	Episode: "The Silence"
2010	Criminal Minds	Trish Leake	Episode: "Risky Business"
2011	Grey's Anatomy	Sarah Cassidy	Episode: "Start Me Up"
	House	Young Elena	Episode: "You Must Remember This"
2011–2012	90210	Alex Scarborough	3 episodes
2011	Pretty Little Liars	Danielle	2 episodes
2012	Make It or Break It	Wendy Capshaw	Recurring role (season 3)
2013–2014	The Young and the Restless	Raven	6 episodes [9]
2013	Kickin' It	Erica Straffman	Episode: "Jack Stands Alone"
	Austin & Ally	Bonnie	Episode: "Beach Bums & Bling"
	Filthy Sexy Teen$	Whitney	Episode: "Pilot"
	Sketchy	White Girl	Episode: "Oh Lordy 'White Girls'"
2014–2018	The Fosters	Emma Kurtzman	52 episodes [9]
2014	Bones	Shawna	Episode: "The Purging of the Pundit"
2016–2019	The Powerpuff Girls	Blossom (voice)	Main role [8]
2016	Teen Titans Go!		Episode: "TTG v PPG"
	The Cheerleader Murders	Dee James	Television film [14]
	Rosewood	Sophie Hornstock	2 episodes
2017–2022	This Is Us	Young Sophie Inman	Recurring role [9] [10]
2018–2019	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	Poppy (voice)	Main role [11]
2019–2022	Amphibia	Polly Plantar (voice)
2019	Good Trouble	Emma Kurtzman	Episode: "A Very Coterie Christmas"
2020–2022	Trolls: TrollsTopia	Poppy (voice)	Main role
2020–present	Solar Opposites	Stacy K. / Angela (voices)	5 episodes
2022	Chibiverse	Polly Plantar (voice)	Episode: "Bad Luck Chibis"
2023	The Rookie	Kyra Cook	Episode: "The Naked and the Dead"
2023–2024	Hailey's On It!	Kristine Sanchez (voice)	Recurring role [15]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Divorce Invitation	Young Alex
2015	The Better Half	Emily Ryan
2020	Chance	Brooke
2023	Camp Hideout	Selena

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Reynn (voice)
2017	Lego Dimensions	Blossom (voice)
2018	Epic Seven	Karin / Helga / Lorina / Lidica (voices)

References

1. "AMANDA MORENO LEIGHTON - Resume | Actors Access".
2. 26 .... man I feel old 🎂😉✨ – Instagram
3. "Up Close... with Amanda Leighton". Hydrogen Mag. July 8, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
4. Rick Bentley (April 1, 2016). "Clovis West grad is Blossom's voice on 'Powerpuff Girls' relaunch" . Fresno Bee . Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
5. "AMANDA MORENO LEIGHTON - Resume | Actors Access".
6. "Sage Northcutt Wedding Registry". Crate & Barrel.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
7. "Amanda Leighton Q&A". Kidzworld. July 12, 2012. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
8. Seth Kelley (June 4, 2018). "First Look: Meet Cartoon Network's New 'Powerpuff Girls'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
9. Amber Dowling (February 2, 2017). "'This Is Us' Casts Young Sophie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
10. Danielle Turchiano (October 22, 2019). "Milo Ventimiglia on Helming 'This Is Us': 'I Had to Approach Being a Director as a Guest'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
11. Dino-Ray Ramos (December 12, 2017). "Netflix And DreamWorks Animation TV Reveal Six New Series Including 'Trolls', 'She-Ra'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
12. Dino-Ray Ramos (June 14, 2019). "'Amphibia' Featurette: Disney Channel Animated Fantasy Series Starring Brenda Song Spotlights Thai Culture". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
13. Dave McNary (June 4, 2018). "Matthew Modine to Star in Teen Baseball Drama 'Chance'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
14. Ed Stockly (April 8, 2016). "Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper' on HBO". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2023-01-01.
15. Betti, Tony (April 28, 2023). "Disney TV Animation Shares New Trailer For "Hailey's On It!" Starring Auli'i Cravalho Coming Soon to Disney Channel and Disney+". The Laughing Place. Retrieved 2023-04-29.

External links

• Amanda Leighton at IMDb  
• Amanda Leighton on Twitter