Lilia Buckingham (born April 9, 2003)[1] is an American Internet personality, actress, dancer, writer, and producer.

Lilia Buckingham
Born (2003-04-09) April 9, 2003 (age 21)
Occupations
  • Internet personality
  • actress
  • dancer
  • writer
  • producer
Years active2012–present
FamilyMarcus Buckingham (father)
Jane Buckingham (mother)
Websitewww.liliabuckingham.com

Early life and education

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Buckingham was born and raised in Beverly Hills, California, to Jane (née Rinzler) and Marcus Buckingham.[2] She has an older brother Jack. Buckingham graduated from Laurel Springs School and is currently studying screenwriting and film production at Boston University.[3][4]


Career

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Buckingham began acting in local musical theatre productions at a young age.[5][6] She competitively danced with the MNR Dance Factory, where she met and befriended Mackenzie and Maddie Ziegler and began to grow her online platform.[7][8] Together with her older brother Jack, they co-founded anti-cyberbullying organization Positively Social.[9]

Buckingham made her television debut in 2012 with a minor role in an episode of Modern Family. She began working with Brat in 2018, starring as Autumn Miller on the web series Dirt.[10] The character has also made appearances in other series such as Chicken Girls, Total Eclipse and Zoe Valentine, as well as the 2019 Brat film Spring Breakaway.[11][12] She also made several appearances on the network's talk show, Brat Chat.

In November 2018, Buckingham and Emily Skinner released a single, "Denim Jacket", and donated a portion of the proceeds to GLAAD.[13]

Buckingham voices Heather Masterson, the epistolary narrator of Brat series Crown Lake, which she co-produces with Sara Shepard.[14] Her other filmmaking work includes directing and producing a music video for Jillian Shea Spaeder's 2019 single "Something Better", which received accolades at a number of film festivals.[15] She and Spaeder, her then-girlfriend, wrote and starred in the short film Pink.

Buckingham and Shepard went on to co-author a young adult novel, Influence, about the world of social media influencers.[16]

In 2022, Buckingham starred in Meet Cute's series, A Pool For Love. The story is set at a public pool in Florida where Buckingham's character, Jordan, is the new head lifeguard. Marissa, the new girl on the block, joins the lifeguard team and turns Jordan's summer into chaos as she starts to explore her own sexuality and grow feelings for Marissa.[17]

Bibliography

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  • Influence (2021) ISBN 0349003564, co-written with Sara Shepard

Filmography

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Film and television

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Modern Family Trick or Treater #2 Episode: "Open House of Horrors"
2013 Good Morning America Model Short film
2018 Voices Girl Short film
2020 It Counts Lauren Short film
2021 Pink Elody Short film | Director: Ky Baldwin
2022 Hocus Pocus 2 Cassie Traske [18]
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Chicken Girls Autumn Miller 5 episodes
2018–2019 Total Eclipse Autumn Miller 8 episodes
2018–2019 Dirt Autumn Miller Main role
2018 Brat Chat Herself 6 episodes
2019 Spring Breakaway Autumn Miller Brat film
2019–present Crown Lake Heather Masterson Voice role; produced
2019 Zoe Valentine Autumn Miller 5 episodes

Music videos

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Song Year Artist Notes
"Day & Night" 2016 Johnny Orlando & Mackenzie Ziegler
"Where Would I Be Without You" 2017 Kendall K
"Don't Keep Me Guessing" 2018 Annie LeBlanc
"Denim Jacket" 2018 Emily & Lilia
"In Betweenin'” 2018 AUSTN
"No Brakes" 2019 Sophie Michelle
"Something Better" 2019 Jillian Shea Spaeder Directed
"Alaska" 2020 Aliyah Moulden

References

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  1. ^ "Quiz: Are You a Lilia Buckingham Superfan?". April 9, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Baum, Gary; Abramovitch, Seth (19 March 2019). "Inside Jane Buckingham's Stunning Fall From Parenting Guru to Alleged College Admissions Cheater". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. ^ Laskowski, Amy (11 October 2022). "BU Student Stars in Hocus Pocus 2". BU Today. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ^ Gokpinar, Didem (6 October 2022). "Lilia Buckingham on Hollywood hot takes and industry white lies". The Face. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. ^ "About". Lilia Buckingham. May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. ^ Garabedian, Oorie. "Lilia Buckingham: A Positive Influence". Bello Magazine. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  7. ^ Tilchen, Jordyn (23 April 2020). "Lilia Buckingham is so much more than an influencer". MTV News. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. ^ Kratofil, Colleen (2022). "Lilia Buckingham almost walked away from acting before her big break in 'Hocus Pocus 2'". Grazia. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ^ Roth, Seri (25 February 2018). "Lilia Buckingham Is Stepping Up For Positive Social Change". Step up Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Gissen, Lillie (January 1, 2019). "Lilia Buckingham Dishes On Her 'Dirt' Castmates & What We Can Expect In Season 2". J-14. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Lilia Buckingham". Hollywire. August 8, 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Meet The Stars of YouTube's Brat Channel: Lilia Buckingham, Kalani Hilliker, Matthew RC Taylor, and More!". Seventeen. November 27, 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  13. ^ Stivale, Shelby (November 8, 2018). "Lilia Buckingham and Emily Skinner team up for new song, 'Denim Jacket'". TigerBeat. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  14. ^ Hipes, Patrick (May 7, 2019). "'Pretty Little Liars' Author Sara Shepard Sets 'Crown Lake' Series At Brat". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  15. ^ Augustin, Taylor (27 September 2019). "Jillian Shea Spaeder Just Released a New Song and Music Video". Sweety High. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Influence by Sara Shepard, Lilia Buckingham: 9780593121535 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  17. ^ "Meet Cute Announces Summer Rom-Com Slate Featuring Bridgerton's Charithra Chandran and Hocus Pocus 2 Star Lilia Buckingham". PRWeb. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  18. ^ November 01, Nick Romano; EDT, 2021 at 11:20 AM. "We now know what 'Hocus Pocus 2' is about". EW.com. Retrieved 2021-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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