full legal name
Attaleigha Grace Gavron
Nicknames
Atta, Attie
birthdate / age
October 31, 1987 (27)
birthplace
Vancouver, BC
residence
Los Angeles, CA
occupation
Actress
sexuality
Heterosexual, Kinsey 2
relationship status
Single
family
Greg Gavron (56, Father); Vanessa Lange (mother, 63); Camille Gavron (sister, 28); Nate Lange (twin brother, 27); Ashley Gavron (sister, 24); Richie (brother, 21)
misc.
PERSONALITY TYPE: THE PERFORMER
AS AN ESFP, YOUR PRIMARY MODE OF LIVING IS FOCUSED EXTERNALLY, WHERE YOU TAKE THINGS IN VIA YOUR FIVE SENSES IN A LITERAL, CONCRETE FASHION. YOUR SECONDARY MODE IS INTERNAL, WHERE YOU DEAL WITH THINGS ACCORDING TO HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THEM, OR HOW THEY FIT WITH YOUR PERSONAL VALUE SYSTEM. ESFPS LIVE IN THE WORLD OF PEOPLE POSSIBILTIES. THEY LOVE PEOPLE AND NEW EXPERIENCES. THEY ARE LIVELY AND FUN, AND ENJOY BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. THEY LIVE IN THE HERE-AND-NOW, AND RELISH EXCITEMENT AND DRAMA IN THEIR LIVES. ESFPS HAVE VERY STRONG INTER-PERSONAL SKILLS. SINCE THEY MAKE DECISIONS BY USING THEIR PERSONAL VALUES, THEY ARE USUALLY VERY SYMPATHETIC AND CONCERNED FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING. IF THE ESFP HAS NOT DEVELOPED THEIR THINKING SIDE BY GIVING CONSIDERATION TO RATIONAL THOUGHT PROCESSING, THEY TEND TO BECOME OVER-INDULGENT, AND PLACE MORE IMPORTANCE ON IMMEDIATE SENSATION AND GRATIFICATION THAN ON THEIR DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THEY MAY ALSO AVOID LOOKING AT LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS. THEY LOVE TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION AND PERFORM FOR PEOPLE. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR OTHERS TO ENTERTAIN THEM AND MAKE THEM HAPPY.
AS AN ESFP, YOUR PRIMARY MODE OF LIVING IS FOCUSED EXTERNALLY, WHERE YOU TAKE THINGS IN VIA YOUR FIVE SENSES IN A LITERAL, CONCRETE FASHION. YOUR SECONDARY MODE IS INTERNAL, WHERE YOU DEAL WITH THINGS ACCORDING TO HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THEM, OR HOW THEY FIT WITH YOUR PERSONAL VALUE SYSTEM. ESFPS LIVE IN THE WORLD OF PEOPLE POSSIBILTIES. THEY LOVE PEOPLE AND NEW EXPERIENCES. THEY ARE LIVELY AND FUN, AND ENJOY BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. THEY LIVE IN THE HERE-AND-NOW, AND RELISH EXCITEMENT AND DRAMA IN THEIR LIVES. ESFPS HAVE VERY STRONG INTER-PERSONAL SKILLS. SINCE THEY MAKE DECISIONS BY USING THEIR PERSONAL VALUES, THEY ARE USUALLY VERY SYMPATHETIC AND CONCERNED FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING. IF THE ESFP HAS NOT DEVELOPED THEIR THINKING SIDE BY GIVING CONSIDERATION TO RATIONAL THOUGHT PROCESSING, THEY TEND TO BECOME OVER-INDULGENT, AND PLACE MORE IMPORTANCE ON IMMEDIATE SENSATION AND GRATIFICATION THAN ON THEIR DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THEY MAY ALSO AVOID LOOKING AT LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS. THEY LOVE TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION AND PERFORM FOR PEOPLE. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR OTHERS TO ENTERTAIN THEM AND MAKE THEM HAPPY.
ATTALEIGHA'S LIFE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A WHIRLWIND. BORN INTO A LARGE, FAMOUS, AND WEALTHY FAMILY, ATTA WAS DESTINED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS A NOTICEABLE. ATTA CAME FROM OLD HOLLYWOOD DECENT, HER GRANDFATHER, ACTOR, CHARLES GAVRON, PAVED THE WAY FOR HIS FAMILY. HER PARENTS, DIVORCEES, GREG GAVRON, A FILM STUDIO EXECUTIVE, AND VANESSA LANGE, A CANADIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER. SHE WAS BORN AND HALF-RAISED IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. WHEN HER PARENTS DIVORCED IN 1997, ATTA COULD NOT HELP BUT TO WANT TO BE WITH HER DAD. SHE WAS CLOSE TO HIM, AS SHE WANTED TO FOLLOW IN HIS AND HER GRANDFATHER'S FOOTSTEPS IN SHOW BUSINESS. EVERY TIME SHE WOULD VISIT HER FATHER, SHE WOULD AUDITION FOR DIFFERENT THINGS HERE AND THERE. ALTHOUGH HER PARENTS THOUGHT IT WAS HARMLESS, IT ENDED UP NOT BEING.
