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Canadian actress
Saara Chaudry
Chaudry at the 2022 New York Comic Con
Born (2004-06-07) June 7, 2004 (age 20)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Saara Chaudry (born June 7, 2004) is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performances in The Breadwinner, for which she won an ACTRA Award for Best Voice Performance and was a finalist for Voice Acting in a Feature Production at the 45th Annie Awards, and The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale, for which she was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Performance in an Animated Television Program or Series at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards. She has also appeared in the television series Combat Hospital, Degrassi, Odd Squad, Max & Shred and Dino Dana.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight Chloe Direct-to-video film
2017 Reel Women Seen Young Daughter Short film
The Breadwinner Parvana (voice) Voice role
2021 PAW Patrol: The Movie Daughter (voice) Voice role

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Combat Hospital Afghan Girl #1 Episode: "Reason to Believe"
Desperately Seeking Santa Little Girl Television film
2013 Degrassi: The Next Generation Madison Grant 3 episodes; recurring
2014–2016 Max & Shred Howie Finch Main role
2015 The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale Vickie (voice) Animated television special
2015–2018 Wishenpoof! Violet (voice) Amazon Prime original series; voice role
Odd Squad Olympia / Assistant / Other Olympia 5 episodes; recurring
2017–2020 Dino Dana Saara Jain Amazon Prime original series
2018–2022 Let's Go Luna! Carmen (voice) Main role; voice role
2018–present Charlie's Colorforms City Violet (voice) 13 episodes
2018–2022 Holly Hobbie Amy Abbasi Main role
2019 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Cleopatra (voice) Episode: "I Am Cleopatra"
2020 Lockdown Nira Main role; YouTube Originals series
2021-2022 The Mysterious Benedict Society Martina Crowe Recurring
2022 Bakugan: Evolutions Callie Dahl, Miss Bliss
2022–2023 Daniel Spellbound Shakila Chinda
2023 The Muppets Mayhem Hannah Main role
2023 Armadillo Avalanche Raven (voice) Main role
2024 Dino Dex Saara Jain Amazon Prime original series

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2017 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale Nominated
2018 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Voice-Acting Role - Young Artist The Breadwinner Nominated
Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress Dino Dana Nominated
Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film The Breadwinner Won
Annie Awards Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Female Won
ACTRA Awards Outstanding Performance - Voice Won
2019 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Dino Dana Nominated
Youth Media Alliance Outstanding Youth Performer Nominated
2020 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Won
Holly Hobbie Nominated

Personal life

She is of Indian descent. Her mother is South African. She was accepted into Harvard University. It is believed that she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Art, Film, and Visual Studies (AFVS) at Harvard College.

References

  1. ^ "The Breadwinner's Saara Chaudry among ACTRA award winners". CBC News. February 25, 2018.
  2. Hipes, Patrick (December 4, 2017). "Annie Awards: Disney/Pixar's 'Coco' Tops Nominations". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  3. "Saara Chaudry (2017)". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Nominees – Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. July 14, 2018.
  5. "Saara Chaudry (Awards)". Behind the Voice Actors.
  6. Swertlow, Meg (February 4, 2018). "Annie Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List". E! Online. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  7. "2017 EDA Award Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists.
  8. "Saara Chaudry (2019)". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 7 February 2019.
  9. "Awards of Excellence Nominees Announced" (PDF). Youth Media Alliance.
  10. "Saara Chaudry (2020, Dino Dana)". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 18 February 2020.
  11. "Saara Chaudry (2020, Holly Hobbie)". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 18 February 2020.
  12. DeMara, Bruce (September 11, 2017) "At 9, Saara Chaudry was inspired by Parvana in The Breadwinner. At 13, she voices her in the film". Toronto Star.

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