Ava Cantrell is an American actress and dancer who starred in the film Abigail and appeared in Lights Out and the Nickelodeon series The Haunted Hathaways.

Life and career

Cantrell competed as a dancer between 2007 and 2014 in the styles of ballet, tap, contemporary, and musical theater. She won Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress 11–13 at the 35th Young Artist Awards in 2014 for her role in The Haunted Hathaways. Cantrell was cast as Brooklyn in the 2015 web-series Cam Girls. In 2016, she was cast as Teen Diana in the film Lights Out and starred in the film One Under the Sun alongside Pooja Batra and Gene Farber. In 2023, Cantrell starred as the titular character Abigail Cole in the horror film Abigail.

Filmography +Film Year TitleRoleNotes 2010 Pals Ally Short film 2012 Cupcake Eva Short film Expo Darla Short film I Will Love Emma 2013 Ten Thousand Hours Sam Short film 2014 Exit 13 Alice The Passing Rachel Short film Above the 101 Gabi Short film2016 Lights Out Teen Diana Walter 2017 One Under the Sun Amelia Voss 2019The Detention BoyzGrapefruitShort film202222NatalieShort film2023AbigailAbigail Cole

+Television Year Title Role Notes 2013–15 The Haunted Hathaways Penelope 4 episodes 2015 Not Safe for Work Sunny Scout NBC Pilot 2015 Cam Girls: The Series Brooklyn 2 episodes 2018 Young Sheldon Molly 2 episode

References

External links

Ava Cantrell Interview MSN