This young actress has worked with a number of the industry's biggest stars in a variety of diverse and challenging roles. She won rave reviews and a Critics Choice Movie Award nomination for her powerful work on the feature film, Brothers (2009). She played the young "Betty Ann Waters" in Fox Searchlight's Conviction (2010).
Bailee captured audiences hearts with her role of "May Belle Aarons" in Disney's Bridge to Terabithia (2007), and has left lasting impressions with her performances in the independent film, Phoebe in Wonderland (2008). Bailee had a starring role in producer Guillermo del Toro's thriller, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), with Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce. She played a withdrawn child being haunted by insatiable demons; the film was released in August 2011. Bailee starred as the daughter of Marisa Tomei and the granddaughter of Bette Midler and Billy Crystal in the film Parental Guidance (2012), a co-production between 20th Century Fox and Walden Media. Her other feature films include Letters to God (2010) and Hallmark's A Taste of Romance (2012). For her role in Columbia Pictures' comedy, Just Go with It (2011), Bailee earned rave reviews with The Wall Street Journal.
In 2011, Variety named Bailee an honoree for her philanthropic efforts with Alex's Lemonade Stand at the Variety Power of Youth Awards, which pays homage to the industry's most talented young activists. A driven and talented young actress, Bailee is equally committed to using her public profile to raise awareness for those less fortunate. Between filming major motion pictures, Bailee has been devoting her time and energy to Alex's Lemonade Stand, an organization that encourages children, nationwide, to raise money to find a cure for childhood cancer through running their own lemonade stands. When Bailee isn't working or studying, she loves cooking with her family.
