Malia Baker

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Malia Baker
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Born (2006-12-18) December 18, 2006 (age 17)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2020–present

Malia Baker (born 18 December 2006) is a Canadian actress. She is known for The Baby-Sitters Club and Are You Afraid of the Dark? . [1] [2]

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She is set to feature in Descendants: The Rise of Red , [3] [4] Harvest Moon, [5] Spider & Jessie,, [6] Thena, [7] and Hair of the Bear. [8]

Career

2018–2019: Beginnings

Baker made her acting debut in Hope at Christmas, a TV movie in which she was uncredited. [9] She then went on to have her first TV role featuring in one episode of ABC's A Million Little Things , a family drama television series created by DJ Nash. [10] [11] [12] In 2019, she also featured in an episode of The CW's superhero television series, The Flash. [11] [12] As well as appearing in an episode of The Twilight Zone. [12] [13]

2020–present: Breakthrough

In 2020, Baker starred in season 1 of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix, as Mary Anne Spier. [1] She returned to the role in the second season of the show in 2021, before its cancellation. [14] [15] She also featured in season 2 of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? 's second revival series. [2] Baker also featured in Lifetime TV movie, Caught in His Web. [13] She was then cast in Disney+ film Descendants: The Rise of Red , [3] [4] as well as Miramax dramedy Harvest Moon, co-written and starring Paul Bettany. [5] In addition, she was also cast in Spider & Jessie alongside Mckenna Grace, and Dacre Montgomery, [6] and in drama Thena. [7] All of which are currently in post-production. [16] Baker is about to star in the Indie Drama Hair of the Bear as Tori, which she will also executive produce. [8]

She defended Catherine Hernandez's novel Scarborough in the 2022 edition of Canada Reads . [17]

Filmography

Film

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2018Hope at ChristmasMalia Weiruncredited [9]
2022Caught in His WebOlivia [13]
2024 Descendants: The Rise of Red †Chloe Charmingpost-production [3]
TBAHarvest Moon†Bellapost-production [16]
TBASpider & Jessie†TBApost-production [16]
TBAThena†TBApost-production [16]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2019 A Million Little Things Little GirlEpisode: "Someday"
2019 The Flash Alice BolenEpisode: "Time Bomb"
2019 The Twilight Zone Young AnnaEpisode: "Blurryman"; uncredited
2020-2021 The Baby-Sitters Club Mary Anne Spier Main role
2021 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Gabby LewisMain role

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2023 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora WoaiVoice [18]
Ahari

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  2. 1 2 "Malia Baker On Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark': 'The Adults Who Watched The Original Series Can Pass This Down To Their Kids'". www.cbsnews.com. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Malia Baker, Rita Ora, Brandy, & More Join Descendant Spin-Off, The Pocketwatch". BeautifulBallad. 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
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  9. 1 2 Hope at Christmas (TV Movie 2018) – IMDb , retrieved 2023-06-02
  10. ↑ Moore, Camille (2020-06-30). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Malia Baker". TVovermind. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
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