Amanda Leighton facts for kids
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Amanda Leighton
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Amanda Moreno Leighton
June 7, 1993 Fresno, California, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
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Sage Northcutt (m. 2020)
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Amanda Moreno Leighton (born June 7, 1993) is an American actress. She is famous for her voice roles in popular animated shows. You might know her as Blossom from The Powerpuff Girls. She also voiced Poppy in Trolls: The Beat Goes On!. Another well-known voice role is Polly Plantar in Amphibia. Amanda also acted in live-action TV shows, like Emma in The Fosters.
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About Amanda Leighton
Amanda grew up in Fresno, California. She went to Clovis West High School. On December 5, 2020, she married Sage Northcutt. He is a professional mixed martial artist.
Amanda's Acting Journey
Amanda started acting when she was just 10 years old. She found her first agent at age 12. This was when she began taking acting classes. She also started going to auditions in Los Angeles.
She has 11 years of dance experience too. She used her dance skills in the TV show Make It or Break It. In this show, she played a gymnast named Wendy Capshaw.
Voice Acting Roles
In June 2015, Amanda was chosen to voice Blossom. This was for the new The Powerpuff Girls series. The show aired from 2016 to 2019.
She also voiced Poppy in Trolls: The Beat Goes On!. This animated series was on Netflix from 2018 to 2019. From 2019 to 2022, she voiced Polly Plantar. Polly is a pollywog character in the Disney Channel show Amphibia. She continued voicing Poppy in Trolls: TrollsTopia (2020-2022). More recently, she voiced characters in Solar Opposites (2020-present) and Kristine Sanchez in Hailey's On It! (2023-2024).
Live-Action TV Shows
Amanda has appeared in many other TV shows. She played Danielle in Pretty Little Liars. In Grey's Anatomy, she was Sarah Cassidy, a patient. She also appeared in 90210 as Alex Scarborough. In Criminal Minds, she played Trish Leake. She was a singing Cactus Kid in Six Feet Under.
From 2014 to 2018, she had a regular role as Emma Kurtzman. This was in the drama series The Fosters. She also appeared as young Sophie Inman in This Is Us from 2017 to 2022. In 2023, she was Kyra Cook in The Rookie.
Movies and Video Games
Amanda has also acted in films. She costarred in the 2020 drama movie Chance. In 2023, she was Selena in the film Camp Hideout.
She has lent her voice to video games too. She voiced Reynn in World of Final Fantasy (2016). In 2017, she voiced Blossom again for Lego Dimensions. She also voiced multiple characters in Epic Seven (2018).