IN 2001, ATTA SCORED THE STARRING ROLE OF DISNEY'S LIZZIE MCGUIRE. THIS CAUSED A BIT OF STRIFE BETWEEN HER PARENTS, AS HER MOTHER WANTED HER TO STAY BUT HER FATHER KNEW THE OPPORTUNITY WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP. HER FATHER EVENTUALLY WON THE BATTLE, AND ATTA MOVED TO LOS ANGELES TO START FILMING THE TELEVISION SHOW. SINCE SHE WAS NOT A PROFESSIONAL ACTRESS, IT TOOK A LOT OF TME AND EFFORT TO GET ATTA ACCUSTOMED TO THE LIFESTYLE. WHENEVER THERE WERE BREAKS OR HOLIDAYS, SHE WOULD TRAVEL BACK TO VANCOUVER TO BE WITH HER MOTHER AND HER STEP-FATHER THAT SHE RE-MARRIED IN 2001, ALONG WITH ALL OF HER SIBLINGS. ATTA DIDN'T LIKE VANCOUVER MUCH, AS SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS AND ENJOYED THE LIFESTYLE OF BEING A CHILD STAR IN LOS ANGELES. HOWEVER, LIVING IN LA DID COME WITH A HEFTY PRICE BECAUSE SHE BECAME A BIT ESTRANGED FROM HER FAMILY IN CANADA. ALTHOUGH SHE IS A TWIN, SHE AND HER TWIN BROTHER WERE NO LONGER CLOSE, ALONG WITH HER TWO SISTERS. BUT SHE DID KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH HER BROTHER RICHIE, AS HE SEEMED TO BE THE ONLY ONE RECEPTIVE TO HER FAME.
IT WAS A BIT ROUGH TO KEEP RELEVANT AFTER LIZZIE MCGUIRE ENDED, BUT ATTA TRIED HER BEST TO KEEP GOING. ACTING WAS HER PASSION AND SHE KNEW NOTHING ELSE. THERE WAS NO OTHER JOB FOR HER. SO SHE KEPT AUDITIONING, AND USED HER DISNEY CHANNEL FAME AND FAMILY NAME TO HER ADVANTAGE. OF COURSE, BEING A TEENAGER AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE PUBLIC EYE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE AND WORK. LUCKILY, THIS HAPPENED BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA BECAME BIG. ATTA FELL INTO THE HOLLYWOOD PARTY SCENE AT ONE POINT IN HER LIFE. MIXING AND MINGLING WITH THE WRONG CROWD. THIS TARNISHED HER REPUTATION SLIGHTLY, AND IT WAS HARD FOR HER TO GET SERIOUS ROLES. BUT SHE KEPT TRYING, AS SHE WAS EXTREMELY HEAD-STRONG AND AMBITIOUS.
IN 2006, SHE SCORED HER FIRST ROLE SINCE HER LIZZIE MCGUIRE DAYS, IN THE MOVIE 'ALPHA DOG'. IT WAS THE CATALYST THAT STARTED IT ALL. ALTHOUGH HER ROLE WAS SMALL, SHE WAS REMINDED WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ON A SET AND ACTUALLY BE A WORKING ACTOR. AFTER IT WRAPPED, SHE WENT ON TO AUDITION FOR ROLES THAT SHE KEPT GETTING, INSTEAD OF BEING TURNED AWAY. ALTHOUGH THE MOVIES WERE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, IT WAS STILL WORK AND SHE SOON BECAME A REMINDER TO ALL OF HER OLD FANS THAT SHE WAS STILL RELEVANT AND WORKING. IT ALSO GARNERED ATTENTION FROM NEW, YOUNGER FANS.
