Lilla Crawford

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Lilla Crawford
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Crawford at the opening night of the 2022 Broadway revival of Into The Woods
Born2000or2001(age 22–23)
EducationTisch School of the Arts (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Lilla Crawford (born 2000 or 2001) [1] is an American actress best known for portraying the title role in the 2012 Broadway revival of Annie . She made her feature-film debut playing Little Red Riding Hood in the 2014 Disney film adaptation of Into the Woods . Since 2017, Crawford has voiced Sunny in the Nickelodeon series Sunny Day and has starred in the Netflix series The Who Was? Show .

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Career

Crawford began her career at the age of six appearing in commercials, and since then has appeared in several more. She states that she begged her mother to find her an agent because it was her dream to be an animated voice. [2]

She moved from Los Angeles to New York City, where she made her Broadway debut in 2011 as Debbie in the closing cast of the musical Billy Elliot .

After a nationwide search, she won the title role in James Lapine’s 2012 revival of the Tony-winning musical Annie at the age of 11, after having previously been in a community theatre production of the same show, where she played Bert Healy. She competed against over 5,000 other girls auditioning to play Annie over a span of nine months. [3] After her initial audition in New York she had five or six callbacks, the final one with a dozen girls. While performing in Annie, she filmed the Broadway.com video blog "Simply Red" for the show, which earned her a broadway.com title of "most clicked stars of 2013". [4]

She played "The Little Girl" in Ragtime at Avery Fisher Hall, alongside Lea Salonga, Norm Lewis, and many others. Crawford played Little Katie in a workshop production of Home the Musical by Scott Alan in New York City. She also appeared in a workshop of Melissa Arctic. [5]

Crawford played Little Red Riding Hood in the Disney film adaptation of the musical Into the Woods . The film was released on December 25, 2014.

As of 2017, Crawford voices the leading character on the Nickelodeon animated series Sunny Day . [6] She also starred in the Netflix series The Who Was? Show , based on the book series Who Was.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Into the Woods Red Riding Hood Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture
Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film-Supporting Young Actress
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated-Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble
Nominated-Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated-Golden Derby Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2015 Blue Bloods LilyEpisode: "Flags of Our Fathers"
2015 Forever Zoe DornisEpisode: "Punk is Dead"
2016 Little Miss Perfect Olivia
2017 Sunny Day SunnyVoice
2018 The Who Was? Show Various rolesSeries regular
2022 Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin SandyFilming, recurring [7]
2023 Raven's Home Greta GardunkianEpisode: "A.I., A.I., Oh... Snap!"

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  6. "VIDEO: Lilla Crawford, Taylor Louderman Talk New Nick Series SUNNY DAY". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  7. Petski, Denise (November 2, 2021). "'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin' Adds Nine Recurring To Cast Of HBO Max Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 23, 2022.