Sara Paxton
Biography
Sara Paxton is an American actress and singer who began in musical theater and television commercials before taking minor film and television roles. Born in Woodland Hills and raised in the San Fernando Valley, she appeared in early shows such as Greetings from Tucson and Summerland and voiced characters on SpongeBob SquarePants. Her first major film role came in the teen comedy Sleepover (2004). She earned an Emmy nomination for the Discovery Kids series Darcy's Wild Life, then starred in Aquamarine (2006), Return to Halloweentown (2006), Sydney White (2007), Superhero Movie (2008), and the remake The Last House on the Left (2009). Later credits include The Innkeepers (2011), the 2011 film Shark Night, Enter Nowhere, Lovestruck: The Musical, The Front Runner (2018), and Blonde (2022). She also voiced roles in Barbarian (2022) and had a voice role in Resident Evil (2026).
38years old
Turns 39 on April 25in 195 days
- Born Woodland Hills
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 28 years1998 to 2026
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First role
Paxton's first film role was a small part in the 1997 comedy Liar Liar, which came after she had already worked in musical theater and television commercials as a child.
Beyond film
While cast in Aquamarine, Paxton landed a deal with Epic Records. As of March 2007, work on her debut CD The Ups and Downs, which featured the titled single "Here We Go Again," was unfinished, and it was presumably shelved.
Sara Paxton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Zach Cregger directed two of these films, Joe Nussbaum two. Zach Cregger appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Zach Cregger's page
Connie Nielsen's page
Pat Healy's page
Drake Bell's page
Micaela Nelligan's page
All films by Joe Nussbaum
Box office
What Sara Paxton's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$377 million
11 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$123M32.7% of the total
- 2$72M19.0% of the total
- 3$45M12.0% of the total
- 4$41M11.0% of the total
- 5$33M8.7% of the total
- 6$23M6.1% of the total
- 7$15M3.9% of the total
- 8$14M3.6% of the total
$11.4 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total