Amanda Leighton

Amanda Moreno Leighton (born June 7, 1993) is an American actress. She is known for her voice acting as Blossom in the 2016 Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls, Poppy in the 2018 Netflix animated series Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and Polly Plantar in the 2019 Disney Channel animated series Amphibia. She is also known for her recurring role as Emma in the Freeform drama series The Fosters. Personal life Leighton grew up in Fresno, California and she graduated from Clovis West High School. She is half Hispanic. Leighton married professional mixed martial artist Sage Northcutt on December 5, 2020. Career Leighton started her acting career at the age of 10 in her home town, and got her first agent at the age of 12 when she started taking acting classes and going to auditions in Los Angeles. She also has 11 years of dance experience, which she used in ABC Family's Make It or Break It, where she played a gymnast named Wendy Capshaw. In June 2015, Leighton was cast to voice Blossom in Cartoon Networks revival of The Powerpuff Girls, which ran from 2016 to 2019.