AnnaSophia Robb
{{Short description|American actress, model and singer (born 1993)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = AnnaSophia Robb
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| caption = Robb in New York City in 2019
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| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.
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| education = New York University
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|singer}}
| years_active = 2003–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Trevor Paul|September 10, 2022}}
| website = {{URL|annasophiarobb.com}}
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AnnaSophia Robb (born December 8, 1993) is an American actress, model, and singer. She began her career as a child actress making her feature film debut in Because of Winn-Dixie (2005). She then starred in a string of successful films playing notable roles such as Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Leslie Burke in Bridge to Terabithia (2007), and surfer Bethany Hamilton in Soul Surfer (2011). She has also acted in Jumper (2008), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), The Way, Way Back (2013), and Rebel Ridge (2024).
On television, she took the lead role of Carrie Bradshaw on The CW's series The Carrie Diaries (2013–2014). She portrayed Samantha Parkington in the television movie Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004). She has acted in the PBS period series Mercy Street (2016–2017), the Hulu limited series The Act (2019), Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020), and the Peacock drama series Dr. Death (2021).
Early life
Robb was born on December 8, 1993, in Denver, Colorado, the only child of Janet, an interior designer, and David Robb, an architect.{{Cite news|title=Meet AnnaSophia Robb|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 17, 2005|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/794255861.html?dids=794255861:794255861&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+17%2C+2005&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Meet+AnnaSophia+Robb&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104112651/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/794255861.html?dids=794255861:794255861&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+17,+2005&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Meet+AnnaSophia+Robb&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2013|access-date=January 12, 2011}} {{cite news|last=Abromaitis |first=Mark |title=Red carpet at Wind Crest |work=Erickson Tribune |date=September 2009 |url=http://ericksontribune.com/2009/09/red-carpet-at-wind-crest/ |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710201113/http://ericksontribune.com/2009/09/red-carpet-at-wind-crest/ |archive-date=July 10, 2011 }} She was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Anna Sophie, and her paternal grandmother, Anna Marie.{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Michael J.|title=AnnaSophia Robb|publisher=Radio Free Entertainment|date=February 5, 2007|url=http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/annasophia_robb/interview02.shtml|access-date=February 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220093742/http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/annasophia_robb/interview02.shtml|archive-date=February 20, 2007|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Sheila|title=AnnaSophia Robb Interview, Bridge to Terabithia|publisher=Movies Online|date=February 12, 2007|url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_11262.html|access-date=February 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216125627/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_11262.html|archive-date=February 16, 2007|url-status=live}} Robb is of Danish, English, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish descent.{{cite news |title=Hvězda z Karlíka a továrny na čokoládu Robbová: Johnny Depp mě nebavil |first=Tereza |last=Spáčilová |url=http://kultura.idnes.cz/hvezda-z-karlika-a-tovarny-na-cokoladu-robbova-johnny-depp-me-nebavil-1is-/filmvideo.asp?c=A090604_093034_filmvideo_jaz |work=Mladá fronta DNES |date=June 4, 2009 |access-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714000619/http://kultura.idnes.cz/hvezda-z-karlika-a-tovarny-na-cokoladu-robbova-johnny-depp-me-nebavil-1is-/filmvideo.asp?c=A090604_093034_filmvideo_jaz |archive-date=July 14, 2009 |url-status=dead }} She grew up in a devout Christian home and was home-schooled.