American actor Liana Liberato is best known for playing the lead in the movies Trust and The Last Sin Eater. Liana, who was born and reared in Texas, started acting when she was very young. She began performing in theater shows by the time she was 3 years old. At the tender age of nine, she made her on-screen debut in 2005 with a minor role in the television series “The Inside.” Since then, she has frequently made TV and cinema appearances. She appeared in shows like “Cold Case,” “CSI: Miami,” “House,” and “Sons of Anarchy” after making her television debut. She played modest roles in early movies like “The Last Sin Eater,” “Trust,” “Erased,” and “Stuck in Love.” She was mainly given bit parts as a youngster or teenager because she had started acting at a young age. She received very positive reviews for the 2010 movie “Trust,” which led to her winning the “Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress” at the “Chicago International Film Festival.” In 2018, she was offered the lead part in the upcoming Hulu web series “Light as a Feather.”
Early Childhood & Life
George and Rhondelle Liberato welcomed Liana into the world in Galveston, Texas, on August 20, 1995.
She was drawn to the performing arts at a young age. When she was just three years old, she began acting. She continued to refine her theater abilities throughout the ensuing few years. She initially had little interest in going into the field as a career. She participated in softball and soccer as well, but at the end of the day, she was always in theatrical classes.
The family traveled to Los Angeles to meet one of her distant relatives. Liana, who was 9 years old at the time, was already determined to pursue a career as an actor. Liana decided to take an acting lesson while on the trip. Soon after, a Hollywood agent came to her class to look for young performers and interviewed a few of the pupils. One of the students chosen was Liana.
The next day she received a call inviting her to an audition. The “Alice in Wonderland” scene was performed during the audition. The agency praised her performance and gave her a contract. She made her acting debut in one episode of the television series “The Inside” when she was only 9 years old.
Career of Liana Liberato
Liana started receiving more offers as a result of her appearance on “The Inside.” She made an appearance in the “Cold Case” episode “Strange Fruit.” It was her first time acting in public.
She added a guest appearance to the wildly successful crime thriller “CSI: Miami” in 2005, strengthening her résumé. She made her cinematic debut two years later with a lead role in “The Last Sin Eater.” The movie, which was based on the same-named book, received unfavorable reviews from critics. Nevertheless, critics hailed movie as a big office hit.
In the same year, she had an appearance in the movie “Safe Harbour,” in which she once more played a significant role. After losing her father and sibling in an accident, her character in the movie, “Pip Mackenzie,” was portrayed as a little girl attempting to make friends with a lonely artist. The movie received conflicting reviews when it debuted and had a low box office result.
Her biggest professional breakthrough occurred in 2010. She received an opportunity for a prominent part in the David Schwimmer-helmed movie Trust. In the movie, Liana played a teenage girl who attempted to become friends with a stranger on social media but ended up being sexually assaulted. Her portrayal of the lonely adolescent girl “Annie Cameron” garnered praise, and the movie was a huge box office hit. It had its world premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival, where the actress won the Silver Hugo Award.
Roger Ebert, a renowned critic of movies, also praised her. Because of the success of “Trust,” she was given a significant part in the 2011 movie “Trespass,” playing the teenage daughter of the principal actors, Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman. Trespass was a significant critical and financial failure.
Liana was hired in 2012 to portray the lead in the movie “Erased.” She played the teenage daughter of the main character in the movie. Her following movie, “Stuck in Love,” also had a mediocre box office performance.
She launched in 2013 with the comedic dramas “Jake Squared” and “Free Ride.” With the release of the movie “Haunt” in the same year, she made her debut in the horror subgenre. Both viewers and critics liked the straight-to-video movie, and they praised Liana’s portrayal of “Samantha Richards.”
Liana played a significant supporting part in the romance drama “If I Stay” in 2014. Even though the movie received poor reviews, it nonetheless did well at the box office. She later made an appearance in “The Best of Me,” another love drama that received poor reviews. Nevertheless, the movie ended up being a financial success.
After receiving consistent praise for her performances from critics, Liana was named one of the best performers under the age of 20 by “IndieWire” in 2014. After that, Liana had a two-year hiatus until making an appearance in the 2016 movie “Dear Eleanor.” In the movie, Liana portrayed the title character, “Ellie Potter,” and it was made by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production firm.
In 2017, she had five significant cinematic appearances. The drama “Novitiate,” a time-travel movie set in the 1960s, was her first release of 2017. In the movie, Liana played a young nun. Her performance gained much praise from critics after it made its debut at the “Sundance Film Festival.”
Later, she appeared in the drama movie “To the Bone” as a supporting character opposite Keanu Reeves. After a respectable theatrical run, the movie got favorable reviews and made its Netflix debut. ‘1 Mile to You,’ a poorly received sports drama, was her final full-length film of the year. “Isabel” and “Nobody Knows,” two critically acclaimed short films by Liana, helped the year come to a close.
Liana will play the major role in the drama “Measure of a Man” in 2018. She is getting ready to take the lead part in the soon-to-be-released web series “Light as a Feather” on “Hulu.”
‘7 Things,’ ‘Maybe,’ and ‘Stranger Things’ are among the tracks for which Liana has appeared in music videos.
Individual Life of Liana Liberato
Thomas O’Brien, also known as “Tommy,” is a YouTube personality who has been dating Liana Liberato since 2015. The couple is not afraid to publicly declare their love for one another on social media.
Since her early adolescence, Liana Liberato has struggled with issues of self-consciousness about her appearance. She thought she was too small and had pimples on her face to be considered attractive.
Estimated net worth
The estimated net worth of Liana Liberato is about $1 million.