Sasha Pieterse

Sasha Pieterse (; born February 17, 1996) is a South African-born American actress and singer-songwriter. She landed her first major role at the age of 13 as Alison DiLaurentis on ABC Family's series Pretty Little Liars, becoming the youngest cast member. Upon the success of the series, Pieterse earned a supporting role as Amy Loubalu in the 2011 Disney Channel film Geek Charming. In 2013, she starred in the teen comedy film G.B.F. which became a commercial and critical success.
==Personal life==
Pieterse was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 17, 1996. Moving to the United States in 2001, she was raised in Las Vegas, before moving to Los Angeles. She became accustomed to a career in entertainment at an early age, as her parents were a professional acrobatic dance team who performed internationally. Pieterse was homeschooled and graduated at 14. 
On December 22, 2015, Pieterse became engaged to longterm boyfriend, Hudson Sheaffer. They married in 2018, and share a son together. 
==Career==
===Modeling===
When Pieterse was younger, she was featured on a national billboard for Supercuts, and modeled in the Macy's Passport Fashion Show, performing throughout California. Pieterse was featured on the cover of BELLO magazine "Young Hollywood", December 2014 issue. Pieterse appeared on the cover of the 2015 issue of TeenProm magazine.
===Acting===
At six years old, Pieterse got her start in television, co-starring in 2002 as Buffy on the Warner Bros comedy series Family Affair. She guest starred in an episode of Stargate SG-1 with Amanda Tapping as a little girl named Grace and in 2005, she appeared on an episode of House titled "Autopsy", portraying Andie, a young girl with terminal cancer. That same year, she made her film debut in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D as Marissa, the Ice Princess, and also appeared as Millie Rose for two episodes of the short-lived TNT series Wanted, alongside her former Family Affair co-star, Gary Cole.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289016/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
Pieterse appeared in the 2007 film Good Luck Chuck, playing a young goth girl who places a curse on the titular character.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452625/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast She played the younger version of Sarah Michelle Gellar's character in the 2007 film The Air I Breathe, along with such co-stars as Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, and Emile Hirsch. She also played a leading character in the Hallmark original film Claire, also released in 2007.
In December 2009, Pieterse was cast in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars as Alison DiLaurentis, the former "queen bee" of her high school clique. She has had a regular role in the series since its premiere on June 8, 2010. In June 2014, Pretty Little Liars was renewed for a sixth and seventh season.
Other roles Pieterse has had include a 2009 appearance in Without a Trace, and a recurring role as Amanda Strazzulla, an abandoned daughter, in Heroes. In 2011, she appeared as Amy Loubalu in the Disney Channel Original Movie Geek Charming, and also as a teenage girl in the film X-Men: First Class. More recently, Pieterse has appeared in the film G.B.F. and in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 as a terrorist pupil named Dawn Hatfield. Pieterse played Japonica Fenway, a young lady involved with cocaine, in the film Inherent Vice (2014), based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon.
===Music===
Pieterse describes her music as "country with southern rock". Pieterse was signed to record label Dan Franklin Music. Her debut single "This Country is Bad Ass" was released on April 12, 2013. Pieterse described the patriotism behind the song: “I just love this country so much and I would never have been able to be where I am if I wasn't in America, so we decided to come up with this [track].” Her second single, "R.P.M", was released on June 13, 2013.
Her third single, "I Can't Fix You", was released on July 12, 2013. On December 10, 2013, she released her fourth single "No", an upbeat track about "standing strong in your convictions" and saying no when an unfaithful, lying ex-boyfriend asks for a second chance.
==Filmography==
 Film roles
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2005	 	Marissa Electricidad/Ice Princess	
2007	 	Young Sorrow 	
2007	Good Luck Chuck 	Young Anisha Carpenter 	
2011	X-Men: First Class	Teenage girl 	
2013	G.B.F. 	Fawcett Brooks 	
2014	Inherent Vice 	Japonica Fenway 	87th Academy Awards Nominated Movie
2015	Burning Bodhi 	Aria 	
 Television roles
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2002–03	Family Affair 	Buffy Davis 	Main role; 14 episodes
2004 	Stargate SG-1 	Grace 	Episode: "Grace"
2005 	Wanted 	Millie Rose 	2 episodes
2005 	House 	Andie 	Episode: "Autopsy"
2007 	CSI: Miami 	Beth Buckley 	Episode: "Stand Your Ground"
2007 	Claire 	Maggie Bannion 	Hallmark Channel Original Movie
2009 	Without a Trace 	Daphne Stevens 	Episode: "Wanted"
2009–10	Heroes 	Amanda Strazzulla 	5 episodes
2010–17	Pretty Little Liars	Alison DiLaurentis 	Main role
2011 	Medium 	14-year-old Marie DuBois	Episode: "Me Without You"
2011 	Geek Charming 	Amy Loubalu 	Disney Channel Original Movie
2014 	Hawaii Five-0 	Dawn Hatfield 	Episode: "Pe'epe'e Kanaka"
2016 	Sing It! 	Destiny 	
 Web series roles
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2009	Slow Burn	Amanda Strazzulla	6 episodes
 Music video roles
Year	Title 	Artist 	Role
2013	"Rewind"	Skye Stevens	Love interest of singer
2013	"R.P.M."	Herself 	Lead role
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result
2003	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Family Affair 	
2003	Young Artist Awards 	Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) 	Family Affair 	
2011	ShoWest Awards 	Breakthrough Performer of the Year 	Pretty Little Liars	
2014	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice TV Female Breakout Star 	Pretty Little Liars	
2015	Independent Spirit Awards	Robert Altman Award 	Inherent Vice 	
2015	MTV Fandom Awards 	Ship Of The Year 	Pretty Little Liars	
2015	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice TV: Scene Stealer 	Pretty Little Liars	
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