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series '' Touch'' and Kendra Bowen in the 2015 remake of ''

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Early life

Sharbino was born in

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, the daughter of Angela and Ron Sharbino. She began acting at the age of nine. Saxon is the older sister of actress Brighton Sharbino and singer/actor Sawyer Sharbino. Sharbino was homeschooled during her high school years.

Career

Sharbino started acting at nine years old. Her first significant role was in the 2012 TV movie ''Rogue'' opposite

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. In 2013, Sharbino worked with

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in the TV series '' Touch''. She did not have to audition for the role of Amelia Robbins; the producers simply placed her in the role because she had been previously booked for a Fox pilot that didn't get picked up. She and her family moved to Los Angeles, California for the role and to advance her career. Also in 2013, Sharbino starred with William H. Macy and Amanda Peet in '' Trust Me'' as Lydia. Sharbino stated that she learned a lot from director and star Clark Gregg, and the relationship that Macy and his wife

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had inspired her to take a more proactive role in Hollywood. Sharbino stated that she took the role of a young starlet who is manipulated by her father and sexually abused by a talent agent because she wanted to show young actors that Hollywood is not always safe, and that they need to be aware that they are particularly vulnerable in that environment. In 2015, Sharbino played the teenage daughter Kendra in ''

'', a remake of the 1982 horror classic. In 2016, Sharbino played Simone in the Netflix series '' Love'', and filmed the horror film ''Bedeviled''. In 2017, Sharbino was in the

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action horror series '' Freakish''. Sharbino stated that she was drawn to the role of Anka, a manipulative "

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" with a soft side. Sharbino played high school student Sarah Pearson in '' American Vandal'', which was released in 2017. In 2018, Sharbino starred with her younger sister

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, in the movie ''Urban Country''. In 2020, Sharbino started regularly posting to her YouTube channel, which often features her brother and sister.

Personal life

Sharbino dated boxer/YouTube star Jake Paul in 2014 and started dating actor

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in 2020.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharbino, Saxon 1999 births 21st-century American actresses American television actresses Actresses from Texas American film actresses American child actresses Living people People from Lewisville, Texas