{{cite web|url=http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2005/becauseofwinndixie2005-interview.html|title=Because of Winn-Dixie INTERVIEW – Christian Spotlight on the Movies|work=christiananswers.net|access-date=May 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906091148/http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2005/becauseofwinndixie2005-interview.html|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=272|title=Interview with AnnaSophia Robb, 11-Year-Old Star of Because of Winn-Dixie ---"I Am a Christian and God really helped me in this film..."|work=Breaking Christian News|access-date=May 19, 2015}} She started taking an interest in acting and began by performing in front of people on her church stage. She competed in dance and gymnastics for four and a half years, but quit to focus on acting. She attended Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado and graduated in 2012.{{cite web|title=Actress tries to live normal life |work=Arapahoe Herald |date=March 13, 2009 |url=http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/schoolid/806/articleid/267893/newspaperid/782/Actress_tries_to_live_normal_life.aspx |access-date=April 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005035029/http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/schoolid/806/articleid/267893/newspaperid/782/Actress_tries_to_live_normal_life.aspx |archive-date=October 5, 2011 }}
Career
File:AnnaSophia Robb (20050209).jpg was highly praised; one critic enjoyed her "engaging" performance", and thought "only the story's vibrant young heroine [...] draws us in enough to care"{{cite web|last= Puig |first= Claudia|title=Bridge to Terabithia holds up well enough|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-02-15-terabithia_x.htm|work=USA Today|date=March 4, 2007|access-date=May 3, 2009}}]]
At age eight, Robb was scouted by an agent, and she and her mother drove to Los Angeles. After several auditions, Robb was invited to appear in a national commercial for Bratz dolls.{{cite web|title=AnnaSophia Robb Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1455681/bio|website=IMDb.com|access-date=December 16, 2014}} After appearing in a commercial for McDonald's, Robb had a small role in "Number One Fan", an episode of the television series Drake & Josh. Her first major role was the title character in the television special Samantha: An American Girl Holiday.
Robb's two big-screen appearances in 2005 were adaptations of popular children's books. She starred as Opal in Because of Winn-Dixie, and as Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The latter was a major box office success worldwide, and helped escalate Robb's popularity among preteen 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.{{cite news|last=Stientjes|first=Tracy|title=Denver Actress Stars in 'Bridge To Terabithia' |website=CBS4Denver.com |date=March 3, 2007 |url=http://cbs4denver.com/local/Colorado.News.Entertainment.2.556919.html |access-date=December 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506170645/http://cbs4denver.com/local/Colorado.News.Entertainment.2.556919.html |archive-date=May 6, 2008 }} The song peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of March 1, 2007, giving Robb her first charting single.{{cite news|last=Hasty|first=Katie|title=Mims' 'This Is Why I'm Hot' at No. 1 on Hot 100|publisher=M&G|date=March 1, 2007|url=http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1271569.php/Mims_This_Is_Why_Im_Hot_at_No._1_on_Hot_100|access-date=March 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305104018/http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1271569.php/Mims_This_Is_Why_Im_Hot_at_No._1_on_Hot_100|archive-date=March 5, 2007|url-status=dead}} 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".
File:AnnaSophia Robb 2013 (cropped).jpg in 2013]]
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."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1722514,00.html |title=Sleepwalking: A Jaunt Down Mangled Main Street |magazine=Time|first=Richard|last=Schickel |date=March 14, 2008 |access-date=March 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318140807/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0%2C8599%2C1722514%2C00.html |archive-date=March 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }} In 2008, she recorded the voice of Mary Magdalene in The Word of Promise: Next Generation – New Testament: Dramatized Audio Bible.{{cite book|title=Word of Promise Next Generation|isbn=1400313279}} She also starred in Race to Witch Mountain (2009).{{cite magazine|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=April 29, 2008|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia9aa6fd4930eb09533b9382d6ea55f30|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Two 'Witch Mountain' vets return: Actors who played kids in original are back for the remake|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502065508/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia9aa6fd4930eb09533b9382d6ea55f30|access-date=April 30, 2008|archive-date=May 2, 2008}} 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.{{cite web|last=Robb|first=AnnaSophia|url=http://www.annasophiarobb.com/index_usa.htm |title=AnnaSophia Robb – The Official Website|publisher=Annasophiarobb.com |date=November 1, 2011 |access-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006014050/http://annasophiarobb.com/index_usa.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2011 }}
