Amanda Leighton

Amanda Leighton is an American actress and voice actress best known for her role as Blossom in the reboot of the animated super-hero series The Powerpuff Girls.

Biography
Leighton was born on June 7, 1993, in Fresno, California. Little is known about her past, including the names of her parents and why she wanted to be an actress. What is known is that she graduated from Clovis West High School, she took acting classes and went to auditions when she was first 12, and she has 11 years of dance experience. Leighton's career began in 2005, when she had an uncredited appearance as a Singing Cactus Kid in the hit drama series Six Feet Under. Leighton earned her first major recurring role in 2012, when she was cast as gymnast Wendy Capshaw in the family comedy-drama series Make It or Break It. Since then, she's appeared in TV shows and movies such as This Is Us, The Fosters, The Cheerleader Murders, Lego Dimensions, Rosewood, World of Final Fantasy, Grey's Anatomy, House, and Criminal Minds.

On Criminal Minds
Leighton portrayed Trish Leake, a teenager that died after being encouraged to choke herself from the creator of an online game, in the Season Five episode Risky Business.

Filmography

 * This Is Us - 2 episodes (2017) - 15 Year Old Sophie
 * The Powerpuff Girls: I'll Be Bake (2017) - Blossom (voice)
 * The Powerpuff Girls - 60 episodes (2016-2017) - Blossom/Additional Voices (voice)
 * The Fosters - 52 episodes (2014-2017) - Emma Kurtzman
 * The Powerpuff Girls: Who's Got the Power? (2017) - Blossom (voice)
 * Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything - 2 episodes (2015-2017) - Emma
 * World of Final Fantasy (2016) - Reynn (English version, voice)
 * Rosewood - 2 episodes (2016) - Sophie Hornstock
 * Teen Titans Go! (2016) - Blossom (voice)
 * Ping pong Z (2016) - Blossom (voice)
 * The Cheerleader Murders (2016) - Dee
 * The Powerpuff Girls: RUN, BLOSSOM, RUN (2016) - Blossom (voice)
 * The Powerpuff Girls: Bubble's beauty blog, but on video (2016) - Blossom (voice)
 * The Powerpuff Girls: Air Buttercup (2016) - Blossom (voice)
 * Lego Dimensions (2015) - Blossom (voice, uncredited)
 * Stolen (2015) - Maggie
 * The Better Half (2015) - Emily Ryan
 * Bones (2014) - Shawna
 * Home & Family (2014) - Guest
 * The Young and the Restless - 6 episodes (2013-2014) - Raven
 * Sketchy (2013) - White Girl
 * Filthy (2013) - Whitney
 * Austin & Ally (2013) - Bonnie
 * Kickin' It (2013) - Erica Straffman
 * 90210 - 3 episodes (2011-2012) - Alex Scarborough
 * Divorce Invitation (2012) - Young Alex Roverson
 * Make It or Break It - 7 episodes (2012) - Wendy Capshaw
 * Pretty Little Liars - 2 episodes (2011) - Danielle
 * House (2011) - Young Elena
 * Grey's Anatomy (2011) - Sarah Cassidy
 * Criminal Minds - Risky Business (2010) TV episode - Trish Leake
 * Six Feet Under (2005) - Singing Cactus kid (uncredited)

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