Category: Actress

Born: December 8, 1993

Location: Denver, Colorado, USA

Astrological Sign: Sagittarius

Zodiac Year: Rooster

Age: 16

Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)

Grade Level: 11th (2010-2011)

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Blue-Green

Filmography:
Soul Surfer (2011) .... Bethany Hamilton
The Space Between (2010) .... Sam
"Leo Little's Big Show" .... Guest - Herself (2 episodes, 2009)
Race to Witch Mountain (2009) .... Sara
Jumper (2008) .... Young Millie
Sleepwalking (2008) .... Tara
Spy School (2008) .... Jackie Hoffman
Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007) .... Cassie Kennington
The Reaping (2007) .... Loren McConnell
Bridge to Terabithia (2007) .... Leslie Burke
"Danny Phantom" - Kindred Spirits (2006) TV Episode (voice) .... Danielle Fenton
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) .... Violet Beauregarde
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) .... Opal
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004) (TV) .... Samantha
"Drake & Josh" - Number One Fan (2004) TV Episode .... Liza

Biography:
AnnaSophia Robb (born December 8, 1993) is an American film and television actress, and singer. She gained prominence in 2005 with starring roles in Because of Winn-Dixie and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and subsequently starred in the 2007 film Bridge to Terabithia and the 2009 film Race to Witch Mountain.
Robb was born in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of David and Janet Robb. She was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Anna Sophie, and her paternal grandmother, Anna Marie. She enjoys singing, snowboarding, rafting, Irish dancing, and reading, particularly the Harry Potter series and historical fiction.
Robb competed in dance and gymnastics for four and a half years, but quit in order to focus on acting. She attends a public high school in Centennial, Colorado, and she plans to attend college afterwards. Robb is a Christian.
Robb has said that she is of English, Scottish, Danish, Swedish and Irish descent.
After starring in a commercial for McDonald's, Robb made her acting debut in 2004; she had a small role in the episode "Number One Fan" of the television series Drake & Josh (her character informs Josh that the group only joined the Campfire Kids so they could hang out with their friends and eat free food). Her first major role was as the title character in the television special Samantha: An American Girl Holiday. Her hair was dyed dark brown for the part.
Robb's two big-screen appearances in 2005 were both adaptations of popular children's books. She starred as Opal in Because of Winn-Dixie and as the competitive and rude gum-chewer Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The latter was a major box office success worldwide, and helped escalate Robb's popularity among preteen audiences. She became friends with many of her co-stars, including Julia Winter and Missi Pyle (who played her on-screen mother, Scarlett), and enjoyed working with Johnny Depp. She requested that the scene of Violet hugging Wonka in the factory's entrance hall be included in the film.
In 2005, Robb was the face of Trad Clothing, helping to design and model a fashion line for girls. In 2006, she had a guest role on the cartoon show Danny Phantom as the voice of Danielle "Dani" Fenton but was replaced.
Robb played Leslie Burke in Bridge to Terabithia, which opened in U.S. theaters on February 16, 2007. She recorded a song for the soundtrack titled "Keep Your Mind Wide Open", and the accompanying video received rotation on the Disney Channel. The song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 at #90 during the week of March 1, giving Robb her first charting single. Robb was a fan of the book before being cast in the role, saying that it "touched me in a way I hadn’t been touched by a book before."
Robb went on to appear in The Reaping, along with Spy School, Jumper (in which she played the younger version of Rachel Bilson's character Millie) and the drama Have Dreams, Will Travel. Robb's performance in the film Sleepwalking garnered praise; Time film critic Richard Schickel said, "There is a wonderful range to Robb's work...this is extraordinarily mature acting from someone this young and she wins our sympathy without once begging for it." Robb starred alongside Dwayne Johnson in Race to Witch Mountain, which was released in March 2009. She is also set to star in Garry Marshall's Dear Eleanor with Abigail Breslin and Spencer Breslin, and will voice Periwinkle in TinkerBell: A Winter Story in 2011.
Earlier in 2010, she filmed The Space Between with Academy Award-nominated actress Melissa Leo. She also recently finished filming Soul Surfer in the role of Bethany Hamilton, who continued to surf after losing her arm in a shark attack.
On March 30, 2008, Robb won her first career award when she was named "Leading Young Actress" at the Young Artist Awards for her role in Bridge To Terabithia. The film itself won a Young Cast award. On 24 April 2009, she received the Horizon Award at the 14th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival. She was awarded the Rising Star Award at the Denver Film Festival on November 12, 2009.

Trivia:
Insists that she is called by her full name, AnnaSophia.
Annasophia's mother quit her job to look after her.
Goes to a Christian school in Denver, Colorado!
Says she loved the dogs from Because of Winn-Dixie (2005).
Has a dog named Bella, who is a cross between a Maltese and a poodle.
Is friends with actress Taylor Dooley.
Beat out her friend Taylor Dooley to two parts - her guest appearance on "Drake and Josh" (2004) and her role in _Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004) (TV). Enjoys dancing, rafting, reading (her favorite book genres are fantasy and historical fiction), singing and, snowboarding.
Auditioned for the female lead role of Rosemary in Little Manhattan (2005), but lost the part to actress Charlie Ray.
Is a fan of the The Black Eyed Peas. Some of her favorite songs by them are: Hey Mama, My Humps, Pump It, and Where is the Love?.
Was originally cast in the film The Ultimate Gift (2006).
Studies French.
Favourite films are The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Interpreter (2005), Napoleon Dynamite (2004) and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Best friends with actor Josh Hutcherson.
Was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Anna Sophie, and her paternal grandmother, Anna Marie.
Her single "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" was number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of March 1, 2007, being her first song to chart.
In 2005 she was the face of Trad Clothing, helping to design and model a fashion line for girls.
Has ten cousins; eight girls and two boys.
Her favorite clothing stores are Jigsaw London, TRAD (for which she has modeled) and Abercrombie.
Beat out her friend Taylor Dooley for two parts - her guest appearance on "Drake & Josh" (2004) and her role in Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004) (TV).
Prefers "AnnaSophia" pronounced as "Ah-na" Sophia instead of "Ann-na" Sophia.
She had to wear a long brunette wig in her role as Samantha Parkington. In reality, she is a blonde.

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Page Last Updated: 14 June 2010