Lilia Buckingham

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Lilia Buckingham
Born (2003-04-09) April 9, 2003 (age 22)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Internet personality
  • actress
  • dancer
  • writer
  • producer
Years active2012–present
Family Marcus Buckingham (father)
Jane Buckingham (mother)
Website www.liliabuckingham.com

Lilia Buckingham (born April 9, 2003) [1] is an American Internet personality, actress, dancer, writer, and producer.

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Early life and education

Buckingham was born and raised in Beverly Hills, California, to Jane (née Rinzler) and Marcus Buckingham. [2] She has an older brother Jack. Buckingham graduated from Laurel Springs School and is currently studying screenwriting and film production at Boston University. [3] [4]

Career

Buckingham began acting in local musical theatre productions at a young age. [5] [6] She competitively danced with the MNR Dance Factory, where she met and befriended Mackenzie and Maddie Ziegler and began to grow her online platform. [7] [8] Together with her older brother Jack, they co-founded anti-cyberbullying organization Positively Social. [9]

Buckingham made her television debut in 2012 with a minor role in an episode of Modern Family . She began working with Brat in 2018, starring as Autumn Miller on the web series Dirt. [10] The character has also made appearances in other series such as Chicken Girls , Total Eclipse and Zoe Valentine , as well as the 2019 Brat film Spring Breakaway. [11] [12] She also made several appearances on the network's talk show, Brat Chat.

In November 2018, Buckingham and Emily Skinner released a single, "Denim Jacket", and donated a portion of the proceeds to GLAAD. [13]

Buckingham voices Heather Masterson, the epistolary narrator of Brat series Crown Lake , which she co-produces with Sara Shepard. [14] Her other filmmaking work includes directing and producing a music video for Jillian Shea Spaeder's 2019 single "Something Better", which received accolades at a number of film festivals. [15] She and Spaeder, her then-girlfriend, wrote and starred in the short film Pink.

Buckingham and Shepard went on to co-author a young adult novel, Influence, about the world of social media influencers. [16]

In 2022, Buckingham starred in Meet Cute's series, A Pool For Love. [17] That same year, she appeared as Cassie Traske in Hocus Pocus 2 , a sequel to the 1993 film Hocus Pocus . [18]

Bibliography

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Modern Family Trick or Treater #2Episode: "Open House of Horrors"
2018 Chicken Girls Autumn MillerRecurring role (season 2)
2018–2019 Total Eclipse Recurring role (season 1–3)
DirtMain role
2018Brat ChatHerself6 episodes
2019 Zoe Valentine Autumn MillerMain role (season 2)
2019–2022 Crown Lake Heather Masterson (voice)Main role

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Good Morning AmericaModelShort film
2018VoicesGirl
2019Spring BreakawayAutumn Miller
2020It CountsLaurenShort film
2021PinkElody
2022 Hocus Pocus 2 Cassie Traske

Music videos

SongYearArtistNotes
"Day & Night"2016 Johnny Orlando & Mackenzie Ziegler
"Where Would I Be Without You"2017Kendall Vertes
"Don't Keep Me Guessing"2018 Annie LeBlanc
"Denim Jacket" Emily Skinner
"In Betweenin'”AUSTN
"No Brakes"2019Sophie Michelle
"Something Better"Jillian Shea SpaederDirector
"Alaska"2020Aliyah Moulden

References

  1. ↑ "Quiz: Are You a Lilia Buckingham Superfan?". April 9, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Baum, Gary; Abramovitch, Seth (19 March 2019). "Inside Jane Buckingham's Stunning Fall From Parenting Guru to Alleged College Admissions Cheater". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Laskowski, Amy (11 October 2022). "BU Student Stars in Hocus Pocus 2". BU Today. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Gokpinar, Didem (6 October 2022). "Lilia Buckingham on Hollywood hot takes and industry white lies". The Face. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "About". Lilia Buckingham. May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Garabedian, Oorie. "Lilia Buckingham: A Positive Influence". Bello Magazine. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Tilchen, Jordyn (23 April 2020). "Lilia Buckingham is so much more than an influencer". MTV News. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. ↑ Kratofil, Colleen (2022). "Lilia Buckingham almost walked away from acting before her big break in 'Hocus Pocus 2'". Grazia. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Roth, Seri (25 February 2018). "Lilia Buckingham Is Stepping Up For Positive Social Change". Step up Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ Gissen, Lillie (January 1, 2019). "Lilia Buckingham Dishes On Her 'Dirt' Castmates & What We Can Expect In Season 2". J-14 . Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Lilia Buckingham". Hollywire. August 8, 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Meet The Stars of YouTube's Brat Channel: Lilia Buckingham, Kalani Hilliker, Matthew RC Taylor, and More!". Seventeen . November 27, 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  13. ↑ Stivale, Shelby (November 8, 2018). "Lilia Buckingham and Emily Skinner team up for new song, 'Denim Jacket'". TigerBeat. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  14. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (May 7, 2019). "'Pretty Little Liars' Author Sara Shepard Sets 'Crown Lake' Series At Brat". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  15. ↑ Augustin, Taylor (27 September 2019). "Jillian Shea Spaeder Just Released a New Song and Music Video". Sweety High. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  16. ↑ "Influence by Sara Shepard, Lilia Buckingham: 9780593121535 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  17. ↑ "Meet Cute Announces Summer Rom-Com Slate Featuring Bridgerton's Charithra Chandran and Hocus Pocus 2 Star Lilia Buckingham". PRWeb. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  18. ↑ Romano, Nick (November 1, 2021). "We now know what 'Hocus Pocus 2' is about". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-02.


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