AnnaSophia Robb made her acting debut in 2004 in a bit role in the episode "Number One Fan" of the television series Drake & Josh. Her first major role was as the title character in the television special An American Girl Holiday, in which she had to wear a dark brown wig for the part.
Robb gained nationwide prominence in 2005 with starring roles in Because of Winn-Dixie and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which were both successful adaptations of popular children's books. She had the lead role of Opal in Because of Winn-Dixie and played Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The latter was a major box office success worldwide, and helped escalate Robb's popularity among preteen audiences.
In 2005, Robb was the face of Trad Clothing, helping to design and model a fashion line for girls.
Awards:
Robb played Leslie Burke in Bridge to Terabithia, which opened in U.S. theaters on February 16, 2007. She was awarded the CAMIE Award for her work in Bridge to Terabithia. The CAMIE Awards’ Mission Statement is to encourage the production and awareness of outstanding, uplifiting, and entertaining motion pictures with positive role models for building character, overcoming adversity, correcting unwise choices, strengthening families, living moral lives, and solving life’s problems with integrity and perseverance.
She’s been nominated by the Young Artist Awards as “Leading Young Actress” for her performance in Bridge to Terabithia. The cast has also been nominated for “Best Family Feature Film.”
She was also nominated by Critics Choice as “Best Young Actress 2007” for her performance in Bridge To Terabithia.
Voted “Rising Movie Actress of 2007” in PopStar Magazine.
Some of Robb's most recent films included The Reaping, along with Doubting Thomas, Jumper (in which she played the younger version of Rachel Bilson's character Mille), and the 1960s-set drama Have Dreams, Will Travel.
She co-starred with Charlize Theron, Nick Stahl, Dennis Hopper, and Woody Harrelson in the movie Sleepwalker that was released in March 2008. It’s a story about family dysfunction, abandonment, and second chances. Time film critic Richard Schickel said in regards to her work in Sleepwalker, "There is a wonderful range to Robb's work...this is extraordinarily mature acting from someone this young and she wins our sympathy without once begging for it."
Currently filming the high action adventure, Race To Witch Mountain, with co-stars Dwayne Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, and Carla Gugino.
Robb enjoys singing, snowboarding, rafting, dancing, and reading, especially fantasy and historical fiction. She competed in dance and gymnastics for four and a half years, but quit in order to focus on acting. She was once homeschooled but now attends a private school in Colorado and plans to attend college. Robb is a Christian and has said that she is really close with her family. AnnaSophia's favorite animals are dogs.