Elsie Fisher (born April 3, 2003) is an American actress. She is known for her starring role in

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's comedy-drama film ''

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'' (2018), for which she earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Fisher is also known for voicing animated characters such as Agnes in ''

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'' (2010) and ''

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'' (2013), Masha in ''

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'' (2009–2012) and Parker Needler in '' The Addams Family'' (2019).

Life and career

Fisher was born in

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, on April 3, 2003. She began her career at age six, appearing in a 2009 episode of the NBC supernatural drama series ''

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''. From 2009 to 2012, she voiced Masha for the English dub of the Russian animated children's series ''

''. Fisher gained further recognition for voicing Agnes in the animated comedy film ''

'' (2010) and its sequel ''

'' (2013). However, she did not participate in the third film in the series. Fisher appeared in a supporting role in the sports drama film '' McFarland, USA'', which was released in February 2015. She had appeared in over sixteen national commercials by March 2016. In 2018, Fisher received critical acclaim for her performance as socially-struggling teenage girl Kayla Day in the

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film ''

'', the directorial debut of comedian

. For her performance, Fisher earned numerous accolades, including a

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nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She went on to voice Parker Needler in the animated dark comedy film '' The Addams Family'' in 2019. That same year, she appeared in the main role of Joy Wilkes, daughter of

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, in the second season of the

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anthology horror series '' Castle Rock''. In 2022, Fisher joined the cast of HBO dark comedy series ''

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'' in its third season.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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