Sara Paxton Biography
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Sara Paxton was born on April 25, 1988
in Woodland Hills, California to Steve and ___ Paxton. She does not
have any brothers or sisters.
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She began her acting career as a very
young child (6 ½), beginning with television commercials for soft
drinks. By 1997, at the tender age of 8, she made her first movie
appearance, although very short, in
Jim Carrey’s movie Liar Liar. Over the next few years,
she received other small roles on the big and small screen. [Fast
fact: She auditioned, and made it to the final cut for the title
role on Lizzie McGuire.]
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In 2000, this young actress began to
receive some acclaim for her acting when she was awarded the Young
Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Young
Performer Age Ten or Under for her performance in an episode of the
television series Working.
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Her first major acting gig came in 2002
in the role of Sarah Tobin in the television series Greetings
from Tuscan, for which she was nominated for the 2003 Young
Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) -
Supporting Young Actress.
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Her acting talents continued to be
recognized and in 2003 she as awarded another Young Artist Award for
her appearance on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young
Actress). She received a second nomination for an appearance on
another episode of CSI, CSI: Miami a year later for
Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress.
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In 2004, she continued to work on
various projects, including a recurring role as Sarah on
Summerland [the girlfriend of Jesse McCartney’s character],
playing the role of Stacie in the movie Sleepover (the cast
was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a
Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast) and she also landed the leading
role of Darcy Fields in the Discovery Kids’ TV series Darcy’s
Wild Life (which also received a Young Artist Award nomination
for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading
Young Actress.). And when she was not busy (laughs), she even had
time to do voice-overs on the cartoon SpongeBob Squarepants.
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She has just finished filming the movie
Aquamarine about two girls (Emma
Roberts and Jojo) who meet a
mermaid named Aquamarine – portrayed by her. The movie is planned
to be released in 2006.
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2006 will also show the diversity of
talent of this young star. She will be releasing a debut album
entitled The Ups and Downs on Epic. However, her song, “Take
A Walk” was already released on the Darcy’s Wild Life
soundtrack to much praise.
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Sara is a “mostly” grade A student and
will graduate from High School in June of 2006. [Fast fact: Her
mother is Mexican and Sara was raised speaking both English and
Spanish]. She plans on going to college afterwards. Se would like
to attend the film school and or study business at USC and possibly
take up producing, maybe even owning a production company of her own
one day.
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She also has a clothing line based on
her Darcy character which features Western fashion wear for
young-teens and pre-teens.
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Favorites: TV show = Smallville,
House; Actresses = Reese Witherspoon, Goldie Hawn; Band = Rolling Stones; actor =
Hayden Christensen; Book (growing
up) = Dr. Seuss books; Cereal =
Captain Crunch; TV channel = Discovery Kids, MTV; car = Maserati
(but she owns a Thunderbird); cartoon = SpongeBob Sqarepanets;
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Hobbies & Interests: Enjoys
going on rides (e.g., roller coasters), surfing; spending time in
Hawaii with her family
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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