# Saara Chaudry

Saara Chaudry (born June 7, 2004) is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performances in The Breadwinner, for which she won an ACTRA Award for Best Voice Performance and was a finalist for Voice Acting in a Feature Production at the 45th Annie Awards, and The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale, for which she was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Performance in an Animated Television Program or Series at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards. She has also appeared in the television series Combat Hospital, Degrassi, Odd Squad, Max & Shred and Dino Dana.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight | Chloe | Direct-to-video film |
| 2017 | Reel Women Seen | Young Daughter | Short film |
| 2017 | The Breadwinner | Parvana (voice) | Voice role |
| 2021 | Paw Patrol: The Movie | Daughter (voice) | Voice role |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Combat Hospital | Afghan Girl #1 | Episode: "Reason to Believe" |
| 2011 | Desperately Seeking Santa | Little Girl | Television film |
| 2013 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Madison Grant | 3 episodes; recurring |
| 2014–2016 | Max & Shred | Howie Finch | Main role |
| 2015 | The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale | Vickie (voice) | Animated television special |
| 2015–2018 | Wishenpoof! | Violet (voice) | Amazon Prime original series; voice role |
| 2015–2018 | Odd Squad | Olympia / Assistant / Other Olympia | 5 episodes; recurring |
| 2017–2020 | Dino Dana | Saara Jain | Amazon Prime original series |
| 2018 | True and the Rainbow Kingdom | Night Queen | Episode: “Queens of the Day and Night” |
| 2018–2022 | Let's Go Luna! | Carmen (voice) | Main role; voice role |
| 2018–present | Charlie's Colorforms City | Violet (voice) | 13 episodes |
| 2018–2022 | Holly Hobbie | Amy Abbasi | Main role |
| 2019 | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Cleopatra (voice) | Episode: "I Am Cleopatra" |
| 2020 | Lockdown | Nira | Main role; YouTube Originals series |
| 2021-2022 | The Mysterious Benedict Society | Martina Crowe | Recurring |
| 2022 | Bakugan: Evolutions | Callie Dahl, Miss Bliss | |
| 2022–2023 | Daniel Spellbound | Shakila Chinda | |
| 2023 | The Muppets Mayhem | Hannah | Main role |
| 2023 | Armadillo Avalanche | Raven (voice) | Main role |
| 2024 | Dino Dex | Saara Jain | Amazon Prime original series |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2017 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series | The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale | Nominated |
| 2018 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Voice-Acting Role - Young Artist | The Breadwinner | Nominated |
| 2018 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress | Dino Dana | Nominated |
| 2018 | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film | The Breadwinner | Won |
| 2018 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production | The Breadwinner | Nominated |
| 2018 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Animated Female | The Breadwinner | Won |
| 2018 | ACTRA Awards | Outstanding Performance - Voice | The Breadwinner | Won |
| 2019 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Dino Dana | Nominated |
| 2019 | Youth Media Alliance | Outstanding Youth Performer | Dino Dana | Nominated |
| 2020 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Dino Dana | Won |
| 2020 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Holly Hobbie | Nominated |

## Personal life

She is of Indian descent. Her mother is South African. She was accepted into Harvard University. It is believed that she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Art, Film, and Visual Studies (AFVS) at Harvard College.