Abigail Breslin was just 10 years old when she got the breakthrough role that changed her life. She appeared in the cult film “Little Miss Sunshine” as the youngest of a very dysfunctional family who pull together to help her achieve her dream of entering a beauty pageant. As a result, she became the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. She’s now fifteen years old and is starring in “Janie Jones,” an independent film about another dysfunctional family. Abigail Breslin, who plays teenager Janie alongside Alessandro Nivola, who appears as her father, talks about the film.
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