Malia Baker

Malia Simphiwe Baker (born December 18, 2006) is a Botswana-born Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Mary Anne Spier in the streaming series The Baby-Sitters Club, Gabby Lewis in the television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and Chloe Charming in the film Descendants: The Rise of Red and its sequel Descendants: Wicked Wonderland.

Early life Malia Baker was born in Gaborone, Botswana, to a Motswana father and white Jewish-Canadian mother. She moved to Canada when she was 2 and a half years old. She also has a younger sister, Ivory Baker.

Career 2018–2019: Beginnings Baker made her acting debut in Hope at Christmas, a TV movie in which she was uncredited. She then had her first TV role in an episode of ABC's A Million Little Things. In 2019, she also featured in an episode of The CW's The Flash,

2020–present: Breakthrough In 2020, Baker starred in season 1 of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix, as Mary Anne Spier. She also featured in season 2 of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?s second revival series. She was also cast in Spider & Jessie, later retitled as What We Hide, and in the drama Thena.

She defended Catherine Hernandez's novel Scarborough in the 2022 edition of Canada Reads.

Filmography

Film

+ Year Title Role Notes Ref(s) 2018 Hope at Christmas Malia Weir Uncredited role What We Hide Alexis BellaPost-production Lotus Ahari

Discography Albums Soundtrack albums Title Album details Descendants: The Rise of Red Released: July 12, 2024 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD, Digital download Descendants: Wicked Wonderland Released: July 17, 2026 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD, Digital download

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