LIZZIE SAMUEL’S death was easily one of the most controversial in The Walking Dead’s history, but now actress Brighton Sharbino is all grown up and she’s unrecognisable today.

The Walking Dead’s Carol left with no choice but to kill Lizzie

Joined by her sister Mika, Lizzie was informally adopted by Carol who vowed to raise the siblings as her own following the death of their father.

The sisters were drastically polarised throughout their time in the zombie-epic, with Lizzie proving capable of taking a human life but unable to destroy walkers with whom she felt an emotional connection, while Mika thrived on killing walkers but showed too much compassion to kill humans.

Eventually, Lizzie’s relationship with walkers proved deadly as she killed her own sister with no remorse just to show Carol that walkers and people aren’t that different.

In one of the most heartbreaking moments of The Walking Dead, Carol took Lizzie out into the garden to “look at the flowers”, pulled out a gun and shot the child in the head.

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The Walking Dead’s Lizzie Samuels is unrecognisable today

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Lizzie’s death was easily one of the most controversial deaths ever in The Walking Dead

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Carol was left with no option but to kill Lizzie in The Walking Dead

Just look at the flowers

The Walking Dead’s Carol Peletier

It’s been over three years since Lizzie’s death, in the episode titled The Grove, which spawned a flurry of horrifying memes and shook millions of fans across the world, and now actress Brighton is all grown up.

After reprising her role as Lizzie for two more episodes in season five, Brighton went on to land spots in two more massive leading US dramas.

Appearing in the first season of True Detective, Brighton was in two episodes as Macie Hard before gracing screens as Young Ingrid in Once Upon A Time.

 

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Actress Brighton Sharbino looks stunning three years since The Walking Dead

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Brighton is still landing huge roles in US television

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Brighton regularly shares selfies on her Instagram page

This year she’ll be starring in thriller Bitch, before appearing alongside the likes of Shelley Long and Bo Derek in festive flick Southern Christmas.

Before landing her breakout role in The Walking Dead, Brighton was introduced to showbiz with parts in Miley Cyrus’ Hannah Montana and Friday Night Lights.

As for Carol, the indestructable warrior is still going strong as Rick Grimes and his loyal gang gear up for full-blown war with barbarian Negan.