Sara Waisglass

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

Sara Waisglass
Waisglass in 2022
Born	(1998-07-03) July 3, 1998 (age 26) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Afterwards	Tracey	Short film[1]
2008	Watering Mr. Cocoa	Amber	[1]
2015	Life	High School Hop Girl	[1]
2017	Mary Goes Round	Robyn	[1]
2018	Sled Serious	Jess	Short film[1]
2020	Tainted	Anna	[1]
2022	Cascade	Alex	[1]
2023	Suze	Brooke

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Jane Show	8 year old Jane	Episode: "It's All Relative"
2009–2010	Overruled!	Jordy Cooper	Main cast
2013–2015	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Frankie Hollingsworth	Main cast (Seasons 13–14)
2014	Degrassi: Minis	Frankie Hollingsworth	Episode: "Dress You Up Part Three"
2016	Holiday Joy	Chanel	TV movie
2017	The Good Doctor	Olivia Hartman	Episode: "Pipes"
2017	Killjoys	Quin	Episodes: "Reckoning Ball", "The Hullen Have Eyes"
2015	Degrassi: Don't Look Back	Frankie Hollingsworth	TV movie
2016–2017	Degrassi: Next Class	Frankie Hollingsworth	Main cast
2018	Suits	Teen Esther	Episodes: "Coral Gables", "Bad Man"
2018–2022	Holly Hobbie	Lyla	Recurring role
2020	October Faction	Madison St. Claire	Recurring role
2021–present	Ginny & Georgia	Maxine Baker	Main cast

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Young Entertainer Awards 2015	Best Recurring Young Actress 16-21	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Nominated	[13][17]
2019	The Joey Awards, Vancouver	Best Television or Webseries Ensemble (shared)	Holly Hobbie	Nominated	[17]