Saara Chaudry
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, Dino Dana and The Mysterious Benedict Society.
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| Born | June 7, 2004 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2011–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[1] and was a finalist for Voice Acting in a Feature Production at the 45th Annie Awards,[2] 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, Dino Dana and The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| 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) |
Television
[edit]| 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 | True and the Rainbow Kingdom | Night Queen | Episode: “Queens of the Day and Night” |
| 2018–2022 | Let's Go Luna! | Carmen (voice) | Main role; voice role |
| 2019–2022 | 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 | |
| 2022–2024 | Rosie's Rules | Maya (voice) | |
| 2023 | The Muppets Mayhem | Hannah | Main role |
| 2023 | Armadillo Avalanche | Raven (voice) | |
| 2024 | Dino Dex | Saara Jain | Amazon Prime original series |
| 2026 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Zoë Nightshade | Recurring |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| 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 | [3] |
| 2018 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Voice-Acting Role - Young Artist | The Breadwinner | Nominated | [4] |
| Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress | Dino Dana | Nominated | [4] | ||
| Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film | The Breadwinner | Won | [5] | |
| Annie Awards | Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Nominated | [6] | ||
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Animated Female | Won | [7] | ||
| ACTRA Awards | Outstanding Performance - Voice | Won | [1] | ||
| 2019 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Dino Dana | Nominated | [8] |
| Youth Media Alliance | Outstanding Youth Performer | Nominated | [9] | ||
| 2020 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Won | [10] | |
| Holly Hobbie | Nominated | [11] |
Personal life
[edit]She is of Indian descent. Her mother is South African. She was accepted into Harvard University.[12] It is potentially possible that she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Art, Film, and Visual Studies (AFVS), Anthropology, and Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard College. In 2021, Saara won the Interpretive Reading category at WIDPSC, a prestigious public speaking and debating competition.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Breadwinner's Saara Chaudry among ACTRA award winners". CBC News. February 25, 2018.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 4, 2017). "Annie Awards: Disney/Pixar's 'Coco' Tops Nominations". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ "Saara Chaudry (2017)". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 9 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Nominees – Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. July 14, 2018. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ "Saara Chaudry (Awards)". Behind the Voice Actors.
- ^ Swertlow, Meg (February 4, 2018). "Annie Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List". E! Online. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ "2017 EDA Award Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists.
- ^ "Saara Chaudry (2019)". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Awards of Excellence Nominees Announced" (PDF). Youth Media Alliance. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Saara Chaudry (2020, Dino Dana)". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Saara Chaudry (2020, Holly Hobbie)". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 18 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Individual_Debating_and_Public_Speaking_Championships
External links
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