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Born | Kampala, Uganda | January 28, 2003
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Years active | 2017−present |
Whitney Peak (born 28 January 2003) is a Ugandan-Canadian actress. She starred in the 2021 HBO Max revival of Gossip Girl . Her other work includes the Apple TV+ series Home Before Dark , the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the Disney+ film Hocus Pocus 2 .
Born in Kampala, Uganda, Peak is the youngest daughter of a Ugandan hairdresser and a Canadian pilot and engineer. She attended boarding school at Hillside Primary School-Naalya, was a competitive swimmer, and travelled with her father as a child. [1] Her family relocated to Canada in 2012, settling in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia where Peak switched to a public school, including Terry Fox Secondary. [2] [3]
In 2021, Peak was named as a brand ambassador in the United States for the house of Chanel. [4] In 2023, Peak was appointed as the face of Chanel fragrance Coco Mademoiselle. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Campfire Kiss | Gillian | Television film |
2017 | Molly's Game | Stella | |
2018 | Legends of Tomorrow | Lenise | Episode: "Wet Hot American Bummer" |
2019−2020 | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Judith Blackwood | 10 episodes [6] [7] |
2019 | iZombie | Student | Episode: "Five, Six, Seven, Ate!" |
2020 | Home Before Dark | Alpha Jessica | [8] |
2021-2023 | Gossip Girl | Zoya Lott | Main role [9] |
2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 | Becca | Main role [10] |
2025 | Beneath the Storm | TBA | Filming |
TBA | Trap House | TBA | Post-production |
Year | Song title | Artist | Reference |
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2022 | "Nonsense" | Sabrina Carpenter | [11] |
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