Sara Paxton

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Sara Paxton (born April 25, 1988)[1][2] is an American actress and singer. She began acting at an early age, appearing in minor roles in both films and television shows before rising to fame in early October 2002. She played Sarah Tobin from Greetings from Tucson (2002–2003), the title role in the television series Darcy's Wild Life (2004–2006) and Sarah Borden in Summerland (2004). Her other films include Aquamarine (2006), Return to Halloweentown (2006), Sydney White (2007), Superhero Movie (2008), The Last House on the Left (2009), The Innkeepers (2011), and The Front Runner (2018).

Early life

Paxton was born on April 25, 1988 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.[3] She is the only child of Lucia (née Menchaca) and Steve Paxton,[4] both of whom are dentists.[5] Her mother, Lucia, was born to a Jewish family in Monterrey, Mexico and grew up in the city of Ciudad Acuña.[6][4][7][8][9] Paxton's father is of English and Scottish descent, and he converted to Judaism upon marrying her mother.[10][11] Paxton did not have a bat mitzvah because of her filming schedule.[11]

She was raised in the San Fernando Valley,[11] and graduated from El Camino Real High School in June 2006.[12] In a 2009 interview with Teen Hollywood, Paxton disclosed that she had been accepted to several colleges, but decided not to attend any schools in favor of pursuing her acting career.[13][14][15][11]

Career

1997–2004: Early roles

Paxton has said that singing and acting performances "went hand in hand" during her early years, though she initially began working as an actress[11] appearing in musical theater and later in television commercials at a young age. Her first film role was a small role in the 1997 comedy film Liar Liar.[11] During the late 1990s and early 2000s, she appeared in a number of television and film roles, including voice roles in 15 episodes of the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, a role on the soap opera Passions, regular roles on the series Greetings from Tucson and Action; and a guest starring role on Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire playing Holly, an ex-president of Lizzie's school.

In 2003, Paxton starred in R. L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse, a short 3D film attraction that still plays at several theme parks across the United States. In the same year, she appeared as Lana Walker on the CSI: Miami season two episode "Death Grip." Paxton's first major role was in the teen film Sleepover, which opened in July 2004 to negative reviews and low box-office revenue.[16][17] During the same summer season, she appeared in several episodes of Summerland, playing Sarah Borden, a mentally troubled teen who experimented with drugs and sex with Jesse McCartney's character.

Paxton was the cast in the lead role of the Discovery Kids television series, Darcy's Wild Life playing Darcy Fields, a girl who works at a rural veterinary; the series was filmed on a farm in Toronto[11] and aired from 2004 to 2006. It often featured Paxton's song, "Take a Walk." She received an Emmy nomination for the role in 2006.

2005–12: Mainstream recognition

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Paxton at the premiere of The Last House on the Left in 2009

In 2005, Paxton spent three months[11] working on the Florida-themed Aquamarine, in which she played the title character as a mermaid, opposite Emma Roberts and JoJo, whom she befriended while filming.[4] Paxton has said that she felt a sense of "female empowerment" while on set because "almost everyone" on set was female.[11] The film opened on March 3, 2006 and grossed approximately $7.5 million in its opening weekend.[18] Reviewers of the film compared Paxton, whose inspiration is Goldie Hawn, to actress Reese Witherspoon, saying that she has an "infectious, nutty energy."[4] Paxton recorded a song for the film's soundtrack titled "Connected," an English version of Mexican group RBD's song "Tenerte y Quererte" from their 2004 album Rebelde. Paxton was signed to a record deal with Epic Records during the time she was cast in Aquamarine.[11] Her debut music CD, The Ups and Downs, featuring the titled single "Here We Go Again," was due for release by Epic at some point "in the future"; as of March 2007, Paxton had not completed work on it, and it was presumably shelved.[11][19]

Paxton hosted "The Secret Life of Water," the first episode of the series Planet H2O, which premiered in April 2006 on public television stations. The following month, shortly after turning 18, she made an appearance on the television series Pepper Dennis, playing a teen actress. Paxton then appeared in Return to Halloweentown (replacing Kimberly J. Brown) in the fourth installment in Disney Channel's Halloweentown series; she dyed her hair brown for the role. The film aired on October 20, 2006.