In May 2011, Robb was announced to star as Wendy Darling in Pan, but later dropped out of the project.{{cite web|first=Zakia|last=Udin|date=May 11, 2011|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a318882/aaron-eckhart-sean-bean-in-peter-pan-update.html|title=Aaron Eckhart, Sean Bean in 'Peter Pan' update|website=Digital Spy}} It was reported on February 3, 2012, that Robb had landed a role in Life at These Speeds.{{cite web|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|url=https://variety.com/2012/scene/markets-festivals/robb-teegarden-set-for-speeds-1118049685/|title=Duo to play the female leads opposite Douglas Booth|work=Variety|date=February 3, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2013}} Later that month, Robb was cast as the young Carrie Bradshaw in The CW's Sex and the City prequel, The Carrie Diaries,{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cw-carrie-diaries-carrie-bradshaw-annasophia-robb-295487|title=The CW Casts Young Carrie Bradshaw: AnnaSophia Robb|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 27, 2012|access-date=February 28, 2012}} and appeared in the teen comedy, The Way, Way Back.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-way-way-back-1.1509957|title=The Way Way Back|date=August 30, 2013|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=May 17, 2018}}
In October 2013, Robb started filming for A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island, playing the cancer-stricken daughter of lead characters played by Frank Grillo and Minnie Driver; it was released as The Crash in 2017.{{cite magazine |title='The Butler' Producer Sets up Next Pic Starring Frank Grillo and Minnie Driver (Exclusive) |first=Justin |last=Kroll |magazine=Variety |date=October 29, 2013 |url=https://www.variety.com/2013/film/news/frank-grillo-jekyll-island-minnie-driver-1200775773/ |access-date=March 1, 2015}}{{cite web |title=AnnaSophia Robb Joins 'Conspiracy on Jekyll Island'; Mark Henry Joins Blumhouse Thriller 'Incarnate' |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=November 26, 2013 |url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/aaron-eckhart-incarnate-annasophia-robb-conspiracy-on-jekyll-island-643113/ |access-date=May 19, 2015}}
Robb played the role of Alice Green in the PBS Civil War historical drama series Mercy Street from 2016 to 2017.{{cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mercy-street-second-season-pbs-1201726283/|title='Mercy Street' Renewed for Season 2 by PBS|work=Variety|date=March 9, 2016|access-date=March 9, 2016}}
In February 2023, she was attached to the film Thelma, which as of September 2024 has yet to go into production.{{cite magazine |title=AnnaSophia Robb, Star of Netflix's 'Rebel Ridge,' Joins Kathy Bates, John Malkovich in 'Thelma' (Exclusive) |first=Leo |last=Barraclough |magazine=Variety |date=17 February 2023 |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/annasophia-thelma-1235526408/ |access-date=2024-08-11}}
In April 2024, she was attached to Grosse Pointe Garden Society, a new series ordered by NBC;{{cite magazine |first=Joe |last=Otterson |title=AnnaSophia Robb Joins NBC Drama Pilot 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society' |magazine=Variety |date=April 8, 2024 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/annasophia-robb-nbc-pilot-grosse-pointe-garden-society-1235964571/ |access-date=April 9, 2024}} as of July 2024, NBC was unsure if it would produce the series for the 2024–25 television season.{{Cite news |title=Grosse Pointe will be setting for new NBC drama about murder, mischief in garden club |first=Julie |last=Hinds |work=Detroit Free Press |date=2024-07-20 |orig-date=2024-07-18 |url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2024/07/19/nbc-order-series-set-in-detroit-suburb-grosse-pointe-garden-society/74476403007/ |access-date=2024-09-11}} The series finally debuted on NBC in February 2025 and received generally positive reviews from critics.{{cite web | url=https://www.kcra.com/article/entertainment-nbc-grosse-pointe-garden-society-debut/63820804 | title=Digging up drama: NBC's 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society' is ready for debut | date=February 17, 2025 }}
