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What happened to Skyler Samuels? What is she doing now? Wiki

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April 18, 2024

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Who is Skyler Samuels?

Skyler is an American actress, possibly best known to the world as the Frost sisters (Esme, Sophie, and Phoebe) in the TV series “The Gifted” (2017-2019), and as Lillian in the film “Spare room” (2018), among other roles she has had so far in her career.

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What is Skyler Samuels Doing Now?

In 2022, Skyler portrayed Gabby Petito in the television biopic “Gabby Petito Story” which covers Gabby’s tragic end, as she was murdered during her cross-country trip with her fiancé Brian. She is currently working on several projects, including the true-life story about the troubled author John Kennedy Toole, and the problems he encountered trying to get his comic masterpiece “A Confederacy of Dunces” to print, entitled “Butterfly in the Typewriter”. The film will star Cary Elwes, Susan Sarandon, and Diane Kruger.

Furthermore, she’s set to star in the sequel “The Meg 2: The Trench”, scheduled for release later in 2022.

Skyler Samuels Wiki: Age, Childhood, and Education

Skyler Rose Samuels was born on 14 April 1994, in Los Angeles, California, USA, the daughter of Scott Samuels, a US Marshall, and his wife, Kathy, who is a producer of unscripted series. Skyler has four siblings, Cody, Harrison, Jack and Heather Samuels.

She received her elementary education at Campbell High School and would later enroll at Stanford University, from which she obtained a degree in marketing and intellectual property.

Career Beginnings

Skyler started her career with a few minor roles in the Disney shows, such as “Drake & Josh” (2004) and “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” in the following year.

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Two years later, she appeared as Gigi in the TV fantasy comedy series “Wizards of Waverly Place” and reprised the role in 2008.

She was Beth Harding in Nelson McCormick’s crime-thriller drama film “The Stepfather”, which starred Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, and Sela Ward. The film is based on Carolyn Lefcourt’s story, and follows the son of a woman who is in love with another man, who becomes suspicious of the man his mother is dating..

The following year, she appeared in the comedy film “Fury Vengeance”, starring Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields and Ricky Garcia, about real-estate developers who face problems with Oregon wildlife while working on their new housing project.

The same year, she portrayed Andie Bates in the short-lived fantasy drama series “The Gates”, about supernatural creatures, including werewolves, witches, and vampires, dwelling in a gated suburban neighborhood, and its chief of police.

In 2011, Skyler was selected for the titular role in the TV series “The Nine Lives of Chloe King”, a girl with special cat-like powers, but is being hunted by an assassin. The series lasted ten episodes before ABC canceled it.

Rise to Prominence

She improved as an actress as was growing up, which earned her better and more popular roles. In 2014, she featured in the comedy-drama film “Helicopter Mom”, starring Nia Vardalos, Jason Dolley, and Mark Boone Junior, and in the same year, she joined the cast of the TV horror-anthology series “American Horror Story” in its fourth season, entitled “Freak Show”. She portrayed a character named Bonnie Lipton, while the main stars were Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts and Kathy Bates, among many others.

The following year, she was Grace Gardner in 13 episodes of the award-winning horror-comedy series “Scream Queens”, with Emma Roberts, Lea Michele and Abigail Breslin in the lead roles.

Moreover, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy film “The DUFF”, starring Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, and Robbie Amell, about a high school senior girl who tries to revolutionize the standard social pecking order in high school, once she learns that she was labeled ‘DUFF’ – Designated Ugly Fat Friend.

In 2017, Skyler returned to the silver screen with the triple role of the Frost sisters, Esme, Sophie and Phoebe, in the fantasy action series “The Gifted” which follows a story of mutant humans treated with distrust and fear, while an institute for mutants strives to achieve a peaceful co-existence with humanity. The series starred Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, and Sean Teale but was canceled after two seasons.

