Anne Christine Winters (born June 3, 1994) is an American actress. She has played roles in the FX's series ''

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'' as Emma Al-Fayeed, ABC's series '' Wicked City'' as Vicki Roth, and

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's series ''

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'' as Chlöe Rice. She also starred in the films '' Sand Castles'' (2014), '' Pass the Light'' (2015), ''

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'' (2015), '' Mom and Dad'' (2017), and ''

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'' (2018). In 2017, she began starring as cancer patient Mia Phillips in

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's drama series '' Zac & Mia'', for which she won the 2018 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series. In the 2022 third season of the Hulu science fiction series ''

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'', she played the role of Ensign Charly Burke.

Early life

Anne Christine Winters was born in

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, to Karen and Harry Winters. She grew up in nearby Lewisville. Winters was educated at Prestonwood Christian Academy, a private

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school in Plano. When she was ten years old, Winters sang a solo at the

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to a crowd of over 24,000 people. She originally planned to attend

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for her college education, but chose instead to relocate to

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in order to pursue her acting career.

Career

Winters made her film debut as Young Kathleen in the straight-to-DVD film '' A Christmas Snow''. She then appeared in the straight-to-DVD film ''Cooper and the Castle Hills Gang''. In 2013, she guest starred in the Disney Channel sitcom ''

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'' as Kylie Kramer, appearing in the episode "Steal-A-Rooney". From 2013 to 2014, Winters had a recurring role as Kelsey in the ABC Family/Freeform drama series '' The Fosters''. From 2014 to 2016, Winters starred in the regular role of Emma Al-Fayeed in the drama series ''

'', created by Gideon Raff for the FX network. She was credited as a guest star during ''Tyrant'' second season, appearing in only four of the 13 episodes, and continued her role in the third season. Winters starred in a leading role in the 2014 independent drama film, '' Sand Castles'', directed by Clenét Verdi-Rose, opposite actors

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and

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. She won the Leonardo da Vinci Horse Award for Best Ensemble Cast at the MIFF Awards with her co-stars. Also in 2014, Winters starred as Kelly Decker in the action film ''

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''. In 2015, she appeared as Gwen in the faith-based film '' Pass the Light'', directed by Malcolm Goodwin. She also starred as Avery Lindstrom in the Lifetime television film ''

'', directed by Christine Conradt. That same year, she was cast as Vicki Roth in ABC's crime drama series '' Wicked City''. Winters co-starred as Valerie York in the

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pilot sequel to the teen drama film ''

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'', alongside the film's original star

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. Winters won Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 Nice International Film Festival for her role in the drama film ''The Tribe''. In 2017, she appeared opposite

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in the horror

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film '' Mom and Dad'', directed by Brian Taylor. Since 2017, Winters has had a lead role in the

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drama series '' Zac & Mia'', portraying teenage cancer patient Mia Phillips. She won the 2018 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her performance in the role. Winters portrayed Chlöe Rice, the new head cheerleader and "it" girl of Liberty High in a recurring role of the second, third, and fourth seasons of

's drama series ''

'', and appeared in the 2018 comedy film ''

'', directed by Malcolm D. Lee. She has been cast in the ABC drama series '' Grand Hotel''. In 2022, she appeared in season 3 of ''

'', as new season regular,

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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