Saara Chaudry

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Saara Chaudry
Born (2004-06-07) June 7, 2004 (age 17)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Saara Chaudry (born June 7, 2004) is an Indian-Canadian actress.[1] She is most noted for her performances in The Breadwinner, for which she won an ACTRA Award for Best Voice Performance[2] and was a finalist for Voice Acting in a Feature Production at the 45th Annie Awards,[3] 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–present Dino Dana Saara Jain Amazon Prime original series
2018–present Let's Go Luna! Carmen (voice) Main role; voice role
Charlie's Colorforms City Violet (voice) 13 episodes
Holly Hobbie Amy Abbasi Main role
2019 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Cleopatra (voice) Episode: "I Am Cleopatra"
2020-present Lockdown Nira Main role; YouTube Originals series
2021 The Mysterious Benedict Society Martina Crowe Recurring

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 [4]
2018 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Voice-Acting Role - Young Artist The Breadwinner Nominated [5]
Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress Dino Dana Nominated [5]
Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film The Breadwinner Won [6]
Annie Awards Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production Nominated [7]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Female Won [8]
ACTRA Awards Outstanding Performance - Voice Won [2]
2019 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Dino Dana Nominated [9]
Youth Media Alliance Outstanding Youth Performer Nominated [10]
2020 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Won [11]
Holly Hobbie Nominated [12]

References[]

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

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