Lilia Buckingham (born April 9, 2003) is an American actress, internet celebrity, dancer, writer, and producer.
Early life and education Buckingham was born and raised in Beverly Hills, California, to Jane (née Rinzler) and Marcus Buckingham. She has an older brother Jack. Buckingham attended Harvard-Westlake School. She graduated from Laurel Springs School and graduated from Boston University in 2025, after studying screenwriting and film production.
Career Buckingham began acting in local musical theatre productions at the age of four. She competitively danced with the MNR Dance Factory, where she met and befriended Mackenzie and Maddie Ziegler and began to grow her online platform. Together with the Zieglers and her brother, she co-founded anti-cyberbullying organization Positively Social.
Buckingham made her television debut in 2012 with a minor role in an episode of Modern Family. She began working with Brat in 2018, starring as Autumn Miller on the web series Dirt. The character has also made appearances in other series such as Chicken Girls, Total Eclipse and Zoe Valentine, as well as the 2019 Brat film Spring Breakaway. She also made several appearances on the network's talk show, Brat Chat.
In November 2018, Buckingham and Emily Skinner released a single, "Denim Jacket", and donated a portion of the proceeds to GLAAD.
Buckingham voiced Heather Masterson, the epistolary narrator of Brat series Crown Lake, which she co-produced with Sara Shepard. Her other filmmaking work includes directing and producing a music video for Jillian Shea Spaeder's 2019 single "Something Better", which received accolades at a number of film festivals. She and Spaeder, her then-girlfriend, wrote and starred in the short film Pink.
Buckingham and Shepard went on to co-author a young adult novel, Influence, about the world of social media influencers.
In 2022, Buckingham starred in Meet Cute's series, A Pool For Love. That same year, she appeared as Cassie Traske in Hocus Pocus 2, a sequel to the 1993 film Hocus Pocus.
Bibliography Influence (2021) , co-written with Sara Shepard
Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 Modern Family Trick or Treater #2 Episode: "Open House of Horrors"2018Chicken GirlsAutumn MillerRecurring role (season 2)2018–2019Total EclipseRecurring role (season 1–3)DirtMain role2018Brat ChatHerself6 episodes2019Zoe ValentineAutumn MillerMain role (season 2)2019–2022Crown LakeHeather Masterson (voice)Main role
Film Year Title Role Notes 2013Good Morning AmericaModelShort film2018VoicesGirl2019Spring BreakawayAutumn Miller2020It CountsLaurenShort film2021PinkElody2022Hocus Pocus 2Cassie Traske
Music videos Song Year Artist Notes "Day & Night" 2016 Johnny Orlando & Mackenzie Ziegler "Where Would I Be Without You" 2017 Kendall Vertes "Don't Keep Me Guessing" 2018 Annie LeBlanc "Denim Jacket" Emily Skinner "In Betweenin'” AUSTN "No Brakes" 2019 Sophie Michelle "Something Better" Jillian Shea Spaeder Director "Alaska" 2020 Aliyah Moulden
References
External links
Lilia Buckingham – Official Site (archived)