Personal life
Robb enrolled at New York University in 2014{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/annasophia-robb-on-balancing-college-and-acting/|title=AnnaSophia Robb on balancing college and acting|last=Moraski|first=Lauren|date=September 15, 2014|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US|access-date=May 8, 2019}} and graduated in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/annasophia-robb-interview-the-act/|title=AnnaSophia Robb on 'The Act' as Greek Tragedy & Complicated Mother-Daughter Relationships|last=Radish|first=Christina|date=March 28, 2019|website=Collider|language=en-US|access-date=May 8, 2019|quote=I graduated last May from NYU..."}} On September 7, 2021, Robb announced her engagement to her boyfriend Trevor Paul on Instagram.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/annasophia-robb-engaged-to-boyfriend-trevor-paul/|title=AnnaSophia Robb Is Engaged to Boyfriend Trevor Paul: 'Best Friend for Life'|last=Mauch|first=Ally|date=September 7, 2021|website=people.com|access-date=February 8, 2023}} They married a year later, on September 10, 2022, in a three-day celebration within the Catskill and Shawangunk Mountains in New York state.{{cite magazine|last=Taylor|first=Amanda|date=September 12, 2022|title=AnnaSophia Robb Marries Trevor Paul: 'Just the Beginning...'|url=https://people.com/tv/annasophia-robb-marries-trevor-paul/|magazine=People|access-date=February 8, 2023}}{{cite magazine|last=Strohm|first=Emily|date=October 21, 2022|title=Inside AnnaSophia Robb's Mountainside Wedding in Upstate New York: 'I Felt Like Fireworks Were Going Off'|url=https://people.com/tv/inside-annasophia-robb-mountainside-wedding-in-upstate-new-york/|magazine=People|access-date=February 8, 2023}}
Robb was very active and vocal during the 2023 Hollywood Labor Disputes.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv-JAl8No4V/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=www.instagram.com}}
Filmography
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| 2005
|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |Violet Beauregarde |Voice |
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| 2008
|The Word of Promise: Next Generation – New Testament |Voice; Dramatized Audio Bible |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Marcia Hardesty |Voice; 10 episodes (Podcast) |
| Day by Day
| Riley O'Malley | Voice; 2 episodes (Podcast) |
=Music videos=
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| 2007
|AnnaSophia Robb |Herself |
| 2020
|Housewife |
| 2021
|"Shivers" |Sophie |{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrj.fr/artistes/ed-sheeran/actus/ed-sheeran-sort-son-hit-shivers-decouvrez-sa-romance-feerique-avec-annasophia-robb-71355223|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925085712/https://www.nrj.fr/artistes/ed-sheeran/actus/ed-sheeran-sort-son-hit-shivers-decouvrez-sa-romance-feerique-avec-annasophia-robb-71355223|url-status=dead|title=Ed Sheeran sort son hit "Shivers": découvrez sa romance féérique avec AnnaSophia Robb - Actu Ed Sheeran - NRJ.fr|archivedate=September 25, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/musica/ed-sheeran-e-annasophia-robb-sao-namorados-azarados-em-clipe-musical,7daa112abf45e20d4d661cd6695e6124fan5z0ms.html|title = Ed Sheeran e AnnaSophia Robb são namorados azarados em clipe musical}} |
| 2023
|"Guiding Light (Anniversary Edition)" |Grace |
Discography
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| style="text-align:center;"|2007
|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms29.html |title=29th Annual Young Artist Awards |publisher=Youngartistawards.org |access-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706161000/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms29.html |archive-date=July 6, 2008 }} 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.
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| 2004
| rowspan=4|Young Artist Awards |Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Leading Young Actress |Samantha: An American Girl Holiday |{{nom}} | |
| 2006
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress | Because of Winn-Dixie |{{nom}} | |
| rowspan=3|2007
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress | Bridge to Terabithia | {{won}} | |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast
| Bridge to Terabithia | {{won}} | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards
| Bridge to Terabithia |{{nom}} | |
| 2009
| Rising Star Award | {{n/a}} | {{won}} |
| rowspan=2|2013
| The Carrie Diaries | {{nom}} | |
| Young Hollywood Awards
| {{n/a}} | {{won}} | |
References
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