Merit Leighton | |
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Years active | 2010–present |
Merit Leighton (born August 17, 2002) is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Frosta in the animated superhero She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as well as playing Hannah in Alexa & Katie .
Janicek was born in Glendale, California on June 17, 2002. [1] She got interested in acting at age five when she realised that her TV wasn't an entrance to another universe. Her mother is a photographer who got a call from a management company who wanted Merit to sign with them. Soon after she signed she got her first audition. [2]
Leighton's first voice acting role was as Lucinda in an episode of Disney Junior's Sofia the First . [3] Her first big role came when she voiced Frosta in the superhero animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. [4]
In 2019 she was cast in her first anime role as Minako in Ride Your Wave . [5] Leighton's biggest role so far has been playing Hannah in the sitcom Alexa & Katie . [6] She has her own YouTube channel where she talks about K-pop, anime, Nintendo video games. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Specifically | Pretty Girl | Short |
2011 | Monster Slayer | Bea | Short |
2013 | The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone | Foster kid | |
2013 | Grooming Giselle | Emma | |
2013 | Dean Slater: Resident Advisor | Meredith Harris | |
2014 | The Tiger's Tail | Doreen Portman | |
2015 | Let Go | Sarah | Short |
2017 | The Nerd Posse | Sailor Greyson | |
2018 | Planeman | Malynada | Short |
2018 | Parker Bubblegum | Malynada | |
2017 | Ride Your Wave | Hinako | |
2020 | The Wave of Perfection | Juniper | Short |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | The New Normal | Large girl | Episode: "Sofa's choice" |
2013 | Sofia the First | Lucinda | Episode: "The Little Witch" |
2015 | Dad Dudes | Olivia | Episode: "Pilot" |
2015 | 40s and Failing | Ally | 4 episodes |
2013-2018 | Sofia the First | Lucinda | 6 episodes |
2019 | Spirit Riding Free | Eliza Moreno | Episode: "Lucky and the Dressage Sabotage" |
2018–2020 | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | Frosta | 20 episodes |
2018-2020 | Alexa & Katie | Hannah | 23 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Legends of Runeterra | Tornado Warrior | |
2021 | Cookie Run: Kingdom | Sugarfly Cookie | |
2024 | Persona 3 Reload | Chidori Yoshino | |
2025 | Mecha Break | S.H.A.D.O.W operating system |