Liana Liberato

Liana Daine Liberato (born August 20, 1995) is an American actress. She played the younger version of the female lead in the 2014 film The Best of Me and starred in the drama films The Last Sin Eater (2007) and Trust (2010), the thriller films Trespass (2011) and Erased (2012), and the horrors Haunt (2013) and The Beach House (2019). In 2017, she was part of the ensemble cast of the drama Novitiate and in 2018 she starred in the comedy Banana Split.
From 2018 to 2019, Liberato starred in the leading role on the Hulu thriller series Light as a Feather as McKenna Brady, for which she received two nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series (2019) and Outstanding Principal Performance in a Daytime Program (2020). In 2023, she would appear in Scream VI and the Peacock comedy thriller series Based on a True Story. 
==Early life==
Liberato was born on August 20, 1995. She is from Galveston, Texas. 
==Career==
In 2005, Liberato made her acting debut in the television series Cold Case and has appeared on Sons of Anarchy, CSI: Miami. She also made an appearance in the music video for Miley Cyrus's song, "7 Things". The following year she appeared in the fourth season of House, and was featured in the June issue of The New York Times Magazine. In 2007, Liberato obtained the leading role in the 20th Century Fox adventure film The Last Sin Eater.
2010 found Liberato starring in the film Trust. Her performance, praised by Roger Ebert in his review of the film, won her the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival. In June, she was cast in the film Trespass. She played Kim in If I Stay and the younger version of the female lead in the 2014 film The Best of Me. In 2014, Liberato was named one of the best actors under the age of 20 by IndieWire. 
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2007	 	Cadi Forbes 	
2007	Safe Harbour 	Philippa "Pip" MacKenzie	
2010	Trust 	Annie Cameron 	
2011	Trespass 	Avery Miller 	
2012	Erased 	Amy Logan 	
2012	Stuck in Love 	Kate 	
2013	Jake Squared 	Young Joanne 	
2013	Free Ride 	MJ 	
2013	Haunt 	Samantha Richards 	
2014	If I Stay 	Kim Schein 	
2014	The Best of Me 	Young Amanda Collier 	
2016	Dear Eleanor 	Ellie Potter 	
2017	Novitiate 	Sister Emily 	
2017	To the Bone 	Kelly 	
2017	1 Mile to You 	Henny 	
2017	Isabel 	Isabel 	Short film
2017	Nobody Knows 	Cheyenne Bridell 	Short film
2018	Measure of a Man	Michelle Marks 	
2018	Banana Split 	Clara 	
2019	To the Stars 	Maggie Richmond 	
2019	The Beach House 	Emily 	
2022	Dig 	Lola 	
2023	Scream VI 	Quinn Bailey 	
2023	Totally Killer 	Tiffany Clark 	
2023	Hidden Exposure 	Sabina 	
TBA 	Hush, Hush 	Nora Grey 	Pre-production
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2005 	 	Dina Presley 	Episode: "Little Girl Lost"
2005 	Cold Case 	Charlotte Jones (1963) 	Episode: "Strange Fruit"
2005 	CSI: Miami 	Amy Manning 	Episode: "Recoil"
2008 	House 	Jane 	Episode: "It's a Wonderful Lie"
2008–2009	Sons of Anarchy 	Tristen Oswald 	Episodes: "Fun Town", "Gilead"
2012 	Paradise Drive 	Liana 	Episode: "Our Own Daisy Duke"
2018–2019	Light as a Feather 	McKenna Brady / Jennifer Brady	Main role (as McKenna); recurring role (as Jennifer)
2022 	A Million Little Things	Kai 	Episodes: "Slipping", "Out of Hiding"
2023 	Based on a True Story 	Tory Thompson 	
===Web===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2020	Day by Day	Hannah (voice)	Podcast series; episode: "Destiny Cinema 2"
===Music videos===
Year	Title 	Artist(s)
2008	"7 Things" 	Miley Cyrus
2011	"Maybe" 	Nat & Alex Wolff
2018	"Stranger Things"	Kygo ft. OneRepublic
 
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result	Refs
2011	Silver Hugo Award 	Best Actress 	Trust 	 	
2011	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Performer 	Trust 	 	
2011	Women Film Critics Circle 	Best Young Actress 	Trust 	 	
2019	Daytime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Light as a Feather	 	
2020	Daytime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Principal Performance in a Daytime Program 	Light as a Feather	 	
 
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Category:1995 births
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Texas
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Living people
Category:Actors from Galveston, Texas
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)