Lily Brooks O’Briant Height, Weight, Age, Education, Family

Lily Brooks O’Briant is an American actor, singer, songwriter, musician, writer, stage artist, and director who started her career as a child artist. She is best known for playing the title character in the touring company of the musical Matilda from 2015 until mid-2016 as well as for having been cast as Mandy Wight in the television sitcom The Big Show Show and as Ella McCaffrey in the Apple TV+ series Life by Ella. Over the years, Lily Brooks O’Briant has also been a part of a variety of other projects which include Unnerving, Shark Lake, Restoration, Bare Knuckle, Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a Voice, Evil Lives Here, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Pickings, The Escape, One-Handed, Etude, Game On! A Comedy Crossover Event, Crash & Burn, Six Minutes, Now You Know, Marina, Sisters, Daddy and Papa, Black Sky, Presentation, Make a Wish, For Bibi, Bounce, The Tick, Christmas with Arwen, The Line, Sharing the Floor, and The Young and the Restless.

Born Name

Lily Brooks O’Briant

Nick Name

Lily

Sun Sign

Cancer

Born Place

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality

Occupation

Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Writer, Stage Artist, Director

Family

• Father – Allen O’Briant
• Mother – Hope O’Briant
• Siblings – Colin O’Briant (Older Brother), Hannah O’Briant (Younger Sister)

Genre

Soundtrack

Instruments

Vocals

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 4½ in or 164 cm

Weight

45 kg or 99 lbs

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hair Color

Blonde

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Pouty lips
• Lean frame

Lily Brooks O’Briant Facts

1. Lily uses she/her pronouns.
2. She made her first film appearance as Carly Gray (the daughter of Clint who is a black market dealer responsible for releasing a dangerous shark into Lake Tahoe) in the horror film Shark Lake in 2015. Lily was 8 years old at that time.
3. In 2016, she was seen as Amera Erwin in the family drama film Restoration.
4. She appeared as Trailer Girl in the 2018 independent dark comedy film Pickings, starring Elyse Price, Joel Bernard, Katie Vincent, Joe Trombino, Emil Ferzola, Yaron Urbas, and Taso Mikroulis. However, Lily’s role went uncredited.
5. In 2018, she was seen as Birdie (one of the protagonists) in the children’s podcast Six Minutes.
6. Lily Brooks O’Briant starred as Marina (a young girl born with spinal muscular atrophy) in the short drama film Marina in 2018 and this performance won her several accolades including a Wasserman Award, a New York City Independent Film Festival Award, and an award at the Five Continents Film Festival in the “Best Young Actress” category.
7. She brought to life the character of Young Dot in an episode titled A.E.G.I.S and You of the Amazon Prime Video action/adventure sci-fi superhero comedy series The Tick in April 2019. Based on his comic book character of the same name, the show’s lead cast consists of Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman, Valorie Curry, Brendan Hines, Yara Martinez, Scott Speiser, and Jackie Earle Haley.
8. Along with Big Show, Allison Munn, Reylynn Caster, and Juliet Donenfeld, Lily Brooks O’Briant co-starred as Mandy Wight (the middle child of WWE superstar Big Show (Paul Wight) who admires women leaders such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Leslie Knope) in the Netflix sitcom The Big Show Show in 2020.
9. In 2022, she co-starred as Ella McCaffrey (a teenager returning to middle school after battling cancer and her newfound determination to live a more fearless life) in the comedy series Life By Ella.
10. Lily released her debut single Slow on September 9, 2022.
11. It was announced in January 2023 that she had joined the cast of the television soap opera The Young and the Restless and would play the role of Lucy Romalotti.
12. She was cast as Grace in the short drama film Sharing the Floor in 2023.

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