She was swamped in 2018 as she worked on several projects. Skyler portrayed Kasey in the comedy film “Public Disturbance”, a film inspired by the pranks by the comedy troupe The Janskians. Then, she starred in the drama film “Spare Room”, alongside Martin Sensmeier and Thomas Cocquerel. Moreover, she starred in the romantic comedy film “Sharon 1.2.3”, in which she played Sharon No. 3, a woman with whom a successful businessman falls in love. However, there is one slight problem: he’s living with two gorgeous women, both named Sharon.

The film stars Matt Bush, Erinn Hayes, and Nadine Velasquez, and was written and directed by Mark Brown.

To speak further of her accomplishments, Skyler starred as Casey in the short-lived TV series “Showmance” (2021), and the same year, starred in the film “Switched Before Birth”. Also, she starred with Bella Thorne in Shane Dax Taylor’s horror-thriller film “Masquerade”, about a young girl who struggles to survive after a group of home invaders break in and steal her family’s priceless artwork.

Net Worth

According to reports, Skyler Samuels’ net worth has been estimated at $2 million, as of late 2022.

Personal Life, Dating, Married, Boyfriend, Single

Skyler is very secretive about her personal life. According to reports, she is currently single and focused entirely on her rising career.

However, back in 2011, she started a romance with actor Keegan Allen, but the couple dated for only a few month as they broke up the following year.

Appearance and Vital Statistics

Skyler Samuels has blonde hair and blue eyes. She stands at a height of 5ft 6ins (1.68m), while she weighs approximately 115lbs (53kgs), with vital statistics are 32-23-33, and bra size is 30B.

Hobbies, Interests, and Trivia

Skyler is also a model, and one of her works is a Pizza Hut commercial. Moreover, she’s launched her own application for fashion and advice, through which she advises her clients.

She has been interested in acting since an early age and was just ten years old when she made her acting debut.

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What movies has Leah Jeffries played in? Her Age, Height, Parents

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April 18, 2024

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Who is Leah Jeffries?

American child actress Leah Sava Jeffries was born under the zodiac sign Libra, on 25 September 2009 in Detroit, Michigan USA. She has seven acting credits and is perhaps known best for portraying Norah Samuels in the 2022 action adventure movie “Beast”, directed by Baltasar Kormakur, and which starred Liyabuya Gongo, Martin Munro and Daniel Hadebe. It follows a father and his two daughters as they’re being hunted by a lion – the movie was nominated for two awards.

Leah’s today highly active in the film industry, and is currently shooting for new episodes of the action adventure family series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”.

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Early life and education

Leah and her older brother Floyd Jeffries, who’s today also an actor and model, were raised in Detroit by their father Floyd S. Jeffries Jr. and mother Leah Jeffries; it’s believed that Leah’s parents are both talent agents, but this remains unconfirmed.

She was scouted at a very early age and began working as a model aged four, appearing in a commercial for the beauty brand Carol’s Daughter. Leah was five when cast to appear in her first TV series, playing Lola in six episodes (2015-2016) of the popular musical series “Empire”, which Danny Strong and Lee Daniels created, and which aired from 2015 through 2020. It starred Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett and Taraji P. Henson, and follows a man who has to choose who will inherit his multi-million dollar company; the series won 30 of the 136 awards for which it was nominated.

Leah attended a school in the Novi Community School District; she completed her elementary education in 2023 and then moved to Los Angeles, California to work on her acting career. It’s widely believed that Leah’s today being homeschooled.

Roles in movies

Leah’s film debut was playing Fiona in the 2018 drama “Faith Under Fire”, which Vondie Curtis-Hall directed, and which starred Yaya DaCosta, Trevor Morgan and Toni Braxton. It follows Antoinette Tuff who’s already made a plan to kill herself, while she now has to save her peers at high school from a deranged killer; the film won one of its two award nominations.

In 2019, Leah played Monique in the family drama “PawParazzi”, directed by Ari Novak, and which starred Jay Mohr, Russell Bradley Fenton and Sara Fletcher; it follows the life of a fast rising Hollywood starlet London Bridges.

