full legal name  Attaleigha Grace Brooks Nicknames  Atta birthdate / age  September 20, 1987 (27) birthplace  Los Angeles, CA residence  Los Angeles, California & New York City, NY occupation  Actress sexuality  Heterosexual, Kinsey 3 relationship status  Single family  Thomas (59, Father);  Mae (mother, 55);  Andrew (brother, 24) misc.  PERSONALITY TYPE: THE PERFORMER

AS AN ESFP, YOUR PRIMARY MODE OF LIVING IS FOCUSED EXTERNALLY, WHERE YOU TAKE THINGS IN VIA YOUR FIVE SENSES IN A LITERAL, CONCRETE FASHION. YOUR SECONDARY MODE IS INTERNAL, WHERE YOU DEAL WITH THINGS ACCORDING TO HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THEM, OR HOW THEY FIT WITH YOUR PERSONAL VALUE SYSTEM. ESFPS LIVE IN THE WORLD OF PEOPLE POSSIBILTIES. THEY LOVE PEOPLE AND NEW EXPERIENCES. THEY ARE LIVELY AND FUN, AND ENJOY BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. THEY LIVE IN THE HERE-AND-NOW, AND RELISH EXCITEMENT AND DRAMA IN THEIR LIVES. ESFPS HAVE VERY STRONG INTER-PERSONAL SKILLS. SINCE THEY MAKE DECISIONS BY USING THEIR PERSONAL VALUES, THEY ARE USUALLY VERY SYMPATHETIC AND CONCERNED FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING. IF THE ESFP HAS NOT DEVELOPED THEIR THINKING SIDE BY GIVING CONSIDERATION TO RATIONAL THOUGHT PROCESSING, THEY TEND TO BECOME OVER-INDULGENT, AND PLACE MORE IMPORTANCE ON IMMEDIATE SENSATION AND GRATIFICATION THAN ON THEIR DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THEY MAY ALSO AVOID LOOKING AT LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS. THEY LOVE TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION AND PERFORM FOR PEOPLE. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR OTHERS TO ENTERTAIN THEM AND MAKE THEM HAPPY.

ATTALEIGHA'S LIFE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A WHIRLWIND. ATTALEIGH WAS BORN AS THE DAUGHTER OF TWO DIVORCEES, STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY DURING THE 80'S. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND WAS THE PRODUCT OF CASTING AUDITIONS BEING HER DAY CARE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT MONEY WAS EVERYTHING AT TOO EARLY OF AN AGE. ATTA NEVER GOT ALONG WITH HER PARENTS BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD TIME TO GET TO KNOW THEIR DAUGHTER. ALTHOUGH HER MOTHER TRIED, THERE WAS ALWAYS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD. THE ONLY THING ATTA TRULY KNEW WAS ENTERTAINING. AND THE ONLY THING THAT TRULY EVER HELPED MAKE HER FEEL CLOSE TO HER MOTHER WAS OLD HOLLYWOOD. ATTA'S MOTHER HAD NO PROBLEM REGALING HER WITH HER LOVE OF EVERYTHING GRACE KELLY AND JUDY GARLAND. IN FACT, ATTA'S MIDDLE NAME WAS AFTER GRACE KELLY. SO, OF COURSE, AT A YOUNG AGE, ATTA CAME TO LOVE THESE THINGS, TOO. BUT HER PARENTS STRUGGLED UP UNTIL THE 90'S WHEN HER DAD DECIDED TO FULLY GO INTO WRITING AND WAS ABLE TO CREATE SOME SUCCESSFUL SHOWS ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL.

AFTER HER DAD'S SUCCESSES, HER MOTHER DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK ANYMORE AND SHE WENT INTO RETIREMENT AT THE AGE OF 38. HOWEVER, FOR ATTA, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT HER CAREER WAS JUST GETTING STARTED. SINCE HER DAD HAD A LONG STANDING JOB WITH THE DISNEY CHANNEL, SHE HAD GOTTEN TO KNOW THE CHANNEL AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE VERY WELL. CATCHING WIND OF A NEW SERIES, ATTA TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO AUDITION. IT WAS EASY GETTING ONE, AS SHE KNEW EVERYONE WHO WAS CASTING FOR IT. IN 2001, SHE LANDED HER FIRST ROLE AS AN ACTRESS AS LIZZIE MCGUIRE IN THE NOW FAMOUS LIZZIE MCGUIRE TELEVISION SHOW. THIS JUMPSTARTED HER CAREER AND LOVE FOR ACTING. BUT ALSO, HER LOVE FOR ACTING STEMMING FROM WANTING TO BE CLOSER TO HER PARENTS, THINKING THAT MAYBE THIS WOULD DRAW THEM TOGETHER.

