Sasha Pieterse-Sheaffer known professionally as Sasha Pieterse (born February 17, 1996) is a South African-born but American singer, actress, model, author, and songwriter. She is best known for her role as Alison DiLaurentis in the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.
Born in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, she had already made countless television and film appearances by the age of 16; in fact, by age 6 Sasha made her first television appearance as a co-star on the WB Comedy series, Family Affair.
She also played the character Marissa in the 2005 film The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl and was Amy Loubalu in the 2011 TV movie Geek Charming.
She made her TV acting debut as the character Buffy in the series Family Affair in 2002. She has had recurring roles in the series Heroes and Heroes: Slow Burn. She had a small role in Good Luck Chuck with Jessica Alba in 2007.
She was raised as an only child by parents who worked in the entertainment industry as acrobatic performers. She married her longtime love, Hudson Sheaffer, in May 2018 after a three-year-long engagement. She and Sheaffer welcomed their first child, a son named Hendrix Wade, on November 6, 2020. She was previously in a relationship with actor Cayden Boyd.
Celebrated Name: | Sasha Pieterse |
Net Worth: | $2 Million |
Full Real Name: | Sasha Pieterse-Sheaffer |
Date of Birth: | February 17, 1996 |
Age: | 26 years old |
Birthplace: | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
Gender: | Female |
Height: | 5 ft 5 in (1.67 m) tall |
Zodiac Sign: | Aquarius |
Nationality: | South Africa |
Citizenship: | South Africa (1996–present) United States (2001–present) |
Profession: | Actor, Model, Author, Singer-songwriter |
Years Active: | 2000-present |
Parents: | Zizi Pieterse, Sean Pieterse |
Spouse(s): | Hudson Sheaffer (m. 2018) |
Ex-Boyfriend: | Cayden Boyd |
Children: | Hendrix Wade Sheaffer (son) |
Genres: | Countrysouthern rock |
Labels: | Dan Franklin Music |
Disease: | Polycystic ovary syndrome |
Character: | Alison DiLaurentis Vivian Darkbloom Red Coat |
Instagram: | @sashapieterse with 14.4 million followers |
Twitter: | @sashapieterse |
Facebook: | TheSashaPietersePage |
YouTube channel: | sashapieterse |
Sasha Pieterse-Sheaffer known professionally as Sasha Pieterse (born February 17, 1996) is a South African-born but American singer and actress. She is best known for her role as Alison DiLaurentis on Pretty Little Liars and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.
Pieterse is known for her role as Alison DiLaurentis in the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars. Upon the success of Pretty Little Liars, Pieterse earned a supporting role as Amy Loubalu in the 2011 Disney Channel film Geek Charming. In 2013, she starred in the teen comedy film G.B.F.. In 2017, Pieterse participated in the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars and finished in 10th place.
Sasha Pieterse was born on February 17, 1996, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. He holds a South African and United States nationality. She lived and was born in South Africa in 1996–present and moved to the United States in 2001–present.
Pretty Little Liars star, Sasha Pieterse is 26 years old (as of the time of this article). She was born on February 17, 1996. She celebrates her birthday every February 17 of each year.
Pieterse is 5 feet 5 inches and 1.67 meters tall. She weighs about 75kg. Other physical body measurements of the actress are not known yet including her waist size, and bra size just to mention a few.
Pieterse’s zodiac or birth sign according to Astrology is Aquarius.
Pieterse was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 17, 1996. Moving to the United States in 2001, she was raised in Las Vegas, before moving to Los Angeles.
Pieterse’s parents are Zizi Pieterse (mother), and Sean Pieterse (father). Her parents were popular celebrity athletes.
Sasha has no brother or sister. She was raised as an only child by parents who worked in the entertainment industry as acrobatic performers.
Sasha’s husband’s name is Hudson Sheaffer. On December 22, 2015, Pieterse became engaged to her long-term boyfriend Hudson Sheaffer. They were married on May 27, 2018, in a destination wedding at Castle Leslie Estate in County Monaghan, Glaslough Ireland after a three-year-long engagement. Sasha’s best friend Jailynn Rubio officiated the wedding, and allegedly the couple’s first dance was choreographed by Sasha’s Dancing With The Stars partner, Gleb Savchenko.
On May 27, 2020, Pieterse announced that she and Sheaffer were expecting their first child. Sasha Pieterse and her husband, Sheaffer, welcomed their first child, a son named Hendrix Wade Sheaffer, on November 6, 2020.
Before marrying and having a child with her husband Sheaffer, Pieterse was previously in a relationship with actor Cayden Boyd.
She became accustomed to a career in entertainment at an early age, as her parents were a professional acrobatic dance team who performed internationally. Pieterse was homeschooled and graduated at 14.
At a young age, her parents noticed how curious she was about stage shows and took decided to enroll her in acting classes. Sasha has managed to build and maintain a working resume with countless appearances on TV shows and movies. Starting with just the additional commercial role Sasha grew into an incredible star.
At the age of six years old, Sasha Pieterse made her first appearance on Television. Co-starring in a WB Comedy TV Series, Family Affair (2002) as Buffy, she captured the hearts of the nation. As she grew older she developed life in the land of showbiz.
In 2003, a year into her career Sasha won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in TV series. As she grew and matured into the star she was born to be, Sasha continued booking roles.
The curly-haired child got her break. At a young age, her parents noticed how curious she was about stage shows and took decided to enroll her in acting classes. In 2003, a year into her career Sasha won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in TV series. As she grew and matured into the star she was born to be, Sasha continued booking roles.
