Brighton Sharbino

About

Brighton Sharbino (born August 19, 2002) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lizzie Samuels on the AMC television series The Walking Dead.

Sharbino’s siblings Saxon and Sawyer Sharbino also act, and the family moved to Los Angeles when Brighton was nine. She switched to online school to make time for her acting career.

Sharbino began her career singing on Barney & Friends on PBS. She had other early guest television appearances on series such as Hannah Montana, Prime Suspect, The New Normal and True Detective.
In 2013, Sharbino landed her first major recurring role as Lizzie Samuels in the fourth and fifth seasons of The Walking Dead. She appeared in the film Cheap Thrills and played Young Abby Sciuto in the “Hit and Run” episode of NCIS.
She played the young version of Ingrid in the episode “The Snow Queen” in season 4 of Once Upon a Time. Regarding the role, she stated “It was very different from shooting The Walking Dead and I loved it ‘cause I got to be a princess. In The Walking Dead they would put dirt on me. OUAT put extensions on me, were fixing my hair, and let me wear a princess dress, it was really fun to do. It was a dream…