Is an only child.

Got her start in acting aged three when she impressed casting directors by interrupting her mum's audition and proceeding to tell her off because she was bored. The casting directors were so impressed with her that one, to get a reaction, observed her white-and-purple outfit and said, "My, what a pretty yellow dress you're wearing." Whitman looked back at him and replied, "What are you, some kind of knucklehead?"

Has played Bill Pullman's daughter twice: in Independence Day (1996) as Patricia Whitmore and in Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997) (TV) as Zuzu Bailey.

Daughter of actress Pat Musick and Jeffrey Whitman.

Was originally cast as Becca Sommers in the TV series "Bionic Woman" (2007), but was released and replaced with 'Lucy Hale (II)'_.