THIS LED TO ONE OF HER BIGGEST, MOST UNEXPECTED ROLES, OF SKEETER IN 'THE HELP'. WORKING ON SET WITH SOME OF THE BEST ACTRESSES IN THE BUSINESS REALLY SHAPED WHO SHE WAS IN HER CAREER. IT MADE ATTA BECOME MORE SERIOUS IN HER WORK. IT WAS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE AND TOOK HER AWAY FROM THE HOLLYWOOD GLITZ AND GLAM THAT SHE WAS USED TO. TO THIS DAY, SHE CLAIMS THAT THIS ROLE CHANGED HER LIFE. IT ALSO MADE HER A HOUSEHOLD NAME. AND WITH THAT, CAME EVEN MORE FAME. THE MEDIA AND PAPARAZZI CAME OUT OF THE WOOD WORK, OVERNIGHT, IT SEEMED. ATTA BECAME AN EXTREMELY PRIVATE PERSON ONCE SHE REALIZED THAT PRIVACY WASN'T THE SAME AS IT USED TO BE. THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HER FAMILY, HER RELATIONSHIPS, AND THINGS THAT WERE WAY TOO PERSONAL. IT ALMOST MADE HER JADED, IN A WAY. SO MUCH SO, THAT SHE FOUND IT HARD TO EVER BE SERIOUS IN INTERVIEWS OR IN THE PUBLIC EYE. IT WAS A DEFENSE MECHANISM.
ALL THANKS BE TO HER ROLE AS SKEETER, ATTALEIGHA WAS ABLE TO GAIN MORE WORK, BIG AND SMALL. AND EVEN RETURN TO THE SMALL SCREEN. SHE ALWAYS LOVED DOING TELEVISION, SO BEING ABLE TO JOIN THE CAST OF 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY' WAS A DREAM. ATTA LOVED ALL THINGS HORROR, SHE WAS BORN ON HALLOWEEN, AS IT WAS. AND LUCKILY FOR HER, BEING A CHILD STAR HAS NOT RUINED HER, LIKE SOME OTHERS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS. ALTHOUGH SHE STILL ENJOYS A LAVISH LIFESTYLE AND HAS NEVER HAD A NORMAL LIFE, SHE STILL SEES HERSELF AS A NORMAL, FUN-LOVING PERSON. THIS IS ALSO THANKS IN PART TO HER 'PITCH PERFECT' CO-STARS, WHOM SHE BECAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO AND THEY KEEP HER GROUNDED. ATTA'S STORY IS STILL AN OPEN BOOK AND SHE DOESN'T INTEND ON CLOSING IT ANY TIME SOON. SHE WILL KEEP WORKING AND DEVOTING HER TIME TO THE INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S ALL SHE'S EVER KNOWN.
IN 2001, ATTA SCORED THE STARRING ROLE OF DISNEY'S LIZZIE MCGUIRE. THIS CAUSED A BIT OF STRIFE BETWEEN HER PARENTS, AS HER MOTHER WANTED HER TO STAY BUT HER FATHER KNEW THE OPPORTUNITY WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP. HER FATHER EVENTUALLY WON THE BATTLE, AND ATTA MOVED TO LOS ANGELES TO START FILMING THE TELEVISION SHOW. SINCE SHE WAS NOT A PROFESSIONAL ACTRESS, IT TOOK A LOT OF TME AND EFFORT TO GET ATTA ACCUSTOMED TO THE LIFESTYLE. WHENEVER THERE WERE BREAKS OR HOLIDAYS, SHE WOULD TRAVEL BACK TO VANCOUVER TO BE WITH HER MOTHER AND HER STEP-FATHER THAT SHE RE-MARRIED IN 2001, ALONG WITH ALL OF HER SIBLINGS. ATTA DIDN'T LIKE VANCOUVER MUCH, AS SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS AND ENJOYED THE LIFESTYLE OF BEING A CHILD STAR IN LOS ANGELES. HOWEVER, LIVING IN LA DID COME WITH A HEFTY PRICE BECAUSE SHE BECAME A BIT ESTRANGED FROM HER FAMILY IN CANADA. ALTHOUGH SHE IS A TWIN, SHE AND HER TWIN BROTHER WERE NO LONGER CLOSE, ALONG WITH HER TWO SISTERS. BUT SHE DID KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH HER BROTHER RICHIE, AS HE SEEMED TO BE THE ONLY ONE RECEPTIVE TO HER FAME.
IT WAS A BIT ROUGH TO KEEP RELEVANT AFTER LIZZIE MCGUIRE ENDED, BUT ATTA TRIED HER BEST TO KEEP GOING. ACTING WAS HER PASSION AND SHE KNEW NOTHING ELSE. THERE WAS NO OTHER JOB FOR HER. SO SHE KEPT AUDITIONING, AND USED HER DISNEY CHANNEL FAME AND FAMILY NAME TO HER ADVANTAGE. OF COURSE, BEING A TEENAGER AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE PUBLIC EYE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE AND WORK. LUCKILY, THIS HAPPENED BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA BECAME BIG. ATTA FELL INTO THE HOLLYWOOD PARTY SCENE AT ONE POINT IN HER LIFE. MIXING AND MINGLING WITH THE WRONG CROWD. THIS TARNISHED HER REPUTATION SLIGHTLY, AND IT WAS HARD FOR HER TO GET SERIOUS ROLES. BUT SHE KEPT TRYING, AS SHE WAS EXTREMELY HEAD-STRONG AND AMBITIOUS.
