Ariana Greenblatt

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Ariana Greenblatt
Ariana Greenblatt at 29th Critics' Choice Awards.jpg
Greenblatt in 2024
Born (2007-08-27) August 27, 2007 (age 16)
New York, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Ariana Greenblatt (born August 27, 2007 [1] [2] ) is an American actress. In 2023, she co-starred in the science-fiction film 65, appeared in Barbie, and in Ahsoka as young Ahsoka Tano. For Barbie, she earned a Critics' Choice Award nomination for Best Young Actor/Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture along with the film's ensemble.

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From 2016 to 2018, she starred in the Disney Channel original comedy television series, Stuck in the Middle as Daphne Diaz. Her early film roles include A Bad Moms Christmas (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and In the Heights (2021).

Early life

Greenblatt was born in New York on August 27, 2007. [1] [2] Her father and paternal grandparents are Broadway producers. [3] She is of Jewish descent on her father's side, while her mother is Puerto Rican. [4] [5] [6]

Career

In 2016, Greenblatt began her career as a child actress [7] when she was cast in a starring role in the Disney Channel sitcom Stuck in the Middle playing Daphne, the youngest child in the Diaz family. [8] Her first film role was Lori in A Bad Moms Christmas in 2017. In 2018, Greenblatt played a young Gamora in Avengers: Infinity War . She subsequently appeared in the films In the Heights , The One and Only Ivan , and Love and Monsters .

In 2020, she voiced a young Velma Dinkley in Scoob! , [9] and in 2021, she voiced Tim's eldest daughter Tabitha in The Boss Baby: Family Business , [10] a role which she would reprise in The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib. In 2023, Greenblatt starred as Koa in the science fiction thriller film 65 , [11] and appeared as Sasha in the Barbie film and as young Ahsoka Tano in the Ahsoka series on Disney+. [12] [13] [14] She is set to play Tiny Tina in Borderlands, a feature film adaption of the video game of the same name. [15] [16]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 A Bad Moms Christmas Lori Harkness
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Young Gamora
2020 Scoob! Young Velma Dinkley (voice)
The One and Only Ivan Julia
Love and Monsters Minnow
2021 In the Heights Young Nina Rosario
Awake Matilda Adams
The Boss Baby: Family Business Tabitha Templeton (voice)
2023 65 Koa
Barbie Sasha [13]
2024 Borderlands [15] Tiny TinaPost-production
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Liv and Maddie RainaEpisode: "Joy-to-a-Rooney"
2016–2018 Stuck in the Middle Daphne DiazMain role
2018 Dancing with the Stars: Juniors HerselfContestant; one of the three runners-up
2022–2023 The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib Tabitha Templeton (voice)Main role (season 1); recurring (season 2)
2023 Ahsoka Young Ahsoka Tano Episode: "Part Five: Shadow Warrior"

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Song in an Animated Film "Together We Stand"Nominated [17]
2023Las Vegas Film Critics Society AwardsYouth in Film – Female Barbie Nominated [18]
2023 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Youth Performance Nominated [19]
2024 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Actor/Actress Nominated [20]
2024Music City Film Critics AssociationBest Young ActressPending [21]
2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated [22]
2024 Seattle Film Critics Society Best Youth PerformanceNominated [23]
2024 Big Screen Achievement Awards Rising Star of the YearHerselfWon [24]

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