During the summer and early fall of 2006, Paxton filmed The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker, a Lifetime Television film, on Vancouver Island.[11] In the film, she plays Jessie, a college student who falls victim to binge drinking. Paxton described it as "very different" from her previous roles and has specified that she was looking for a role that would be a "challenge."[13] The film aired in March 2007.[20]

Paxton's next film role was in Sydney White, a college-set comedy starring Amanda Bynes and Matt Long; filming began on February 12, 2007 in Orlando, Florida and the film was released on September 21.[21] She next starred in Superhero Movie, a parody on superhero films which began filming in September 2007 and was released on March 28, 2008. She provided backing vocals on her co-star Drake Bell's theme song for the movie Superhero! Song.[22]

Paxton starred in the remake of The Last House on the Left, playing the lead female character, Mari. The film was released on March 13, 2009.

2013–present: Television roles and film

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Paxton at the Toronto Film Festival premiere of The Front Runner in 2018

Paxton starred in The CW drama series The Beautiful Life alongside Corbin Bleu, Mischa Barton and Elle Macpherson. The show premiered on September 16, 2009, but was cancelled after just two episodes.[23] It aired later online on YouTube. Paxton next co-starred with Scott Eastwood in the thriller Enter Nowhere;[8] she also played one of the lead roles in the Ti West film The Innkeepers.[24]

She starred in the 2011 film Shark Night. She then played Mirabella on the ABC Family movie Lovestruck: The Musical in 2013.[25] In April 2016, it was announced that Paxton had joined the cast of David Lynch's 2017 Twin Peaks revival.[26]

In 2018, she co-starred as Donna Rice opposite Hugh Jackman in Jason Reitman's The Front Runner, a biographical film about politician Gary Hart.[27] In 2018–2019, she played Amber Dooley in the NBC series Good Girls.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Paxton has a supporting role in Andrew Dominik’s Blonde (2022), based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. The film is a fictionalized portrayal of the life and career of actress Marilyn Monroe.[28]

Personal life

In 2013, Paxton met Zach Cregger in Austin, Texas; they married in October 2019.[29]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Liar Liar Child at Party and School
You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Christmas Party Patty Short film
1998 Music from Another Room Young Karen
Soldier Angie
Tunnel Vision Shauna Short film
1999 Durango Kids Hillary
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2003 Haunted Lighthouse Ashley Short film
2004 Sleepover Staci Blake
2006 Aquamarine Aquamarine, Aquamarine's Starfish Earrings
Return to Halloweentown Marnie Piper, young Aggie Cromwell
2007 Sydney White Rachel Witchburn
2008 Superhero Movie Jill Johnson
2009 Script error: No such module "Sort". Mari Collingwood
2011 Script error: No such module "Sort". Claire
Shark Night Sara Palski
Enter Nowhere Jody
2012 Static Rachel
2013 Love & Air Sex Kara
Cheap Thrills Violet
Liars All Katie
2014 Boys of Abu Ghraib Peyton
All Relative Grace
2016 Happily Ever After Sarah Ann
Sundown Lina Hunter
2017 Three Women Kathy Short film
2018 First Date Kathy
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2022 Blonde Miss Flynn
Barbarian Nursing Video Narration / Assistant / Megan Voice

