Merit Leighton (born June 17, 2002) is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Frosta in the animated superhero series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, as well as playing Hannah in Alexa & Katie.
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Early life
Leighton was born in Glendale, California on June 17, 2002. She got interested in acting at age five when she realised that her TV wasn't an entrance to another universe. Her mother is a photographer who got a call from a management company who wanted Merit to sign with them. Soon after she signed she got her first audition.
Leighton is autistic.
Career
Leighton's first voice acting role was as Lucinda in Disney Junior's television series Sofia the First. Her first big role came when she voiced Frosta in the superhero animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
In 2019 she was cast in her first anime role as Minako in Ride Your Wave. Leighton's biggest role so far has been playing Hannah in the sitcom Alexa & Katie. She has her own YouTube channel where she talks about K-pop, anime, Nintendo video games.