AVA CANTRELL
Ava Cantrell is insightful, hardworking, and a truly caring young actress, which is how Ava Cantrell is described. She dives into all roles with passion, clarity, and willingness to let it all out on the table. Ava has that rare gift of crossing between comedic, thriller and dramatic characters. She began her acting career in 2008. She has appeared in many TV commercials, music videos, short films, Television, and feature films.
Ava gained notoriety as Penelope Pritchard on the Nickelodeon series Haunted Hathaways. In 2013, she won a Young Artist award for her performance in this recurring role. She played Penelope Pritchard with gusto. Nickelodeon paired her in later episodes with a Butler, allowing her to embody a character so spoiled and bratty that it solidified her as the show’s greatest nemesis. She remains one of Nickelodeon’s most loved Villains on the Nick.com site.
Ava has always been lighting up the stage since she was in kindergarten. She loved dancing, performing and hamming it up in front of the camera. She played the lead role of Brooklyn in the 2015 web series Cam Girls the Series, which has won numerous awards. Ava was cast as Teen Diana in the Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema feature film Lights Out 2015. She was shortly after cast as the lead in the feature film One Under the Sun, released in March 2017. One Under the Sun shows Ava’s very dramatic side, as she plays the daughter of an astronaut who is losing a battle with cancer.
Ava is also an award-winning dancer, competing between 2007 and 2014 in Ballet, Tap, Contemporary, and musical theatre styles. These performances can be seen on her YouTube channel, Miss Ava Cantrell. Ava is an excellent student, maintaining a National honour roll and a 4.4 GPA. She has a love of animals and lends her time to numerous charities. She still finds moments for surfing, photography and Archery.