IN 2006, SHE SCORED HER FIRST ROLE SINCE HER LIZZIE MCGUIRE DAYS, IN THE MOVIE 'ALPHA DOG'. IT WAS THE CATALYST THAT STARTED IT ALL. ALTHOUGH HER ROLE WAS SMALL, SHE WAS REMINDED WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ON A SET AND ACTUALLY BE A WORKING ACTOR. AFTER IT WRAPPED, SHE WENT ON TO AUDITION FOR ROLES THAT SHE KEPT GETTING, INSTEAD OF BEING TURNED AWAY. ALTHOUGH THE MOVIES WERE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, IT WAS STILL WORK AND SHE SOON BECAME A REMINDER TO ALL OF HER OLD FANS THAT SHE WAS STILL RELEVANT AND WORKING. IT ALSO GARNERED ATTENTION FROM NEW, YOUNGER FANS.
THIS LED TO ONE OF HER BIGGEST, MOST UNEXPECTED ROLES, OF SKEETER IN 'THE HELP'. WORKING ON SET WITH SOME OF THE BEST ACTRESSES IN THE BUSINESS REALLY SHAPED WHO SHE WAS IN HER CAREER. IT MADE ATTA BECOME MORE SERIOUS IN HER WORK. IT WAS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE AND TOOK HER AWAY FROM THE HOLLYWOOD GLITZ AND GLAM THAT SHE WAS USED TO. TO THIS DAY, SHE CLAIMS THAT THIS ROLE CHANGED HER LIFE. IT ALSO MADE HER A HOUSEHOLD NAME. AND WITH THAT, CAME EVEN MORE FAME. THE MEDIA AND PAPARAZZI CAME OUT OF THE WOOD WORK, OVERNIGHT, IT SEEMED. ATTA BECAME AN EXTREMELY PRIVATE PERSON ONCE SHE REALIZED THAT PRIVACY WASN'T THE SAME AS IT USED TO BE. THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HER FAMILY, HER RELATIONSHIPS, AND THINGS THAT WERE WAY TOO PERSONAL. IT ALMOST MADE HER JADED, IN A WAY. SO MUCH SO, THAT SHE FOUND IT HARD TO EVER BE SERIOUS IN INTERVIEWS OR IN THE PUBLIC EYE. IT WAS A DEFENSE MECHANISM.
ALL THANKS BE TO HER ROLE AS SKEETER, ATTALEIGHA WAS ABLE TO GAIN MORE WORK, BIG AND SMALL. AND EVEN RETURN TO THE SMALL SCREEN. SHE ALWAYS LOVED DOING TELEVISION, SO BEING ABLE TO JOIN THE CAST OF 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY' WAS A DREAM. ATTA LOVED ALL THINGS HORROR, SHE WAS BORN ON HALLOWEEN, AS IT WAS. AND LUCKILY FOR HER, BEING A CHILD STAR HAS NOT RUINED HER, LIKE SOME OTHERS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS. ALTHOUGH SHE STILL ENJOYS A LAVISH LIFESTYLE AND HAS NEVER HAD A NORMAL LIFE, SHE STILL SEES HERSELF AS A NORMAL, FUN-LOVING PERSON. THIS IS ALSO THANKS IN PART TO HER 'PITCH PERFECT' CO-STARS, WHOM SHE BECAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO AND THEY KEEP HER GROUNDED. ATTA'S STORY IS STILL AN OPEN BOOK AND SHE DOESN'T INTEND ON CLOSING IT ANY TIME SOON. SHE WILL KEEP WORKING AND DEVOTING HER TIME TO THE INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S ALL SHE'S EVER KNOWN.
FILM
tarzan (2016)
jane porter
pitch perfect 2 (2015)
chloe
cake (2014)
Nina Collins
the great gatsby (2013)
daisy buchanan
side effects (2013)
emily taylor
pitch perfect (2012)
chloe
scream 4 (2011)
kirby reed
the help (2011)
skeeter phelan
letters to juliet (2010)
sophie
zombieland (2009)
406
jennifer's body (2009)
needy
new york, i love you (2008)
ex-girlfriend
georgia rule (2007)
rachel
alpha dog (2006)
julie beckley
the lizzie mcguire movie (2003)
lizzie mcguire/isabella parigi
cadet kelly (2002)
kelly
TELEVISION
scream queens (2015-2016)
chanel oberlin
american horror story (2011-)
Nora Montgomery / Sister Mary Eunice / Misty Day / Aileen Wuornos
lizzie mcguire (2001-2004)
lizzie mcguire
facts