ATTA WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO WORK STEADILY THROUGHOUT HER CAREER INTO HER ADULT LIFE. ALTHOUGH IT WAS A BIT ROUGH TO KEEP RELEVANT AFTER LIZZIE MCGUIRE ENDED, SHE TRIED HER BEST TO KEEP GOING. ACTING WAS HER PASSION AND SHE KNEW NOTHING ELSE. THERE WAS NO OTHER JOB FOR HER. SO SHE KEPT AUDITIONING, AND USED HER DISNEY CHANNEL FAME AND PARENTS' NAMES TO HER ADVANTAGE. WHICH LED TO ONE OF HER BIGGEST, UNEXPECTED ROLES, OF SOPHIE IN MAMA MIA!, WORKING ALONGSIDE SOME OF HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NAMES. IT ALSO PUT HER ON THE MAP, IN TERMS OF THE MEDIA. IT DIDN'T HELP THAT THE PAPARAZZI ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE IN HER FACE BECAUSE OF HOW PRIVATE SHE TRIED TO BE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS SHE HAD THAT ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE EXTREMELY COMPLICATED FOR HER, BUT SHE ENJOYED THE COMPANY. BEING ALONE WAS NEVER SOMETHING SHE ANTICIPATED, SO SHE TRIED HER BEST NOT TO BE. IT WAS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY, BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE, FOR THE COMFORTABLE LIFE THAT SHE LIVED.

LUCKILY FOR ATTA, BEING A CHILD STAR HAS NOT RUINED HER LIKE SOME OTHERS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS. ALTHOUGH SHE SEEMED TO ALWAYS BE DEEMED SOMETHING SHE'S NOT IN THE MEDIA, THAT DIDN'T TAKE AWAY FROM HER CAREER. IN 2011, SHE LANDED THE BIGGEST ROLE OF HER LIFE PLAYING SKEETER PHELAN IN 'THE HELP'. THIS SEEMED TO MAKE HER CAREER SKYROCKET. HER PERFORMANCE CAUGHT THE EYE OF MANY CASTING DIRECTORS. IN 2012, SHE WAS ABLE TO LAND THE ROLE AS COSETTE IN THE FILM VERSION OF 'LES MISERABLE'. TO DATE, THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST CHALLENGING AND AMAZING WORK SHE HAS DONE. IT ALSO SHINED A LIGHT ON HER SINGING VOICE, AS SHE BEGAN TO FIND A LOVE OF MUSIC, AS WELL. BEING ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL, SHE WAS ABLE TO SHOWCASE HER ABILITY TO SING DOING THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE, SO TAKING OTHER MUSICAL ROLES SUCH AS 'PITCH PERFECT' WAS NOT A FAR STRETCH. IN 2014, SHE WENT BACK TO THE SMALL SCREEN, LANDING A ROLE ON THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SHOW 'HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER'. GOING BACK TO TELEVISION HAS FELT LIKE HOME AND SHE IS ENJOYING EVERY SECOND. FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN FILM AND TELEVISION HAS BEEN A BIT HARD, BUT NOTHING ATTALEIGH CAN'T HANDLE.

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Her mother having a love and obsession for all things old Hollywood, Attaleigha's middle name is Grace, to which she was named after the late Grace Kelly.

Although she grew up as a child star, Atta has turned out relatively normal, compared to her other child star counterparts. She's developed bouts of anxiety and depression from being in the spotlight her whole life, but that's typically unknown to most. Thereapy and medication also help wih this.

Atta tends to be a social person and enjoys being around people, but she is also known to become a recluse whenever she is too stimulated or her anxiety kicks in.

She has a younger brother, to whom she is very close with. However, she only sees her parents on special occasions and holidays. She is closer to her grandparents, who have become second parents to her.

She loves theatre and broadway. It's the reason she's tried to take part in so many singing roles. She works with a voice coach every other week to hone in on her vocal ability.

Wants to learn how to cook more. She's not very good at it but cooking classes are in her future.

The South of France is her favorite place to visit and hopes to own a piece of land there one day. Living there full-time is a goal of hers.

Primarily heterosexual, but still curious.