User:Leah Duchman

Career
Duchman was born in Milan, Italy. She is an only child, and comes from Spanish/Mexican and French ancestry. Hahn began her career as a child model at the age of 3, and began working commercially at the age of 4. Soon after, she began guest starring in television shows. In 2009, Duchman appeared in CSI: Miami as Maggie Rush, a little girl whose mother was trying to regain custody of her, and in NCIS: Los Angeles as Elly Johnson, a young girl whose uncle was a suspect in a murder investigation. In 2010, Duchman had a small role in the Nickelodeon show iCarly as a young girl that Gibby scares. She also was seen in The Closer as Cody Tatem, a girl whose mother, a drug addict, possible committed suicide, and father is dying. Duchman also had a small role in Criminal Minds as Abby Sanderson in the episode "25 to Life". In 2011 Duchman was seen as Tom Hanks's daughter Sophie, a young pageant girl that appears on the show Toddlers & Tiaras in a comedy skit for Jimmy Kimmel Live!,[1] as well as another comedy skit playing Topher Grace's daughter in a Pie Face commercial.[2] Duchman will also appear in her first feature film entitled The Secret Life of Dorks as James Belushi's daughter. In the summer of 2011, Duchman worked with Teri Polo and Esai Morales in the Lifetime movie "We Have Your Husband". She plays the role of Maria Valseca, daughter of Jayne and Eduardo Valseca. The story is based on the book "We Have Your Husband: One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico" by Jayne Garcia Valseca and Mark Ebner. The book retells the true life kidnapping of Eduardo Valseca in Mexico In January 2012 Duchman had a guest-star role in Disney's JESSIE as Lindsay in Beauty and the Beasts then immediately after working on the sitcom Duchman traveled to Puerto Rico to film "Riding 79" in February.[3] Right after returning to LA, Duchman was cast in two Hallmark films, "Matchmaker Santa" as Young Melanie starring Lacey Chabert[4] and "Two-In" with Alison Sweeney (Days of Our Lives)and Benjamin Stockham (1600 Penn).[5] At the end of August Duchman caught a plane to Green Bay, Wisconsin to shoot a commercial for STATE FARM Insurance with "Packers" Quarterback Aaron Rodgers. In October of this year Duchman guest-starred as "Jenny Reynolds", a mysterious little girl who is abandoned at Briarcliff in American Horror Story: Asylum - in Origins of Monstrosity episode 2.6.[6] This is Duchman's first dramatic role as a villain working alongside Lily Rabe and Academy Awards Winner Jessica Lange. As the year comes to an end, Duchman has yet another flight to catch in November. This time she will be flying to Spokane, Washington to work on a film "Hero Pose" as the daughter of Chaske Spencer (Twilight). The year ended with a role in Wizards of Waverly Place Reunion movie "The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex" for the role of Bianca. Alex Russo's (Selena Gomez) Italian relative and young wizard in training. In 2013 Leah started the year by co-starring in season 4 of ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars (TV series) - "A is for A-L-I-V-E" EP #401 where she plays the role of "Mini Aria Montgomery" (Lucy Hale).