Leslie-Anne Huff is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Penelope on Disney's Sonny with a Chance

Sonny With a Chance

Sonny with a Chance is an American children's sitcom which aired on Disney Channel, created by Steve Marmel, that follows the experiences of teenager Sonny Munroe, portrayed by Demi Lovato, who becomes the newest accepted cast member of her favorite live comedy show, So Random!.The series debuted...

, opposite Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato

"She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals...

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Early life

Huff was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley

San Fernando Valley

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. She was born to an American father and a Filipino

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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Career

Her career began in 2006 with a role in the television series CSI:NY. She has made guest appearances in several television series, including roles in NCIS

NCIS (TV series)

NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...

, Bones

Bones (TV series)

Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...

, Days of Our Lives

Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

, Chuck (TV Series)

Chuck (TV series)

Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...

, Chuck

Greek (TV series)

Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...

, and Suite Life on Deck, among others.

In 2008, she was cast to star in the film Strawberry Cliff, opposite Hong Kong popstar Eason Chan

Eason Chan

Eason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop...

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In 2009, she starred in Disney's first original web-series, MacKenzie Falls

In 2011, she was cast in the film Cowgirls N' Angels, starring James Cromwell

James Cromwell

James Oliver Cromwell is an American film and television actor. Some of his more notable roles are in Babe , for which he earned Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Star Trek: First Contact , L.A...

, Bailee Madison

Bailee Madison

Bailee Madison is an American actress. She is most famous for her role in the 2007 film adaption of Katherine Paterson's Newbery Medal-winning novel Bridge to Terabithia in which she plays May Belle Aarons, the younger sister of Jesse Aarons. She films a webshow with her babysitter and fellow...

, Jackson Rathbone

Jackson Rathbone

Monroe Jackson Rathbone, V , better known as Jackson Rathbone, is an American actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga and for playing Sokka in The Last Airbender....

, Madison Burge

Madison Burge

Madison Burge is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the character Becky Sproles on the television series Friday Night Lights.-Life and career:...

, and Kathleen Rose Perkins

Kathleen Rose Perkins

Kathleen Rose Perkins is an American actress. Her career began in 2001 with a role in the television series The Fighting Fitzgeralds. She has made guest appearances in over 20 television series, including recurring roles in Til Death, NCIS: Los Angeles, Trust Me, Gary Unmarried, Tell Me You Love...

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	CSI: NY CSI: NY CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...	Felicia Badman	Guest role "All Access" (season 2: episode 21)
2008	Invincible	Dupli-Kate Dupli-Kate Dupli-Kate is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Image Comics title Invincible. She was previously a member of the Teen Team and is now one of the Guardians of the Globe.-Character history:...	Animated TV series (season 1: episode 16) (season 1: episode 18)
2009	Frozen Kiss Frozen Kiss Frozen Kiss is a 2009 American drama film, supposedly based on a true story. It stars Cameron Goodman and Mimi Rogers.-Plot:The young couple consisting of Ryan and Shelley get stuck in a snow storm on their way home from a party. As they begin to walk, someone, or something, is coming after them....	Jeanette
2009	Days of our Lives Days of our Lives Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...	Michelle	(episode 10,995) (episode 11,031)
2009	The Odd Squad	Minivan Mom	Short series
2009	10 Things I Hate About You 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series) 10 Things I Hate About You is an American television situation comedy broadcast on ABC Family beginning in 2009. Developed by Carter Covington, the show is a half-hour, single camera series based on the 1999 film of the same name...	Jonelle	Guest role "Don't Give Up" (season 1: episode 5) "Fight for Your Right" (season 1: episode 9)
2009	The Suite Life on Deck The Suite Life on Deck The Suite Life on Deck is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody...	Reina	Guest role "Kitchen Casanova" (season 2: episode 4)
2009	Greek Greek (TV series) Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...	Whitney	Guest role "High and Dry" (season 3: episode 4)
2010	Mardi Gras	Girl #2
2010	Prominare	Layla	Short film
2010	Chuck Chuck (TV series) Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...	Bartender	Guest role "Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler" (season 3: episode 6)
2010	Miami Medical	Candy Striper	Guest role "Like a Hurricane" (season 1: episode 9)
2010	Sonny with a Chance Sonny With a Chance Sonny with a Chance is an American children's sitcom which aired on Disney Channel, created by Steve Marmel, that follows the experiences of teenager Sonny Munroe, portrayed by Demi Lovato, who becomes the newest accepted cast member of her favorite live comedy show, So Random!.The series debuted...	Penelope	Guest role "The Legend of Candy Face" (season 2: episode 6) "Sonny with a Secret" (season 2: episode 12)
2010	Pair of Kings Pair of Kings Pair of Kings is an American television sitcom shown on the Disney XD cable channel. It was created by Dan Cross and David Hoge and stars Mitchel Musso and Doc Shaw. The sitcom's target audience are teenagers...	Aerosol	Guest role "A Mermaid's Tail" (season 1: episode 4)
2010	Strawberry Cliff	Kate
2010	NCIS NCIS (TV series) NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...	Hillary Lange	Guest role "Broken Arrow" (season 8: episode 7) "Enemies Foreign" (season 8: episode 8)
2011	Bones Bones (TV series) Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...	Raina Erickson	Guest role "The Bikini in the Soup" (season 6: episode 14)
2011	The Protector	Liz Arnold / Beth Darby	Guest role "Bangs" (season 1: episode 8)
2011	Supah Ninjas Supah Ninjas Supah Ninjas is an American action-comedy series, created by Leo Chu and Eric Garcia. The series premiered as a special preview on Nickelodeon on January 17, 2011 in the United States and started airing regularly on April 16, 2011.- Premise :...	Melanie	Guest role "Snakeskin" (season 1: episode 15)
2012	Cowgirls 'n Angels	Madison	Post-production

Philanthropy

In 2005, Huff co-founded the non-profit Kamay at Puso (which means "Hand and Heart" in Tagalog).

In 2010, she appeared in a charity performance of The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at AFRICA in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production which was produced by David Stone, Nina Essman, Dan Markley, The Araca Group, Willa Shalit, Mike Skipper...

 at the Aratani Theater of the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, along with Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga-Chien is a mezzo-soprano singer and actress from the Philippines well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and...

, Tia Carrere

Tia Carrere

Tia Carrere is an American actress, model, voice artist, and singer, perhaps most widely known for her role as Cassandra Wong in the feature films Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2, Queen Tyr'ahnee in Duck Dodgers, and as Sydney Fox in the TV series Relic Hunter.-Early life:Carrere was born in...

, and Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is an actress, who has appeared in many Hollywood films and television series.-Early life:Tomita was born in Okinawa, the daughter of Shiro and Asako Tomita. Her father then later became a Los Angeles Police Officer, rising to the rank of sergeant. He succumbed to cancer in...

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External links

• Official website