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Small Talk Panelist #1 Recurring role; 10 episodes
1997 NewsRadio Sara Episode: "Office Feud"
1999 Working Amanda Baines Episode: "The Prodigy"
Passions Young Sheridan Episode #1.14
Action Georgia Dragon Guest role; 2 episodes
1999–2017 SpongeBob SquarePants Various roles (voice)[30] Recurring role; 15 episodes
2000 Perfect Game Sydney Television film
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Girl Episode: "The Wailing"
2001 Hounded Tracy Richburg Television film
Lizzie McGuire Holly Episode: "Election"
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jody Bradley Episode: "Burden of Proof"
2002–2003 Greetings from Tucson Sarah Tobin Recurring role; 21 episodes
2003 CSI: Miami Lana Walker Episode: "Death Grip"
2004 Malcolm in the Middle Angela Pozefsky Episode: "Malcolm Dates a Family"
Will & Grace Melanie Episode: "I Never Cheered for My Father"
Summerland Sarah Borden Recurring role; 5 episodes
Quintuplets Chelsea Episode: "Date Night"
2004–2006 Darcy's Wild Life Darcy Fields Main role; 33 episodes
2006 Pepper Dennis April May/Chrissy Tyler Episode: "Celebrity Twin Could Hang: Film at Eleven"
Skater Boys Kayla Gordon Episode: "Sundown"
Return to Halloweentown Marnie Piper/Splendora Agatha Cromwell Television film; replacing Kimberly J. Brown as Marnie Piper
2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". Jessie Brenner Television film
2008 Wizards of Waverly Place Millie Episode: "Credit Check"
2009 Jonas Fiona Skye Episode: "Frantic Romantic"
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2012 Blue Eyed Butcher Susan Wright Television film
2013 Lovestruck: The Musical Mirabella Hutton Television film
Guys with Kids Stacee Episode: "Gary's Idea"
2014 How to Get Away with Murder Natalia "Talia" Lewis Episode: "Let's Get to Scooping"
2015 Stalker Isabelle Martin Episode: "Salvation"
Code Black Sophie Episode: "You Are the Heart"
2016 Heartbeat Lou Panttiere Episode: "The Land of Normal"
Murder in the First Alicia Barnes Recurring role; 10 episodes
2017 This Is Us Kathryn Episode: "Moonshadow"
Twin Peaks Candy Shaker Episode: "Part 4"
Baker Daily: Trump Takedown Sara Television short
Wrecked Sister Grace Episode: "Sister Mercy"
2018 Liberty Crossing Jessica Larson Episode: "Weekend Warriors"
2018–2019 Good Girls Amber Dooley Guest role; 3 episodes
2024 Based on a True Story Paige Recurring role; 4 episodes
NCIS Amber Carnahan Guest star, "Hardboiled"

Video game

Year Title Voice role Notes
1999 Koudelka Charlotte D'lota[30] English dub

Discography

Soundtrack appearances

Source:[31]

Year Song Soundtrack
2005 "Take a Walk" Darcy's Wild Life
"There for You"
"Don't Wanna Be Alone" (with Jesse McCartney) Summerland
2006 "Connected" Aquamarine
"Can You Feel The Love Tonight" Disneymania 4
2008 "I Need a Hero" Superhero! Movie
"Superhero! Song (featuring Sara Paxton)
2012 "Shark Bite Rap" Shark Night 3D
2013 "Me Too (Stripped)" Lovestruck: The Musical
"Like a Virgin"
"How Can I Remember to Forget"
"Me Too (Main Mix)"
"Everlasting Love"

Single Appearances

Source: [32]

Year Song
2005 "Here We Go Again"

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result
2000 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series – Young Performer Age Ten or Under Working Won
2003 Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Supporting Young Actress Greetings from Tucson Nominated
2003 Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Guest Starring Young Actress CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Won
2004 Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress CSI: Miami Nominated
2005 Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress Darcy's Wild Life Nominated
2005 Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast Sleepover Nominated
2006 Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) Darcy's Wild Life Nominated
2006 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series Nominated
2007 Young Artist Awards Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) Nominated
2007 Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress Aquamarine Nominated
2012 Fright Meter Awards Best Actress The Innkeepers Nominated

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