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"The Breadwinner's Saara Chaudry among ACTRA award winners". CBC News. February 25, 2018. 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, Holly Hobbie and The Mysterious Benedict Society.
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 role2021Paw Patrol: The Movie Daughter (voice)
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 special2015–2018 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"2020Lockdown NiraMain role; YouTube Originals series2021-2022 The Mysterious Benedict SocietyMartina CroweRecurring2022Bakugan: Evolutions Callie Dahl, Miss Bliss2022–2023Daniel SpellboundShakila Chinda2022–2024Rosie's RulesMaya (voice)2023 The Muppets MayhemHannahMain role2023Armadillo AvalancheRaven (voice) 2024 Dino Dex Saara Jain Amazon Prime original series 2026 Percy Jackson and the Olympians Zoë Nightshade Recurring
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2017 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale 2018Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Voice-Acting Role - Young Artist The Breadwinner Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress Dino Dana Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature FilmThe Breadwinner Annie Awards Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Female ACTRA Awards Outstanding Performance - Voice 2019 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or SeriesDino Dana Youth Media Alliance Outstanding Youth Performer 2020Canadian Screen AwardsBest Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Holly Hobbie
Personal life She is of Indian descent. Her mother is South African. She was accepted into Harvard University.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. It is potentially possible that she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Art, Film, and Visual Studies (AFVS) at Harvard College. In 2021, Saara won the Interpretive Reading category at WIDPSC, a prestigious public speaking and debating competition.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Individual_Debating_and_Public_Speaking_Championships
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