AnnaSophia Robb

**AnnaSophia Robb** (born December 8, 1993) is an American actress and model. The films in which she starred include _Because of Winn-Dixie_ (2005), _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ (2005), _Bridge to Terabithia_ (2007), _Race to Witch Mountain_ (2009), _Soul Surfer_ (2011), and _The Way, Way Back_ (2013). She also played the lead role of Carrie Bradshaw on The CW's series _The Carrie Diaries_ from 2013 to 2014.

## Early life

Robb was born in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Janet, an interior designer, and David Robb, an architect. She was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Anna Sophie, and her paternal grandmother, Anna Marie. Robb is of Danish, English, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish descent. She grew up in a Christian home and was home-schooled. She started taking an interest in acting and began by performing in front of 500 individuals on her church stage. She competed in dance and gymnastics for four and a half years, but quit in order to focus on acting. In 2009, the _Arapahoe Herald_ reported that she was attending Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. She graduated in 2012.

## Career

At age 9, she was scouted by an agent, and she and her mother drove down to Los Angeles. After several auditions, she was given the opportunity to appear in a commercial, advertising Bratz dolls that would be aired nationally. After appearing in a commercial for McDonald's, Robb had a small role in the episode, "Number One Fan" of the television series _Drake & Josh_. Her first major role was the title character in the television special, _Samantha: An American Girl Holiday_. She wore a long brown wig for the role.

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 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 pre-teen audiences.

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. Robb played Leslie Burke in _Bridge to Terabithia_ with Josh Hutcherson, 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 peaked at No. 90 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100 during the week of March 1, 2007, 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_, _Have Dreams, Will Travel_, _Jumper_, and _Spy School_. Despite negative reviews of the film overall, Robb's performance in _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." In 2008, she recorded the voice of Mary Magdalene in _The Word of Promise: Next Generation – New Testament: Dramatized Audio Bible_. She also starred in _Race to Witch Mountain_ (2009). In 2010, she appeared in _The Space Between_. She then starred in _Soul Surfer_, playing Bethany Hamilton, who continued to surf after losing her arm in a shark attack.

In May 2011, Robb was announced to star as Wendy in a new and dark take on the classic story about Peter Pan, tentatively titled, _Pan_, but later dropped out of the project. It was reported on February 3, 2012, that Robb had landed a role in _Life at These Speeds_. Later that month, Robb was cast as Carrie Bradshaw in The CW's _Sex and the City_ prequel, _The Carrie Diaries_, and appeared in the summer comedy, _The Way, Way Back_.

In October 2013, Robb started filming for _Jekyll Island_, starring alongside Frank Grillo, Ed Westwick, Dianna Agron, John Leguizamo, Minnie Driver, and Maggie Q. The film is directed by Aram Rappaport and produced by Hilary Shor, Atit Shah and Aaron Becker. _Jekyll Island_  is set to release in 2017.

Robb played the role of Alice Green in the _PBS_ Civil War historical drama series _Mercy Street_ from 2016 to 2017.

## Personal life

In 2014, Robb was enrolled at New York University.

Robb was one of the demonstrators at the 2017 Women's March held on January 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C..

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2005|_Because of Winn-Dixie_|India "Opal" Buloni|||
|2005|_Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_|Violet Beauregarde|||
|2007|_Bridge to Terabithia_|Leslie Burke|||
|2007|__|Loren McConnell|||
|2007|_Have Dreams, Will Travel_|Cassie "Cass" Kennington|||
|2008|_Jumper_|Young Millie Harris|||
|2008|_Spy School_|Jackie Hoffman|||
|2008|_Sleepwalking_|Tara Reedy|||
|2009|_Race to Witch Mountain_|Sara|||
|2010|__|Samantha "Sam" Jean McClain|||
|2011|_Soul Surfer_|Bethany Hamilton|||
|2013|__|Susanna Thompson|||
|2013|_Khumba_|Tombi|Voice||
|2014|_Funny or Die's Little Mermaid_|Ariel|Short film||
|2016|_Jack of the Red Hearts_|Jacqueline "Jack" Ferguson|||
|2017|_The Crash_|Creason Clifton|||
|2017|_Freak Show_|Blah Blah Blah|||
|2017|_Down a Dark Hall_|Katherine "Kit" Gordy|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2004|_Drake & Josh_|Liza|Episode: "Number One Fan"||
|2004|_Samantha: An American Girl Holiday_|Samantha Parkington|Television film||
|2006|_Danny Phantom_|Danielle "Dani" Fenton|Voice Episode: "Kindred Sprits"||
|2013–2014|__|Carrie Bradshaw|26 episodes||
|2014|_Robot Chicken_|Yasmin / Cleo|Voice Episode: "Catdog on a Stick"||
|2016–2017|_Mercy Street_|Alice Green|12 episodes||

## Soundtrack appearance

|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Year|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Single|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Album|style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|Chart position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|2007|"Keep Your Mind Wide Open"|style="text-align:left;"|_Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia_|style="text-align:center;"|90||

## Awards and nominations

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 April 24, 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.

|Year|Association|Category|Work|Result||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2004|rowspan=4|Young Artist Awards|Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Leading Young Actress|_Samantha: An American Girl Holiday_||
|2006|Best Performance in a Feature Film (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress|_Because of Winn-Dixie_||||
|rowspan=3|2007|Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress|_Bridge to Terabithia_|||
|Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast|_Bridge to Terabithia_|||||
|Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Best Young Actress|_Bridge to Terabithia_||||
|2009|Denver Film Festival|Rising Star Award||||
|rowspan=2|2013|Teen Choice Awards|Breakout Star|_The Carrie Diaries_||
|Young Hollywood Awards|Superstar of Tomorrow|||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: AnnaSophia Robb
- **image**: File:AnnaSophia Robb 2013 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Robb in 2013
- **birth place**: Denver, Colorado, U.S.
- **education**: New York University
- **occupation**: Actress, model
- **years active**: 2004–present