Anne Winters (actress)

Anne Christine Winters (born June 3, 1994) is an American actress. She is currently a regular on the FX series Tyrant as Emma Al-Fayeed, and co-starred on ABC's crime drama series Wicked City as Vicki Roth. She is also known for her recurring role as Kelsey on ABC Family's The Fosters. On film, she has starred in Sand Castles (2014), Pass the Light (2015), and The Bride He Bought Online (2015).

Early life

Anne Christine Winters was born in Dallas, Texas. She attended Prestonwood Christian Academy, a private Baptist school in Plano, Texas. When she was ten years old, Winters sang a solo at the American Airlines Center to a crowd of over 24,000 people. Throughout high school, she appeared in a number of national commercials. Winters originally planned on attending Southern Methodist University for her college education, but chose instead to relocate to Los Angeles in order to pursue her acting career.^[1]

Career

Winters made her big-screen debut in the independent film In My Pocket, a winner at the 2009 Palm Beach International Film Festival and the 2009 Terra di Siena Film Festival.^[2] Her first television appearance was in the 2010 Nickelodeon pilot Summer Camp, in the role of Beth. In 2013, she appeared on the Disney Channel sitcom Liv and Maddie in the episode "Steal-A-Rooney". She also appeared in the made-for-DVD films A Christmas Snow and Cooper and the Castle Hills Gang. From 2013 to 2014, Winters co-starred in the recurring role of Kelsey on the ABC Family drama series The Fosters.

From 2014 to 2015, Winters starred in the regular role of Emma Al-Fayeed on the drama series Tyrant,^[3] created by Gideon Raff for the FX network.^[4] She was credited as a guest actor during Tyrant's second season, appearing in only 4 of the 13 episodes. Winters starred in a leading role in the 2014 independent drama film Sand Castles, opposite actors Jordon Hodges, Saxon Trainor and Clint Howard. She won the Leonardo da Vinci Horse Award for Best Ensemble Cast at the MIFF Awards with her co-stars in the film.^[5] Also in 2014, Winters co-starred as Kelly Decker in the action film Fatal Instinct.

In 2015, she appeared as Gwen in the feature film Pass the Light, directed by Malcolm Goodwin, and starred as Avery Lindstrom in the Lifetime thriller television film The Bride He Bought Online, directed by Christine Conradt. That same year, she was cast as Vicki Roth, the teenaged daughter of a police detective (Jeremy Sisto) on the hunt for a serial killer, on ABC's crime drama series Wicked City.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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