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Malia Baker (born December 18, 2006) is a Canadian actress. She is better known for her roles as Mary Anne Spier in the streaming series The Baby-Sitters Club , [1] Gabby Lewis in the television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? , [2] and Chloe Charming in the film Descendants: The Rise of Red . [3] [4]
She is also set to feature in Harvest Moon, [5] Spider & Jessie, [6] Thena, [7] and Hair of the Bear. [8]
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]
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 the 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]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2018 | Hope at Christmas | Malia Weir | Uncredited role | [9] |
2022 | Caught in His Web | Olivia | [13] | |
2024 | Descendants: The Rise of Red | Chloe Charming | Lead role | [3] |
TBA | Harvest Moon† | Bella | Post-production | [16] |
TBA | Spider & Jessie† | TBA | [16] | |
TBA | Thena† | Lotus | [16] | |
TBA | 12 Hours† | TBA | Short film; post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2019 | A Million Little Things | Little Girl | Episode: "Someday" | |
The Flash | Alice Bolen | Episode: "Time Bomb" | ||
The Twilight Zone | Young Anna | Episode: "Blurryman" | ||
2020–2021 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Mary Anne Spier | Main role | |
2021 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Gabby Lewis |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2023 | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | Woai (voice) | [18] | |
Ahari (voice) |
Title | Album details |
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Descendants: The Rise of Red |
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Title | Year | Album |
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"Love Ain't It" | 2024 | Descendants: The Rise of Red [19] |
"Fight of Our Lives" | ||
"Life Is Sweeter" | ||
"Get Your Hands Dirty" | ||
"Life Is Sweeter (Remix)" |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2022 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Female TV Star (Kids) | The Baby-Sitters Club as Mary Anne Spier & Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Gabby Lewis [20] | Nominated |
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