Peyton Elizabeth Lee: Exclusive Portraits Of The ‘Prom Pact’ Star

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March 31, 2023 1:23PM EDT

Peyton Elizabeth Lee stopped by HollywoodLife for an exclusive portrait session. See the photos of the ‘Prom Pact’ actress.

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee Exclusive Portraits

Peyton Elizabeth Lee Exclusive Portraits — Peyton Elizabeth Lee is on fire right now. The actress stars in the new Disney+ original movie ‘Prom Pact,’ which premiered on March 31. She also returns as Lahela in the Disney+ series ‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.’ season 2. The series is a reboot of the hit ‘Doogie Howser, M.D.’ that starred Neil Patrick Harris.

Peyton had her first breakout moment in the Disney Channel series ‘Andi Mack.’ Now 18, Peyton is looking at roles both in front of and behind the camera. She was one of the co-producers of ‘Prom Pact,’ her first time doing so.

‘Directing is my dream,’ Peyton told HollywoodLife about her future goals. ‘That’s really what I want to do, but producing for sure. I’ll always love acting and I’ll always continue to pursue that as well. I’ll keep doing it as long as they’ll let me.’ See our exclusive photos of Peyton Elizabeth Lee from our studio session now.

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee Pulls Double Duty

Peyton Elizabeth Lee Pulls Double Duty — Peyton Elizabeth Lee stars as Mandy Yang in ‘Prom Pact.’ The same day as ‘Prom Pact’s release, ‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.’ returns for season 2. Peyton is back as Lahela, the teen wunderkind.

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee On ‘Prom Pact’s Happy Ending

Peyton Elizabeth Lee On ‘Prom Pact’s Happy Ending — ‘You can work really hard and accomplish your dreams and get to where you want to go and that doesn’t mean that you have to neglect the other side of life. You can have love and enjoy the experience that is living,’ she said.

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee On Mandy & Ben’s Friendship

Peyton Elizabeth Lee On Mandy & Ben’s Friendship — Mandy’s friendship with Ben is one of the emotional cores of ‘Prom Pact.’ Unlike so many teen movies before it, ‘Prom Pact’ doesn’t take them into romantic territory. Peyton said she loved how the film shows ‘a very strong, great, platonic friendship’

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee On Attending College

Peyton Elizabeth Lee On Attending College — Peyton Elizabeth Lee is currently attending Columbia University and is studying philosophy. ‘I think philosophy is so applicable to life no matter what avenue you take. I think especially what I love to do, which is telling stories, the more you understand the intricacies of the human experience the better,’ she told HL.

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee On Living In NYC

Peyton Elizabeth Lee On Living In NYC — Attending Columbia has brought Peyton back to New York City. ‘Living in New York City has always been my dream,’ the actress said. ‘I was actually born in the city originally, and then I moved to LA when I was really young and grew up there. But coming back was always something that I wanted to do, and Columbia was definitely a dream for me.’

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee On Working With Milo Manheim

Peyton Elizabeth Lee On Working With Milo Manheim — Peyton stars in both ‘Prom Pact’ & ‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.’ season 2 with Milo Manheim. She pointed out that her dynamics with Milo in the projects are vastly ‘different.’

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Peyton Elizabeth Lee On The Importance Of Female Characters

Peyton Elizabeth Lee On The Importance Of Female Characters — ‘It’s really important to have strong female characters at the center of our story that aren’t purely driven by men, boys, or whatever. It was very important to us to show young girls watching this show that they should be choosing themselves,’ she said.

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