Recently Netflix introduced Malia Baker to the world as their casting choice to play the beloved character, Mary Anne Spier, in the streamer’s highly anticipated remake of The Baby-Sitters Club.

The big reveal of the five young actors selected to play the iconic baby-sitters doubled as an introduction to a new talent. Baker had only begun acting classes one year prior to winning her series regular role through Netflix’s North American-wide search. Only one year in the business and yet she’d already performed in several theatrical productions and appeared in the TV series A Million Little Things and The Flash, as well as Hallmark’s TV movie, Hope at Christmas.

This extraordinary young African-Canadian girl loves all art including acting, dance, music, and literature. She is an “equalitarian” who follows the accomplishments of the likes of OWLAG (Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls), the Canadian UN’s Youth Action on the SDGs, and more.

Baker is also an avid reader and writer and would like to use the opportunity to use her “arts and her smarts” so that she is able to be a role model for younger bi-racial youth and girls in general.

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