At four years old, Pieterse began modeling and appearing in commercials. She appeared in an advertisement for Wenner Bread Products at five years old, and later appeared on a national billboard for hair salon franchise SuperCuts and modeled for Macy’s Passport fashion show. Pieterse appeared in numerous magazines, including on the covers of BELLO‘s “Young Hollywood” issue (December 2014), TeenProm (2015 issue), Seventeen (August 2016), Social Life (August 2019).
Not only does she act, but she can also sing and play guitar. She is a model and an author. In her spare time, she loves to hang out with her friends and go to parties. She enjoys making jewelry, as well as singing/performing country music.
She has a Pekinese dog named Precious, a Persian cat named Pasha, and a fish named Crystal. She also enjoys music.
At six years old, Pieterse got her start in television, co-starring in 2002 as Buffy on The WB’s remake of the CBS sitcom Family Affair. She guest-starred in the Stargate SG-1 episode “Grace” with Amanda Tapping as a little girl named Grace. In 2005, she appeared on an episode of House titled “Autopsy”, portraying Andie, a young girl with terminal cancer. That same year, she made her film debut in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D as Marissa, the Ice Princess, and also appeared as Millie Rose for two episodes of the short-lived TNT series Wanted, alongside her former Family Affair co-star, Gary Cole.
Pieterse appeared in the 2007 film Good Luck Chuck, playing a young goth girl who places a curse on the titular character. She played the younger version of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s character in the 2007 film The Air I Breathe, along with such co-stars as Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, and Emile Hirsch. She also played a leading character in the Hallmark original film Claire, also released in 2007.
Pieterse was 13 years old in late 2009, when she was cast in the Freeform teen drama television series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017) as Alison DiLaurentis, the former “queen bee” of her high school clique. She had a regular role in the series from the first four seasons until later became a main role in the fifth season, with one of the five girls. Since its debut, the series has received mixed reviews from television critics, but remained a success for Freeform, garnering a large fandom.
Pieterse reprised her role as Alison, in the spin-off series titled Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists on Freeform in 2019. In Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, she portrayed the grown-up version of Alison who is working as a teaching assistant at Beacon Heights University.
Other roles Pieterse has had include a 2009 appearance in Without a Trace, and a recurring role as Amanda Strazzulla, an abandoned daughter, in Heroes. In 2011, she appeared as Amy Loubalu in the Disney Channel Original Movie Geek Charming, and also as a teenage girl in the film X-Men: First Class. More recently, Pieterse has appeared in the film G.B.F. and in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 as a terrorist pupil named Dawn Hatfield.
Pieterse played Japonica Fenway, a young lady involved with cocaine, in the film Inherent Vice (2014), based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon. In September 2017, Pieterse was announced as one of the celebrities to compete in Dancing with the Stars – season 25. She was paired with professional dancer Gleb Savchenko. They were the 4th couple eliminated, on October 16, 2017, finishing in 10th place.
On August 16, 2021, Deadline announced that Pieterse has been cast in Netflix‘s film adaptation of Annie Barrows’ New York Times bestselling book series Ivy + Bean alongside Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Lynch, and Nia Vardalos.
Pieterse describes her music as “country with southern rock”. Her debut single “This Country is Bad Ass” was released on April 12, 2013. Pieterse described the patriotism behind the song: “I just love this country so much and I would never have been able to be where I am if I wasn’t in America, so we decided to come up with this [track].” Her second single, “R.P.M”, was released on June 13, 2013.
Her third single, “I Can’t Fix You“, was released on July 12, 2013. On December 10, 2013, she released her fourth single “No”, an upbeat track about “standing strong in your convictions” and saying no when an unfaithful, lying ex-boyfriend asks for a second chance.
Sasha started a blog focused on cooking, DIY crafts, baking, and entertaining. She titled the blog, Sasha In Good Taste. Her cookbook Sasha in Good Taste: Recipes for Bites, Feasts, Sips & Celebrations was published by Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins on October 8, 2019. In the book, Pieterse shares cooking and baking recipes, tips for inexpensive party planning, do-it-yourself projects, and ideas for desserts. San Francisco Book Review wrote that the book is “full of good ideas”.
She was later signed to Harper Collins publishing company with a book deal for Sasha In Good Taste. Her novel release date is October 10, 2019.
She also has a lifestyle website called “Sasha in Good Taste”.
Sasha supports many charities including Camp Ronald Mcdonald for Good Times, making regular appearances with friends and costars to carnivals and signings. In June 2019, Pieterse and her husband worked together with Habitat for Humanity to help build houses in New Orleans.
In 2015, fans of Sasha started to notice a significant weight gain on her part and soon became worried about her health. After a slew of hate comments and rumors regarding her weight, Sasha released a statement stating that she had a hormone imbalance that had caused the weight gain.
However, in 2017, she became more outspoken about her health and condition, revealing that she had been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, also known as PCOS. She stated that this has contributed to her gaining 70 pounds in two years. She also stated that her main reason for joining the hit-show Dancing With the Stars was to help her to get back in shape and become healthy again. Since joining the show, she has said that she has lost over 70 pounds. Since announcing her health condition, she has become an advocate and role model for other women with the condition.
Sasha Pieterse is an American actress and singer who has a net worth of $2 million. Her sources of income are from acting, singing, and other endeavors.
Pieterse has developed an online and social media presence, including 14.3 million followers on Instagram as of December 2021. She endorses products such as beauty and wellness products on Instagram and has partnered with Lightlife Foods, and Pokemon Go.
Instagram: @sashapieterse with 14.4 million followers
Twitter: @sashapieterse
Facebook: TheSashaPietersePage
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