She began acting as a child, with early roles in the horror film The Amityville Horror , the drama series Desperate Housewives — , the horror film The Eye , the drama film The Poker House , the romantic comedy film Days of Summer , and the children's comedy film Diary of a Wimpy Kid She also starred in the thriller film Dark Places , the science fiction action film The 5th Wave and the comedy film Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Moretz was born in Atlanta , Georgia, and raised in Cartersville, Georgia.
Moretz would help Trevor read lines. It was not until her second big-screen acting role, in the remake of The Amityville Horror , that she earned greater recognition, receiving a Young Artist Award nomination. Moretz also voiced the U. Moretz also co-starred as Cammie, an abused child, in The Poker House. In , Moretz appeared in the Disney animated film Bolt as a younger version of Miley Cyrus ' character. Moretz trained with Jackie Chan 's stunt crew for three months prior to filming and did most of her own stunts while filming on location.
She received critical acclaim for her performance. Moretz starred in Hick , an adaptation of the novel by Andrea Portes. In , she reprised her role as Hit-Girl in the sequel Kick-Ass 2. Moretz has done voice work for video games. The story follows a year-old classical musician as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family and has an out-of-body experience. The film was released in January In a interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Moretz revealed she had dropped out of all the unproduced film projects she was attached to.
She explained, "I want to reassess who I am and find myself within my roles again. I'm realizing that I can slow down. I think as an actor you have a huge opportunity to find yourself through the roles that you choose. I think it's my time, right now in my life, to figure out who I am and what I am and what I want and what this industry means Why not sit back, slow down, realize I'm 19 and go, 'Hey, let's make stuff that really, really hits hard with who I am and helps me figure out what it means to be a year-old actor who is just doing her thing.
I don't think it's time for them to have a voice right now," referring to men accused of sexual misconduct. In , Moretz starred in the drama film The Miseducation of Cameron Post opposite Sasha Lane and Forrest Goodluck revolving around a teenage girl who is sent to a conversion camp. In an interview with The Advocate , she said, "I hope it is a show that will help to save lives by sharing what coming out means to each individual — that no single 'coming out' story is the same, each one is unique.
