Early life

Roden was born in Dallas, Texas, where she attended Hockaday School, an all-girls private school. She came from a medical family and majored in molecular biology and women's studies at UCLA, and spent three and a half years in pre-medical education with a view to becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon before taking up acting full-time.

Career

Roden starred in the cancelled HBO series 12 Miles of Bad Road playing Bronwyn. In 2008, she played Emily Locke in Lost and Skyler in the 2008 film Bring It On: Fight to the Finish. During 2008-10 she appeared in guest roles on television series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cold Case, Weeds, Community and Criminal Minds.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Note
2004	Consideration	Angela	Short
2004	Back at the Ranch	Dawn Leatherwood	Short
2009	Bring It On: Fight to the Finish	Skyler	Direct-to-video
2011	Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge	Peppermint Patty	Short
2011	Morning Love	Girl	Short
2013	House of Dust	Gabby
2015	Cry of Fear	Lydia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kira Dellinger	Episode: "Goodbye and Good Luck"
2008	12 Miles of Bad Road	Bronwyn	Episodes: "Collateral Verbiage", "Tremors" & "Texas Stadium"
2008	Lost	Emily Locke	Episode: "Cabin Fever"
2008	Cold Case	Missy Gallavan	Episode: "Roller Girl"
2009	Pushed	Sascha
2009	Weeds	Yogurt Peddler	Uncredited. Episode: "Wonderful Wonderful"
2009	Community	Girl	Episode: "Environmental Science"
2010	Criminal Minds	Rebecca Daniels	Episode: "...A Thousand Words"
2010	The Event	Young Violet	Episode: "Loyalty"
2011	Memphis Beat	Jill Simon	Episode: "Lost"
2011-present	Teen Wolf	Lydia Martin	Main role; 80 episodes
2012	Grey's Anatomy	Gretchen Shaw	Episode: "This Magic Moment"

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2010	"Light, Lost"	Seasons
2015	"Paper Moon"	Dutch Party
2015	"I Want To Feel Alive"	The Lighthouse and The Whaler

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Work	Category
2013	Young Hollywood Awards	Best Ensemble	Teen Wolf	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]