Peyton Roi is Best Known For Portraying Emma Ross on the Disney Channel comedy series, Jessie (2011-Present). She played young Jane in 2008 film 27 Dresses.
Born Name : Peyton Roi List
Nick Name : Pey, Octopus (in basketball)
Occupation : Actress, model
Years active : 2002–present
Born : April 06, 1998, 22, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Sun Sign : Aries
Height : 5 ft 6 in or 168 cm
Hair Color : She is naturally blonde.
Eye Color : Hazel
Measurements : 33-23-33 in or 84-58.5-84 cm
Bra size : 32A
Family
Siblings – Spencer List (Younger Twin Brother) (Actor and model), Phoenix List (Younger Brother) (Actor and model)
Peyton Roi List appeared in various films and television episodes as a young child and modeled for tween magazines and companies. In 2011, she joined the cast of Jessie as Emma Ross, the eldest of four siblings that are being cared for by a young nanny. In 2015, she reprised the role in the spinoff series Bunk’d. She is also recognized for playing Holly Hills in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series, and for the role of Tory in Cobra Kai. She also starred as Ellie O’Brien in the 2016 Disney Channel Original Movie The Swap.
Early life
She has two brothers, her twin Spencer, and a younger brother, Phoenix, both of whom are actors.
She attended The Carroll School (P.S. 58) for elementary school, and the New Voices School for Academic and Creative Arts (M.S. 443) for middle school, both in New York City. She attended Oak Park High School in Oak Park, California, where she graduated in 2016.
Career – Modeling
List was a 2011 model for Justice magazine. She has also appeared on the cover of the American Girl’s 2009 Back to School issue.
She has appeared in over four hundred advertisements in various formats for various companies.
Acting
List appeared alongside Robert Pattinson in the film Remember Me as a girl who bullies Pattinson’s character’s little sister. In 2010, List appeared in the Disney film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and in Lifetime Movie Network’s Secrets in the Walls, alongside Jeri Ryan and Kay Panabaker.
List starred in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days. She had a major role as Holly Hills, the crush of Greg. From 2011 to 2015, she starred as Emma Ross, the eldest of four children, on the Disney Channel series Jessie alongside Debby Ryan and her Diary of a Wimpy Kid co-star Karan Brar. On February 25, 2015, it was announced that Jessie would end after its fourth season, and that List, along with Brar and Skai Jackson, would reprise their roles in the spinoff series Bunk’d.
List is an active member of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars.
Singing
She performed with Ingrid Michaelson at one of Michaelson’s concerts. In 2018, List released her first single Liar Liar.
Namefellow
Peyton Roi List shares the same name with a fellow actress, Peyton List (born 1986). The younger List was interviewed by Access Hollywood, saying she uses Peyton R. List to avoid confusion. Union SAG-AFTRA’s policy avoids actors with the same name; this instance went unnoticed. They appeared in the same scene — when the older List starred on As the World Turns as Lucy Montgomery. Years later, the younger List cited confusion when they stayed at the same hotel — they received daily call sheets and voicemails for each other. IndieWire noted the confusion appeared on the website Wikipedia, where both actresses’s articles started out with exactly the same introduction text of Peyton List is an American actress and model.
Personal life
As of March 2011, List lived with her family in New York. The family had moved to Los Angeles by the time List was 16.
Manager
United Talent Agency
Brand Endorsements
Peyton had served as the StarPower ambassador for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.
At the age of 15 only, she had appeared in more than 400 commercials (in various formats including TV, print, etc.) for several companies such as Dannon Danimals, etc.
First Film
List’s debut film was 2004 American superhero film Spider-Man 2 where she played the role as a little girl playing on the steps.
First TV Show
In 2002, she debuted with American television soap opera As the World Turns by guest appearing in it for her role as the little girl in the diner.
Peyton List Favorite Things
Color – Purple
Subject – English, Writing
Makeup Brand – L’Oreal Concealer
Peyton List Facts
List relocated to New York at four after taking birth in Florida.
She has done modeling for Justice magazine in 2011.
She decided to become an actress at a very young age when her mother took her to see a Broadway show.
Peyton can also be seen on the cover of American Girl’s 2009 Back to School issue.
She enjoys singing, dancing and bike riding.
She is best friends with Bella Thorne since childhood.
Singer-songwriter James Morrison is her celebrity crush. She also likes Zac Efron.
Jennifer Lawrence is her female celebrity crush.
She got 2 scars on her knee from a bike crash as a kid.
As of July 2015, Peyton sleeps with lot many pillows at night, preferably 5 (all goes behind her head).
Peyton is 10 minutes older than her twin brother Spencer.
She likes roller coasters, even the scariest one.
She has tried zip lining and is in love with it.
She used to be an aggressive defender in basketball and hence got the name “The Octopus.”
According to Peyton, she can memorize the lyrics to any rap song after just hearing the song twice.
At the age of 8 months, she learned swimming.
Blake Lively is her style icon.
Peyton had a lead role in the 2012 movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days as well as 2011 movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Holly Hills.
Her fans are called peytonators.