To prepare for her role as Ma in Room (2015), she stayed at home for a whole month and went on a strict diet, to get an understanding of what Ma and Jack were going through.
Has acted since she was seven years old. However, she considered quitting acting several times as she found the film business to be too difficult and was unable to get the roles she wanted. She pursued careers in photography, interior design and animal training, but ultimately decided to stick with acting.
Suffers from a severe allergy to cats, a condition that plagued her somewhat during the Captain Marvel (2019) production shoot.
Is a huge fan of the Super Mario Bros video games.
She considers herself to be an introvert.
Screen-tested for the role of Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys (2015), but didn't get the role because the casting director said they didn't think she could carry a gun; they didn't ask her to hold a gun during the audition.
Auditioned for the role of Penny in The Big Bang Theory (2007), but was told she was too young for the part.
On July 2, 2020, she started her own YouTube channel.
Doesn't like auditioning for horror movies because you have to mime and react a lot.
Auditioned for two Disney Channel Original Movies: Brink! (1998) and Smart House (1999). In both instances, she lost to the same actress, Katie Volding.
Quotes[]
It's very scary to allow the world to see you.
It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. You just think everybody's judging you.
I'm so used to swimming with the piranhas. And they're really not that bad.
I was the type of person that would show a PowerPoint presentation about why I should do something versus crying and screaming over it.
I have a sister and her name is Mimsy, like from "Alice in Wonderland", so we've got some strange names in our family.
I didn't go to prom--I was home-schooled.
I'm learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that I'm not the only one who hates their hair or their life at times.
I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over again. I don't think it's good to become so dependent on a certain writing process.
Sometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic.
