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Quick Facts
Biography
Malia Baker (born 18 December 2006) is a Canadian actress. She is known for The Baby-Sitters Club and Are You Afraid of the Dark?.
She is set to feature in Descendants: The Rise of Red, Harvest Moon, Spider & Jessie, and Thena.
Career
2018–2019: Beginnings
Baker made her acting debut in Hope at Christmas, a TV movie in which she was uncredited. She then went on to have her first TV role featuring in one episode of ABC's A Million Little Things, a family drama television series created by DJ Nash. In 2019, she also featured in an episode of The CW's superhero television series, The Flash. As well as appearing in an episode of The Twilight Zone.
2020–present: Breakthrough
In 2020, Baker starred in season 1 of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix, as Mary Anne Spier. She returned to the role in the second season of the show in 2021, before its cancellation. She also featured in season 2 of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?'s second revival series. Baker also featured in Lifetime TV movie, Caught in His Web. She was then cast in Disney's Descendants: The Rise of Red, as well as Miramax dramedy Harvest Moon, co-written and starring Paul Bettany. In addition, she was also cast in Spider & Jessie alongside Mckenna Grace, and Dacre Montgomery, and in drama Thena. All of which are currently in post-production.
She defended Catherine Hernandez's novel Scarborough in the 2022 edition of Canada Reads.
Filmography
Film
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Hope at Christmas | Malia Weir | uncredited | |
2022 | Caught in His Web | Olivia | ||
TBA | Descendants: The Rise of Red † | Chloe Charming | post-production | |
TBA | Harvest Moon † | TBA | post-production | |
TBA | Spider & Jessie † | TBA | post-production | |
TBA | Thena † | TBA | post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | A Million Little Things | Little Girl | ||
2019 | The Flash | Alice Bolen | ||
2019 | The Twilight Zone | Young Anna | uncredited | |
2020-2021 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Mary Anne Spier | ||
2021 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Gabby Lewis |