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Sara Waisglass
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Waisglass in 2016
Born (1998-07-03) July 3, 1998 (age 26)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–present

Sara Waisglass (born 3 July 1998) is a Canadian actress.

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, by her parents Tessa and Jeff Waisglass, along with her sister Carly. She attended Earl Haig Secondary School in Toronto. She attended York University for four years, graduating with a degree in screenwriting, citing an interest in developing her writing skills. She likes to play the piano. She was born to a Jewish family.

Career

In 2007, Waisglass made her television debut playing eight-year-old Jane in The Jane Show. In 2008, Waisglass was cast in her first film role in the Gilles Bourdos-directed psychological thriller Afterwards, alongside John Malkovich and Evangeline Lilly. In 2009, she continued her career on television, appearing in 29 episodes of Overruled!. She also appeared in a commercial for KFC. 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, alongside Robert Pattinson and Sir Ben Kingsley. 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.

In 2017, Waisglass played Mary's half-sister Robyn in the Molly McGlynn directed film Mary Goes Round, which featured at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2020, she starred as Madison St. Claire in eight episodes of the supernatural drama series October Faction.

In 2021, Waisglass starred as Maxine in the Netflix comedy series Ginny and Georgia, in a cast that included Brianne Howey, Antonia Gentry, Chelsea Clark and Katie Douglas.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Afterwards Tracey Short film
2008 Watering Mr. Cocoa Amber
2015 Life High School Hop Girl
2017 Mary Goes Round Robyn
2018 Sled Serious Jess Short film
2020 Tainted Anna
2022 Cascade Alex
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 role; 29 episodes
2013–2015 Degrassi: The Next Generation Frankie Hollingsworth Main role
2014 Degrassi: Minis Frankie Hollingsworth Episode: "Dress You Up Part Three"
2016 Holiday Joy Chanel Television film
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 Television film
2016–2017 Degrassi: Next Class Frankie Hollingsworth Main role
2018 Suits Teen Esther Episodes: "Coral Gables", "Bad Man"
2018–2022 Holly Hobbie Lyla Recurring role, 18 episodes
2020 October Faction Madison St. Claire Recurring role, 8 episodes
2021–present Ginny & Georgia Maxine Baker Main role

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
2019 The Joey Awards, Vancouver Best Television or Webseries Ensemble (shared) Holly Hobbie Nominated

See also

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