Leah’s only other film role has been portraying Daisy in the 2022 romantic family comedy “Something from Tiffany’s”, directed by Daryl Wein, and which starred Ray Nicholson, Kendrick Sampson and Zoey Deutch; it follows a woman who’s found someone else’s engagement ring, while it’s now led her to the love of her life.

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Roles in TV series

Leah portrayed Erica, Brandi and Lisa in all 11 episodes of the comedy “Rel”, created by Josh Rabinowitz, Lil Rel Howery and Kevin Barnett, and which starred Jordan L. Jones, Jessica ‘Jess Hilarious’ Moore and Lil Rel Howery. It follows a comedian as he’s trying to ‘fix’ his life now that his marriage has fallen apart, and the series was nominated for two awards.

Leah’s only other TV series role has been playing one of the lead characters Annabeth Chase in three episodes of the 2023 action family adventure “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”, created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Rick Riordan, and which also stars Walker Scobell and Aryan Simhadri. It follows Demigod Percy Jackson as he’s trying to prevent a war between the Olympian gods, and the series has been nominated for two awards.

Other credits

Leah sang the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” in the 2015 episode “The Lyon’s Roar” of the series “Empire”.

The year 2022 saw her make her first talk-show guest appearance in “Today”, and she then went on to appear in “IMDb on the Scene – Interviews”, “IMDb on the Scene” and “Access Hollywood”. Most recently, in 2023, she appeared in an episode of both “Good Morning America Weekend Edition” and “Made in Hollywood”.

Love life and relationships

Leah’s yet to talk about the boys whom she’s perhaps dated and while most of her fans think that the popular actress is still too young for dating, there are also those who claim otherwise.

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Some of Leah’s fans believe that she’s today dating a mysterious actor whom she met on the set of the series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”, as some have claimed to have seen the two spending time together on multiple occasions, however, this hasn’t been confirmed.

Leah seems to be single as of January 2024.

Hobbies and interesting facts

Leah seems to like the attention which she’s receiving from her more than 400,000 Instagram followers; she’s posted more than 900 pictures and videos onto the network, most of these depicting her during her everyday life, whether she’s showing off her afro hair and colorful clothes, spending time with her friends or shooting for her movies and TV series.

Leah’s fallen in love with travelling; her acting career’s already taken her to a couple of US states and European countries; her favorite city to travel to is Miami, Florida.

Leah likes to listen to hip hop music the most, and one of her favorite singers is Nicki Minaj.

She’s highly sociable and has numerous friends, most of whom she’s featured in her Instagram pictures and TikTok videos.

One of Leah’s favorite actresses is Marsai Martin, and a couple of her favorite movies and TV series are “Fantasy Football”, “Black-ish” and “Little”.

Age, height and net worth

Leah’s age is 14. She’s 4ft 8ins (1.42m) tall, weighs around 80lbs (35kgs), and has brown eyes and long black hair.

Leah’s net worth’s already been estimated at over $1.5 million, as of January 2024.

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Where is Miia Harris Today? Her Age, Height, Career, Dating, Bio

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Who is Miia Harris?

American actress and social media personality Miia Harris was born under the zodiac sign Pisces on 8 March 2003, in Los Angeles, California USA. She has just four acting credits and is perhaps known best for portraying the lead character Clawdeen Wolf in the 2023 action fantasy adventure film “Monster High 2”, written and directed by Todd Holland, and which also starred Ceci Balagot and Nayah Damasen. It follows three friends who’ve just started their sophomore year at Monster High.

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Early life and education

Miia and her sister Maison Harris were raised by their father Leaton Harris, and mother whose name remains undisclosed in Los Angeles; it’s believed that Miia’s mother’s a talent agent and her father a businessman but this is yet to be confirmed by Miia. It’s also known that her grandmother’s Finnish, and is today living in Finland.

Miia became interested in acting while attending a local elementary school in Los Angeles and was nine when she appeared in her first school play. Her interest in acting only deepened upon enrolling at high school as she joined its drama club and began appearing in various plays performed at the school; this led to Miia’s parents enrolling her at acting school.

