Halston Jean Schrage, born May 10, 1993, better known by her stage name Halston Sage, is an American actress. She’s best known for her roles as Grace on the Nickelodeon television series How to Rock, Amber on the NBC television series Crisis, Lacey in the movie Paper Towns and Lt. Alara Kitan on the FOX television series The Orville. Take a look below for 20 more interesting and fascinating facts about Halston Sage.

1. Sage was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

2. She has a younger brother and a younger sister.

3. She rode horses competitively, and was the editor of her high school’s newspaper.

4. Sage is of Jewish heritage.

5. She says that she’s obsessed with eighties movies.

6. Her favorite weekend activity is riding bikes to breakfast.

7. Her paternal grandmother was born in Cuba.

8. She says that she loves dogs. She has a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.

9. Sage went to an all-girls school. She has stated that she felt like she missed out on a traditional high-school life.

10. She likes to Instagram her dogs. She also gets excited to post behind the scenes pictures when she’s filming something.

11. Growing up, she read all of the Twilight books. She says she feels guilty, but that she was always Team Edward.

12. She began her career in 2011, when she was cast in the role of Grace on the Nickelodeon series How to Rock, which first aired on February 4, 2012, and ran for a single 25 episode season.

13. She guest starred on Nickelodeon’s Victorious and Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures.

14. In February 2013, Sage was cast in the short-lived NBC television thriller series Crisis, from Rand Ravich, playing Amber, the daughter of Gillian Anderson’s character.

15. In 2016, she was cast in the starring role of Alara Kitan on the science-fiction dramedy series The Orville, which premiered on Fox on September 10, 2017.

16. In 2013, she appeared in the movies The Bling Ring, alongside Emma Watson, Grown Ups 2, alongside Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, and Poker Night, with Beau Mirchoff and Ron Perlman.

17. She had a role in the 2014 movie Neighbors, with Seth Rogen and Zac Efron; she played the part of Efron’s girlfriend Brooke Shy.

18. Sage was a nominee for the MTV Movie Award “Best Kiss” for her onscreen kiss with Rose Byrne In Neighbors.

19. In 2015, Sage played Lacey Pemberton in the movie Paper Towns, alongside Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, and based on the 2008 novel of the same name by John Green.

20. In 2015, she co-starred in Sony Pictures’ Goosebumps opposite Jack Black, and was cast in the role of Kendall in Paramount’s Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse which centers on a group of Boy Scouts who rise to the occasion as their small town is faced with a zombie outbreak.