Sasha Pieterse Biography

Birth Name: Sasha Embeth Pieterse

Birth Place: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date of Birth: 02/17/1996, Aquarius

Profession: Actress
Awards: Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Female

Born on February 17, 1996, Sasha Pieterse is a South African-born American actress who currently stars as Alison DiLaurentis, the deceased queen bee on the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars. Though she was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, she eventually moved to Los Angeles with her parents where she later on ventured into acting.

Pieterse got her start in television in 2002 at the age of 6, starring in the WB comedy series "Family Affair," a remake of the late 1960s hit, as Buffy, opposite Gary Cole. She was awarded with a Young Artist's Award for her work on the series. She later reunited with Cole as his daughter in the cable thriller "Wanted."

Pieterse's first major film role was as the Ice Princess in Robert Rodriguez's "The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3D," with Taylor Lautner and George Lopez. She also starred in "Good Luck Chuck" and in the telefilm "Claire," opposite Valerie Bertinelli. Pieterse recently appeared in the hit series "Heroes" in the recurring role of Amanda Strazzulla, a young gypsy girl with fire powers. She also guest starred in "House M.D.," as a terminal cancer patient who was terrified of dying without ever being kissed, and in "Without a Trace," in a terrifying turn as a kidnapping victim.