Ellery Sprayberry

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Ellery Sprayberry
Born (2000-10-26) October 26, 2000 (age 23)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s) Actress, voice over artist, aerialist
Years active2007present
Relatives Dylan Sprayberry (brother)

Ellery Sprayberry (born October 26, 2000) is an American actress and voice over artist best known for Wakefield, Baskets, The Bronze, and The Young and the Restless . [1]

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Early life

Sprayberry was born and raised in Houston, Texas along with her brother Dylan Sprayberry. She began acting at the age of six after being asked to audition with her brother for commercials and print modeling. Both children relocated to Los Angeles with their parents in 2006 in order to pursue their careers.

Career

Sprayberry made multiple guest appearances on popular television shows during her early childhood. She was cast in the recurring role of Piper Welch on The Young and The Restless in 2011 for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 2012.

In addition to her on-screen performances, she has worked steadily in voice over in major studio films including Shrek Forever After , Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas , and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire .

In 2014, she landed the role of Teenage Hope in The Bronze opposite Melissa Rauch, Sebastian Stan, and Gary Cole [2] and attended the film's opening night premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. [3] [4]

She also co-starred in the film Wakefield opposite Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner, [5] [6] [7] released on May 26, 2017, by IFC Films. [8]

In August 2017, she appeared in a guest star role on the MTV series Teen Wolf (on which her older brother Dylan starred as Liam Dunbar). [9] [10] [11] [12]

Sprayberry is an aerialist and frequently performs her own stunts in films and television shows. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Soccer Mom Kelci Handler
2009The HoneystingKatie WilderShort film
Bound by a SecretLilaTV movie
2010 Shrek Forever After ADR Group (voice)
Bedrooms Daisy
2011 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Additional VoicesTV Short
2012 The Butterfly Room Julie
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ADR Voice Artist
2014Cry of the ButterflyKate
2015Pancake CastleJodyShort film
The Breakfast ClubJadeVideo
The Bronze Teenage Hope
2016PinkyShariShort film
Wakefield Giselle
2017AtomicGwen, Co-producerShort film
Circus SamAlice
2018A Father's NightmareKatieTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 House M.D. GirlEpisode: "Act Your Age"
Private Practice SashaEpisode: "In Which Addison Finds the Magic"
CSI: Miami Megan LambertEpisode: "CSI: My Nanny"
Journeyman Caroline VasserEpisode: "The Hanged Man"
2008 Criminal Minds Chelsea RobinsonEpisode: "Masterpiece"
2009 Brothers & Sisters GirlEpisode: "A Father's Dream"
Pushing Daisies Young OliveEpisode: "Window Dressed to Kill"
The Forgotten Claire MorseEpisode: "River John"
The Mentalist Gail HinesEpisode: "Black Gold and Red Blood"
2010 The Event Abby SternEpisode: "Your World to Take"
2011 The Cape Blonde GirlEpisode: "Scales"
The Young and the Restless Piper Welch 17 episodes
2012The Joey & Elise ShowHerself / Actress2 episodes
2013 Back in the Game DanicaEpisode: "The Change Up"
2015 About A Boy BeckyEpisode: "About a Love in the Air"
2016 Baskets KellyEpisode: "Uncle Dad"
2017 Teen Wolf TierneyEpisode: "Pressure Test"

Awards and nominations

In 2012, Sprayberry was nominated for Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series by a Young Actress at the Young Artist Awards for her role as Piper Welch on The Young and the Restless . [14]

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