Brighton Rose Sharbino (born August 19, 2002)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lizzie Samuels on the AMC television series The Walking Dead.
Early life
Sharbino is from Flower Mound, Texas.[citation needed] Her siblings Saxon and Sawyer Sharbino also act,[2] and the family moved to Los Angeles when Brighton was nine. She switched to online school to make time for her acting career.[3][4]
In 2014, Sharbino was cast in the fantasy series Once Upon a Time, in which she played the young version of the Snow Queen, Ingrid.[citation needed] About the role she stated "It was very different from shooting The Walking Dead and I loved it ‘cause I got to be a princess. In The Walking Dead they would put dirt on me. They put extensions on me, were fixing my hair, and let me wear a princess dress, it was really fun to do. It was a dream."[7]
In 2017, Sharbino played the role of Tiffany Hart in the film Bitch.[10] That same year, she had a guest role as Mandy Fowler in an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit; and appeared in Growing Up Smith, a coming of age comedy about growing up in small town USA in 1979 in which Sharbino played the role of Amy.[8] The film won numerous best audience awards and jury awards at film festivals, including the Woodstock, Naples, CAAMFest and Prescott festivals.[8]
In 2018, Sharbino acted alongside her older sister Saxon in the film Urban Country; she played the role of Faith, a teenager that moves to a horse ranch to help her ill mother.[11][9]
In 2019, she starred as antagonist Allison Betts in season 1 of the Brat web series Zoe Valentine and appeared in the drama film American Skin. She starred in the 2020 Snap Original series Players.[12]
Personal life
Sharbino plays the piano and took parkour classes with her younger brother.[7]
