Sara Paxton Biography
Sara Paxton.She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004
Born April 25, 1988.Paxton, an only child, was born in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California to what she has described as "a very mixed family.Her parents are dentists.Her father, Steve, is of Irish, Scottish and English descent, and is distantly related to actor Bill Paxton; her mother, Lucia, was born in Monterrey, Mexico and raised in Ciudad Acuña.Paxton's mother is Jewish and Paxton's father converted to Judaism upon marrying her mother.Paxton speaks some Spanish, although not fluently.During her childhood, Paxton put on shows and wanted to perform, sometimes dressing up in costume and coming to school as a particular character.She grew up in the San Fernando Valley, choosing to attend a public high school instead of accepting home-schooling.Paxton graduated high school in June of 2006.
Paxton has said that singing and acting "went hand in hand" during her early years, though she initially began working as an actress,appearing in musical theater and later in television commercials at a young age. Her first film role was a small part in the 1997 Jim Carrey comedy, Liar Liar.During the late 1990s and early 2000s, she appeared in a number of minor television and film roles, including a part on the soap opera Passions, regular roles on the series Greetings from Tucson and Action, and a guest starring role on the Disney Channel show, Lizzie McGuire starring Hilary Duff playing an ex-president of Lizzie's school. In 2003, Paxton starred in R. L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse, a short 3-D film attraction that still plays at several theme parks across the United States. She also appeared as Lana on CSI: Miami.