Sara Waisglass

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Sara Waisglass
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Waisglass in 2016
Born (1998-07-03) July 3, 1998 (age 26)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Sara Waisglass (born 3 July 1998) [1] [2] is a Canadian actress.

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Waisglass first rose to notability as a child actress, playing the role of Jordy Cooper in the children's sitcom Overruled! from 2010 to 2011 and appearing as Frankie Hollingsworth in Degrassi: The Next Generation and Degrassi: Next Class from 2013 to 2017. As an adult, she starred as Robyn in the 2017 film Mary Goes Round and as Maxine Baker in the Netflix drama series Ginny & Georgia in 2021 and 2022.

Early life

Sara was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario [2] to parents Tessa and Jeff Waisglass, along with her sister Carly. [2] She attended Earl Haig Secondary School in Toronto. [2] She attended York University for four years, [3] graduating with a degree in screenwriting, [4] citing an interest in developing her writing skills. [4] [5] She likes to play the piano. [5] She is Jewish. [6]

Career

In 2007, Waisglass made her television debut playing eight-year-old Jane in The Jane Show . [7] In 2008, Waisglass was cast in her first film role in the Gilles Bourdos-directed psychological thriller Afterwards , alongside John Malkovich and Evangeline Lilly. [8] [9] [10] In 2009, she continued her career on television, appearing in 29 episodes of Overruled! . [1] [2] She also appeared in a commercial for KFC. [3] Beginning in 2013, she played Frankie Hollingsworth in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation .

In 2015, Waisglass was cast in the Anton Corbijn-directed biographical drama film Life , [11] alongside Robert Pattinson and Sir Ben Kingsley. [12] The same year, Waisglass was nominated for "Best Recurring Young Actress 16-21" at the Young Entertainer Awards for her role as Frankie Hollingsworth in Degrassi: The Next Generation. [13]

In 2017, Waisglass played Mary's half-sister Robyn in the Molly McGlynn directed film Mary Goes Round , [14] which featured at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. [15] In 2020, she starred as Madison St. Claire in eight episodes of the supernatural drama series October Faction . [3]

In 2021, Waisglass starred as Maxine in the Netflix comedy series Ginny and Georgia , [4] [16] in a cast that included Brianne Howey, Antonia Gentry, Chelsea Clark and Katie Douglas. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Afterwards TraceyShort film [1]
2008Watering Mr. CocoaAmber [1]
2015 Life High School Hop Girl [1]
2017 Mary Goes Round Robyn [1]
2018Sled SeriousJessShort film [1]
2020 Tainted Anna [1]
2022 Cascade Alex [1]
2023 Suze Brooke

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 The Jane Show 8 year old JaneEpisode: "It's All Relative"
2009–2010 Overruled! Jordy CooperMain role; 29 episodes [1]
2013–2015 Degrassi: The Next Generation Frankie HollingsworthMain role , Seasons 13 & 14
2014 Degrassi: MinisFrankie HollingsworthEpisode: "Dress You Up Part Three"
2016Holiday JoyChanelTelevision film
2017 The Good Doctor Olivia HartmanEpisode: "Pipes"
2017 Killjoys QuinEpisodes: "Reckoning Ball", "The Hullen Have Eyes"
2015Degrassi: Don't Look BackFrankie HollingsworthTelevision film
2016–2017 Degrassi: Next Class Frankie HollingsworthMain role
2018 Suits Teen EstherEpisodes: "Coral Gables", "Bad Man"
2018–2022 Holly Hobbie LylaRecurring role, 18 episodes
2020 October Faction Madison St. ClaireRecurring role, 8 episodes
2021–present Ginny & Georgia Maxine BakerMain role

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2015Young Entertainer Awards 2015Best Recurring Young Actress 16-21 Degrassi: The Next Generation Nominated [13] [17]
2019The Joey Awards, VancouverBest Television or Webseries Ensemble (shared) Holly Hobbie Nominated [17]

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