When she received the Best Young Actor/Actress award from the Broadcast
Film Critics Association for her performance in Ich bin Sam (2001), she was too
short to reach the microphone to give her acceptance speech. Presenter
Orlando Bloom held her up to the mike for the duration of her speech, which
turned out to be quite long.
I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl.
I've always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I
wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around
the house.
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Preteen years: played extremely precocious and intelligent children who were often smarter than the adults. Her teenage roles have consisted of more troubled girls.
