Peyton Elizabeth Lee

Peyton Elizabeth Lee was born on May 22, 2004, in New York City, she moved to Manhattan Beach, California, and began acting at the age of ten.^[3] Lee is half Chinese on her father's side.^[4] She described her father as "one of the major reasons why I have become an actor."^[3] Her mother is of English, Irish and Italian descent.^[5] She has an older sister and a younger brother.^[6] In 2023, Lee was a freshman at Columbia University.^[7]

Prior to Andi Mack, Lee appeared in episodes of Shameless and Scandal.^[8] Lee debuted as the titular character in Andi Mack in 2017, when she was twelve years old.^[9] When asked about casting Lee in the lead role, Andi Mack executive producer Terri Minsky said she "liked that Lee did not look as if she had fallen off a child-star assembly line",^[10] later stating that "What's really great about Peyton is that she can easily handle both the drama and the comedy of this character."^[11] On January 9, 2018, it was announced that Lee would be joining the Disney Junior animated series The Lion Guard as Rani, appearing in nine episodes from the third season.^[12]

On January 14, 2021, it was announced that Lee would play the title role in Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., a reboot of Doogie Howser, M.D. on Disney+.^[13][14] In August 2022, Lee was cast in the animated feature film Wildwood which is a film adaptation of the 2011 novel by Colin Meloy.^[15][16] Lee starred in the lead role of Mandy Yang in the television film Prom Pact alongside Milo Manheim which was released on March 30, 2023.^[17][18] In June 2024, Lee was cast in a Hulu original film titled Carved which was released on October 21, 2024.^[19][20]