Before he became a Billboard Hot 100 artist, most people knew Sabrina Carpenter through their television screens.
After starting out as a child actor landing small roles in various movies and TV shows — including episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Orange Is the New Black — the singer-actress landed her lead role Girl meets world in 2014 she played Maya Hart, the wild, rough-and-tumble girlfriend of Rowan Blanchard's Riley Matthews. At the same time, she was working to launch her music career with Disney Music Group's Hollywood Records, with which she signed at age 14 and released four albums over the next five years: 2015's Eyes wide openof 2016 Developmentof 2018 Singular Act I and 2019 Singular Act II.
Eventually, she moved to Island Records in 2021 and released her breakthrough album Email I can't send next year. Over the next two years, she would earn her first Hot 100 entry with 2021's “Skin,” followed by her first top 10 hit with 2024's “Espresso” and finally her first No. 1 on the chart with “Please Please Please” a few months after that. “Music is the only career that is completely, 100 percent me,” Carpenter said Bulletin board in 2021 of her preference for singing over acting.
Even so, the all-rounder has continued to star in many acting roles in between all of this slow but steady success with her music career, lending her talents to numerous films, TV shows and animated projects since debuting in Girl meets world. Keep reading to see a complete list of characters she's played since her breakthrough in Hollywood in 2014 to date.
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“Adventures in Babysitting” (2016)
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The Disney Channel Adventures in Babysitting marked Carpenter's first major film role, playing babysitter Jenny Parker opposite Sofia Carson's Lola Perez.
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“Milo Murphy's Law” (2016-2019)
It takes place in the same universe as Disney's Phineas & FerbCarpenter provided the voice of Melissa Chase, one of the main characters of the two-season Disney XD animated series Milo Murphy's Law. Her boyfriend? “Weird Al” Yankovic, who played the titular character on the show.
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“The Hate U Give” (2018)
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In one of her first major dramatic roles, Carpenter played Hailey Grant The Hate U Givebased on the book of the same name by Angie Thomas. The film also starred Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall.
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“Tall Girl” (2019)
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Over a foot shorter than leading lady Ava Michelle — who played Jodi Kreyman, the tall girl in question on Netflix Tall girl — Carpenter starred as Harper Kreyman, queen of good matches and wise older sister. (Michelle says she's 6'1″ in the film's trailer, while the “Nonsense” singer is 5'0″.)
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“The Short History of the Long Road” (2019)
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Carpenter travels across the country as Nola, daughter of Stephen Ogg's Clint, in Annie Simon-Kennedy's indie film The Short History of the Long Road.
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'Work It' (2020)
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Starring alongside Jordan Fisher and Liza Koshy, Carpenter shows off her dancing skills as Quinn Ackerman on Netflix Work it.
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'Clouds' (2020)
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In this Disney musical drama about a teenage boy facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, Carpenter played Sammy Brown, the best friend of Fin Argus' Zach Sobiech.
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“Royalties” (2020)
Carpenter played Bailey Rouge Rightscreation and starring Darren Criss. He also sings “Perfect Song” on the show's soundtrack.
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“Tall Girl 2” (2022)
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Three years after the original premiered, Carpenter reprized her role as Harper in Tall girl continuity.
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'Emergency' (2022)
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Playing Maddy, Carpenter gets caught up in a huge mess at Prime Video's Emergencywhich also starred RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins and Sebastian Chacon.
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