Amanda Leighton

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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 .

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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
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Six Feet Under Singing Cactus KidEpisode: "The Silence"
2010 Criminal Minds Trish LeakeEpisode: "Risky Business"
2011 Grey's Anatomy Sarah CassidyEpisode: "Start Me Up"
House Young ElenaEpisode: "You Must Remember This"
2011–2012 90210 Alex Scarborough3 episodes
2011 Pretty Little Liars Danielle2 episodes
2012 Make It or Break It Wendy CapshawRecurring role (season 3)
2013–2014 The Young and the Restless Raven6 episodes [9]
2013 Kickin' It Erica StraffmanEpisode: "Jack Stands Alone"
Austin & Ally BonnieEpisode: "Beach Bums & Bling"
Filthy Sexy Teen$ WhitneyEpisode: "Pilot"
SketchyWhite GirlEpisode: "Oh Lordy 'White Girls'"
2014–2018 The Fosters Emma Kurtzman52 episodes [9]
2014 Bones ShawnaEpisode: "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 MurdersDee JamesTelevision film [14]
Rosewood Sophie Hornstock2 episodes
2017–2022 This Is Us Young Sophie InmanRecurring 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 KurtzmanEpisode: "A Very Coterie Christmas"
2020–2022 Trolls: TrollsTopia Poppy (voice)Main role
2020–present Solar Opposites Stacy K. / Angela (voices)5 episodes
2023 The Rookie Kyra CookEpisode: "The Naked and the Dead"
2023–present Hailey's On It! Kristine Sanchez (voice)Recurring role [15]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Divorce InvitationYoung Alex
2015The Better HalfEmily Ryan
2020 Chance Brooke
2023 Camp Hideout Selena

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 World of Final Fantasy Reynn (voice)
2017 Lego Dimensions Blossom (voice)
2018Epic SevenKarin / Helga / Lorina / Lidica (voices)

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