Landry Bender Explained

Landry Bender
Birth Date:	3 August 2000
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.^[1]
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	2011–present
Mother:	Amy Bender
Father:	Trey Bender
Relatives:	Gary Bender (grandfather)

Landry Bender (born August 3, 2000^[2]) is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Cleo Bernstein in the Disney XD series Crash & Bernstein,^[3] and playing Blithe Pedulla in the 2011 film The Sitter.^[4] Bender played one of the lead roles, Cyd, in the 2015–2016 Disney Channel sitcom Best Friends Whenever.^{[5] [6]} From 2017 to 2020, she played Rocki in the Netflix sitcom Fuller House.

Early life

Bender was born in Chicago, Illinois.^[7] She is the daughter of sportscaster Trey Bender.^[8] She moved to Phoenix when she was two. She began taking acting classes at Desert Stages Theatre by age 5. She attended and graduated from Oak Park Independent School.

Filmography

Television and film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Council of Dads	Mykala Wells	Unsold television pilot
		Blithe Pedulla	Film
2012–2014	Crash & Bernstein	Cleo Bernstein	Main role
2014	Jake and the Never Land Pirates	Little Sister	Voice role; episode: "The Singing Stones"
	Fairest of the Mall	Nikki	Unsold television pilot (Disney Channel)^[9] ^[10]
2015–2016	Best Friends Whenever	Cyd Ripley	Co-lead role
2015	Liv and Maddie	Cyd Ripley	Episode: "Haunt-a-Rooney"
2017–2019	The Lion Guard	Makini	Recurring voice role (seasons 2-3)
2017–2020	Fuller House	Rocki	Recurring role (seasons 3–5)^[11]
2019	Looking for Alaska	Sara	Main role^[12]
2021	The Republic of Sarah	Bella	Main role^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Best Friends Whenever show bios - Landry Bender. Disney Channel Press. 2015-08-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215333/http://www.disneyabcpress.com/disneychannel/shows/best-friends-whenever/bios/. 2015-09-23.
2. Landry Bender. landrybender. 892714323000397824. Last day of being 16 ⚡️❤. August 2, 2017. 2017-08-02.
3. Web site: 'Crash & Bernstein' Premieres Monday October 8 on Disney XD. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104135840/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/30/crash-bernstein-premieres-monday-october-8-on-disney-xd/146817/. dead. November 4, 2013. TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Entertainment. Amanda Kondolojy. August 30, 2012. 2015-08-28.
4. Web site: Newcomer joins Jonah Hill in 'The Sitter' EXCLUSIVE: Landry Bender to play troublemaking kid. The Hollywood Reporter. Jay A. Fernandez. September 21, 2010. 2015-08-28.
5. Web site: Disney Channel's 'Best Friends Whenever' Mines Familiar Formula. Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Brian Lowry. June 25, 2015. 2015-08-28.
6. Web site: 'Best Friends Whenever' Has Been Canceled. M Magazine. February 27, 2017. 2017-09-03.
7. Web site: Desert Stages Alumni . DesertStage.org . October 28, 2020.
8. landrybender . 1325909094566223872 . This gem of a human aka my dad just joined Twitter ... follow him for a good time!!! :) @TreySBender . November 9, 2020 . May 3, 2021.
9. Web site: Fairest of the Mall Comedy Pilot Ordered at Disney Channel. TVLine. Michael Ausiello. June 10, 2014. 2015-12-19.
10. Web site: Interview: Lauren Taylor from Disney Channel's 'Best Friends Whenever'. Musichel. Rachel Ho. August 28, 2015. 2016-06-18. Fairest of the Mall was a show about a girl named Holly (played by me)... By the end of the episode, she'd decided to stay with her real friends, one who happened to be Nikki (played by Landry Bender) and one named Barry (played by Gus Kamp)..
11. Web site: EXCLUSIVE: Landry Bender Talks Season 3 Of Fuller House. The Daily Shuffle. September 13, 2017. 2017-09-14.
12. Web site: Denise Petski . 'Looking For Alaska': Hulu Limited Series Adds Six To Cast . . March 21, 2019 . 2019-04-06.
13. Web site: Denise Petski . 'The Republic Of Sarah': Landry Bender, Ian Duff & Forrest Goodluck Join CW Drama Pilot. . March 10, 2020. 2020-10-30.