1. Her acting career began when she was 11 months old.


2. She moved to Nashville when she started filming the show.


3. She was home-schooled.


4. She suffered from body dysmorphia after a magazine said she had cellulite on her legs when she was only 16 years old.


5. Her mom was also an actress.


6. She got a pixie cut on a whim.



7. She was a voice actor in a video game.


8. When she was younger, she once had to run away from the cops.


9. She considers herself a tomboy.



10. She loves playing a southern character.


11. She explained to *The Huffington Post* why she loves playing a powerful woman.


12. She believes she turned out okay, even though she was a child star, because she had the right kinds of people around her.


13. She also remembers being super confident as a child actor.


14. She loves being a mom.

