Sara Waisglass

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Sara Waisglass

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

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Waisglass in 2022
Born (1998-07-03) July 3, 1998 (age 26)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
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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

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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

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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
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Television

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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
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Awards and nominations

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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]
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