Early life

Robb was born in Denver, Colorado, to Janet, an interior designer, and David Robb, an architect. She was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Anna Sophie, and her paternal grandmother, Anna Marie. She is of Danish, English, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish descent. She grew up in a Christian home and was home-schooled. She started taking an interest in acting and began by performing in front of 500 individuals on her church stage. She competed in dance and gymnastics for four and a half years, but quit in order to focus on acting. In 2009, the Arapahoe Herald reported that she was attending Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. She graduated in 2012.

Career

At age 9, she was scouted by an agent, and she and her mom drove down to Los Angeles. After several auditions, she was given the opportunity to appear in a commercial, advertising Bratz dolls that would be aired nationally. After appearing in a commercial for McDonald's, Robb had a small role in the episode, "Number One Fan" of the television series Drake & Josh. Her first major role was the title character in the television special, Samantha: An American Girl Holiday. She wore a long brown wig for the role.

Robb's two big-screen appearances in 2005 were both adaptations of popular children's books. She starred as Opal in Because of Winn-Dixie and as the competitive and rude Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The latter was a major box office success worldwide, and helped escalate Robb's popularity among pre-teen audiences.

In 2005, Robb was the face of Trad Clothing, helping to design and model a fashion line for girls. In 2006, she had a guest role on the cartoon show, Danny Phantom as the voice of Danielle "Dani" Fenton. Robb played Leslie Burke in Bridge to Terabithia with Josh Hutcherson, which opened in U.S. theaters on February 16, 2007. She recorded a song for the soundtrack titled, "Keep Your Mind Wide Open", and the accompanying video received rotation on the Disney Channel. The song peaked at No. 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of March 1, 2007, giving Robb her first charting single. Robb was a fan of the book before being cast in the role, saying that it "touched me in a way I hadn't been touched by a book before".

Robb went on to appear in The Reaping, Have Dreams, Will Travel, Jumper, and Spy School. Despite negative reviews of the film overall, Robb's performance in Sleepwalking garnered praise. Time film critic Richard Schickel said: "There is a wonderful range to Robb's work...this is extraordinarily mature acting from someone this young and she wins our sympathy without once begging for it." In 2008, she recorded the voice of Mary Magdalene in The Word of Promise: Next Generation - New Testament: Dramatized Audio Bible. She also starred in Race to Witch Mountain (2009). In 2010, she appeared in The Space Between. She then starred in Soul Surfer, playing Bethany Hamilton, who continued to surf after losing her arm in a shark attack.

In May 2011, Robb was announced to star as Wendy in a new and dark take on the classic story about Peter Pan, tentatively titled, Pan. As of 2015, the film is in production without Robb. It was reported on February 3, 2012, that Robb had landed a role in Life at These Speeds. Later that month, Robb was cast as Carrie Bradshaw in The CW's Sex and the City prequel, The Carrie Diaries, and appeared in the summer comedy, The Way, Way Back.

In October 2013, Robb started filming for Jekyll Island, starring alongside Frank Grillo, Ed Westwick, Dianna Agron, John Leguizamo, Minnie Driver, and Maggie Q. The film is directed by Aram Rappaport and produced by Hilary Shor, Atit Shah and Aaron Becker. Jekyll Island is set to release in 2016.

Robb is currently appearing in the PBS Civil War historical drama series Mercy Street.

Personal life

In 2014, Robb was enrolled at New York University. Robb, a Christian, attends Hillsong Church NYC. In December 2013, she appeared on Katie in support of the church and its pastor.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Because of Winn-Dixie	India "Opal" Buloni
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Violet Beauregarde
2007	Bridge to Terabithia	Leslie Burke
2007	Reaping, TheThe Reaping	Loren McConnell
2007	Have Dreams, Will Travel	Cassie Kennington
2008	Jumper	Young Millie Harris
2008	Spy School	Jackie Hoffman
2008	Sleepwalking	Tara Reedy
2009	Race to Witch Mountain	Sara
2010	Space Between, TheThe Space Between	Samantha "Sam" Jean McClain
2011	Soul Surfer	Bethany Hamilton
2013	Way, Way Back, TheThe Way, Way Back	Susanna Thompson
2013	Khumba	Tombi	Voice role
2014	Funny or Die's Little Mermaid	Ariel
2016	Jack of the Red Hearts	Jack
2016	Jekyll Island	Creason Clifton	In post-production
2016	Freak Show	Blah Blah Blah	In post-production
2017	MonuMental	Steph	In pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Samantha: An American Girl Holiday	Samantha Parkington	Television film
2004	Drake & Josh	Liza	Episode: "Number One Fan"
2006	Danny Phantom	Danielle Dani Fenton	Voice role; episode: "Kindred Sprits"
2013-14	Carrie Diaries, TheThe Carrie Diaries	Carrie Bradshaw	Lead role, 26 episodes
2014	Robot Chicken	Yasmin (voice)	Episode: "Catdog on a Stick"
2016-present	Mercy Street	Alice Green	Main role

Soundtrack appearance

Year	Single	Album	Chart position
2007	"Keep Your Mind Wide Open"	Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia	90

Awards and nominations

On March 30, 2008, Robb won her first career award when she was named Leading Young Actress at the Young Artist Awards for her role in Bridge To Terabithia. The film itself won a Young Cast award. On April 24, 2009, she received the Horizon Award at the 14th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival. She was awarded the Rising Star Award at the Denver Film Festival on November 12, 2009.

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2004	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actress	Samantha: An American Girl Holiday	Nominated
2006		Best Performance in a Feature Film (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress	Because of Winn-Dixie	Nominated
2007		Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress	Bridge to Terabithia	Won
		Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast	Bridge to Terabithia	Won
	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Young Actress	Bridge to Terabithia	Nominated
2009	Denver Film Festival	Rising Star Award	N/A	Won
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Breakout Star	The Carrie Diaries	Nominated
	Young Hollywood Awards	Superstar of Tomorrow	N/A	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]