Miia matriculated in 2020 and because she’s yet to talk about her further education, most of her fans believe that she chose acting over enrolling at college.

Acting career

Miia’s TV series debut was playing Aspen in the 2021 episode “Unfiltered” of the fantasy comedy “Just Beyond”, created by Seth Grahame-Smith, and which also starred Mckenna Grace, Cyrus Arnold and Izabela Vidovic. It’s an anthology series based on R. L. Stine’s graphic novels, and it was nominated for a 2022 Writers Guild of America Award for Children’s Episodic, Long Form and Specials.

The year 2022 saw Miia play the main character Clawdeen Wolf in the action adventure fantasy film “Monster High: The Movie”, directed by Todd Holland, and which also starred Ceci Balagot and Nayah Damasen. It follows a half-human half-werewolf girl as she’s hiding her identity at a high school for monsters, and the film won two of the 15 awards for which it was nominated.

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Miia’s only other acting credit has been playing Ilana Winter in the 2022 episode “The App Comes Back” of the family comedy “That Girl Lay Lay”, which stars Esther Mbire, Gabrielle Nevaeh and Alaya High, and was created by David A. Arnold in 2021. It follows Sadie who’s wished for her imaginary friend Lay Lay to come to life, and the series has been nominated for 12 awards.

Other credits

Miia sang various songs in the 2022 movie “Monster High: The Movie”, including “True Monster Heart”, “Coming Out of the Dark” and “No Apologies”.

She also sang several songs in the 2023 movie “Monster High 2”, such as “Monsters Are”, “Not How Our Story Goes” and “My Heart Goes Boom Boom Boom”.

Presence on the internet

Miia’s active on several social media networks and is steadily building a fanbase for herself on the internet.

Over 35,000 people are following her on Instagram and she’s shared nearly 100 pictures and videos, with most of these featuring her attending red carpet events, spending time with her friends, and travelling around the US.

Miia’s only recently created her TikTok account, which is why only a few over 15,000 people are following her on the network, while she’s following back nine; she’s yet to upload any videos.

Miia doesn’t seem to be active on Twitter but is still popular on the network thanks to other users who’ve mentioned her in their tweets, as well as posted pictures and videos of Miia, and all of these together have amassed millions of likes.

Miia has a Facebook profile with 830 friends; it seems that she only allows the people whom she knows in real life to become her friends on Facebook and doesn’t allow interaction with her fans. Her most recent Facebook update was on 11 April 2023, when she uploaded a picture of her and her friends spending time together.

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Love life and relationships

Miia doesn’t shy away from speaking about her love life in public and we know that she’s today in a long-term relationship with American actor Michael Zap.

It remains unknown how and when the two met but it’s widely believed that they met at an audition in 2019. Michael has eight acting credits and is perhaps known best for portraying Mikey in 10 episodes of the 2022 comedy series “Dismissed”, which starred Alona Sa’ar, Noa Astanjelove and Carmel Bin, and was created by Atara Frish and Nir Berger. It follows the life of a female police officer and the series won 19 of its 34 award nominations.

Some believe that Miia and Michael have recently become engaged but this is yet to be addressed by them.

There are no other boys whom Miia’s perhaps dated, that we know about; she’s in a relationship with Michael Zap as of December 2023, doesn’t have children and hasn’t married.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Miia loves summer as she enjoys yachting with her friends, reading a book at the beach and sun tanning.

She’s into cosplaying and has attended a number of cosplay events around the USA.

Miia’s physically active as she does gymnastics nearly every day and also has several training sessions at the gym every week.

She’s passionate about travelling, learning about various cultures and tasting different cuisines, and her favorite city to travel to is Kyoto, Japan as she’s a huge fan of Japanese culture.

Miia likes to spend her spare time riding her bicycle.

One of her favorite actresses is Zoe Saldana, and a couple of Miia’s favorite films are TV series are “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Special Ops: Lioness” and “From Scratch”.