Biography
As Ava Walker, the petite brunette shone as the 12-year-old looking to finally settle in one place and enjoy some semblance of a normal life, yet equally understanding of her free-spirited mother. With British actress Janet McTeer (who managed the appropriate North Carolinian accent), Brown crafted a believable familial relationship which lent an aura of authenticity to the film.
Born in Virginia in 1984, Brown began her career as a child model …
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Career Milestones
| Did commercial voice-overs primarily for General Mills cereals (Trix, Lucky Charms, etc.) | ||
1990 | At age five, worked as a child model with the Ford Agency | |
1992 | Broadway debut as Stockard Channing's daughter in John Guare's play "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun" | |
1993 | Joined the cast of the Broadway musical "Les Miserables". playing the young Cosette | |
1993 | Played Marah Lewis on the CBS daytime drama "Guiding Light"; received a 1996 Emmy nomination | |
1999 | Breakthrough screen role as the daughter of Janet McTeer in "Tumbleweeds" | |
2002 | Starred as an autistic child who may be capable of communicating with ghosts in the ABC miniseries "Stephen King's Rose Red" | |
Awards
1995 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in Guiding Light |
2000 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance in Tumbleweeds |