Alyvia Alyn Lind

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Birth Name: Alyvia Alyn Lind
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States
Profession: Actor

Biography

Alyvia Alyn Lind was born on July 27, 2007 in North Carolina, but was raised in Los Angeles. Acting is a family affair in the Lind family.

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Her father, John, is a director/producer, who met their mother, actress Barbara Alyn Woods, on the set of Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Naturally, Alyvia and her sisters gravitated towards acting.

Lind scored her first role, as Faith Newman, on The Young and the Restless at the age of 3. Two years later, she landed her first film role in the movie Dark Skies, opposite Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton at the age of 6. She has been working steady ever since.

Alyvia quickly added credits for film and television in such productions as Mockingbird, NCIS, See Dad Run, Revenge, A Deadly Adoption, Blended, Transparent, A Date to Die For, Masters of Sex and Shangri-La Suite.

However, it was her role as a young Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors that left a lasting impression. And she continued recurring on Y&R since 2011.

At 10, Lind already has multiple awards for her performances including a Young Artist Award, Young Entertainer Award, MovieGuide Award and a Best Supporting Actress Award at the 168 Film Festival.

She was nominated for an Emmy and a Critic’s Choice TV Award for Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors. Alyvia is young, talented and very grounded with a very bright future ahead of her.

Fast Facts

July 27, 2007 — Birthdate
Appeared with her sisters in the movie Mockingbird.
Has the same middle name as her older sisters Emily and Natalie. Alyn is after their grandfather, Allen, who was a shoe salesman.
Off-camera, Sharon Case and Aly talk about hair, makeup, boys, dancing and singing.
Is a self-proclaimed babyholic.
Learned a lot about life working with Dolly Parton.
Her first scene as Faith on Y&R was her sleeping on Sharon’s chest. Everyone thought how great she was doing, pretending to be asleep, but she was actually so relaxed she had fallen asleep!

Relationships

John Lind – Father
Barbara Alyn Woods – Mother
Emily Alyn Lind – Sister
Natalie Alyn Lind – Sister

Summary

Alyvia Alyn Lind was born in North Carolina, but was raised in Los Angeles. She comes from an entertainment family and began acting at age 3.

Since her debut as Faith Newman on The Young and the Restless in 2011, Lind has been working steadily on such projects as Dark Skies, NCIS, Blended, Mockingbird, See Dad Run, Revenge, A Date to Die For, Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, Transparent, and Masters of Sex.

Already an acting veteran at age 10, Alyvia is still going strong and adding to her resume with the upcoming remake of Goldie Hawn’s classic comedy, Overboard. She will be working alongside of Anna Faris, Eva Longoria and John Hannah.