Chiara Zanni
Chiara Zanni | |
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Born |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | July 19, 1978
Occupation | Actress, voice actress |
Years active | 1989–present |
Agent | Lauren Leviitt and Associates |
Chiara Zanni (born July 19, 1978) is a Canadian comedian, actress and voice actress. As an actress, Zanni is known for playing, Amy Ryan, the titular character in the 2007 television series About a Girl for The N,[1] as well as for her previous role as Maggie Buckman on CBC's adult drama Edgemont (2001–2005)
As a voice actress, Zanni is known for performances, such as Bionicle: Mask of Light as Hahli, playing the title role in Hamtaro and Stellaluna, Jubilee in X-Men: Evolution, Bon Bon in My Little Pony Tales and Nori, the mermaid in Barbie: Mermaidia. She is currently working on various animated series, including, Storm Hawks, Ricky Sprocket and Sushi Pack.
Life and career
Zanni was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to an Italian father and a English mother. Chiara started her career at the age of eight, when she was cast as the "Pokey Little Puppy" in a cartoon called Little Golden Bookland and hasn't stopped working since. Chiara has acted in feature films X-Men, 40 Days and 40 Nights, Come l'America, In the Land of Women, and Good Luck Chuck.
Her TV appearances include Supernatural, Stargate Atlantis, Edgemont, Trophy Wife, Bye Bye Birdie, First to Die, and Post Mortem. If Chiara sounds familiar, that's probably because she's also done voice work including roles in Zeke's Pad, Hamtaro, Trollz, My Little Pony, Polly Pockets, Barbie: Fairytopia, X-Men: Evolution, Sabrina, Bionicle, Inuyasha, Storm Hawks, and Oban Star-Racers.
Filmography
Television
- Bye Bye Birdie (1995) (TV film) – Helen
- Breaker High (1997) – Ellen.
- Cold Squad (1998) – Teenage girl
- Night Man (1998) – Rebecca
- Every Mother's Worst Fear (1998) (TV film) – Sherry
- Perfect Little Angels (1998) (TV film) – Kelly, Brad's girl
- The SoulTaker (2001) – Girl in clutches, Kasumi
- The Chris Isaak Show (2001) – Cute girl
- The Immortal (2001) – Ashara
- Come l'America (2001) (TV film) – Alida Zecchi (uncredited)
- Edgemont (2001–2005) – Maggie Buckman (recurring role, seasons 1–3; main role, seasons 4–5)
- Night Visions (2002) – Gail (episode: "Harmony")
- Shadow Realm (2002) (TV film) – Gail
- Zoids: Fuzors (2003) – Amy
- Critical Assembly (2003) (TV film; also known as Ground Zero) – India, the Pretty Activist
- The Stranger Beside Me (2003) (TV film; also known as Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me) – Olivia
- First To Die (TV film) (2003) – Heather Tibbs
- Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) (TV film) – Female dancer
- Supernatural (2006) – Tracey
- Stargate Atlantis (2006) – Melena
- Trophy Wife (2006) (TV film) – Chelsea
- Post Mortem (2007) (TV film; also known as I Know What I Saw) – Heather
- About a Girl (2007–2008) – Amy Ryan (lead role)
- Smallville (2009) – Nurse
- Law and Order: SVU (2010) – Kathryn Moore
- Riverworld (2010) (TV miniseries) – Deborah Glass
- In My Dreams (2014) (TV film) – Lori Beth Wacker
- Motive (2015) – Diane Miller (episode: "Frampton Comes Alive")
- Ms. Matched (2016) (TV film) – Samantha
Voice-over roles
- Ark – Amarinth
- Baby Looney Tunes – Baby Petunia
- Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale – Shyne
- Barbie: Fairytopia – Dahlia/Pixie #3
- Barbie: Mermaidia – Nori
- Barbie Mariposa – Mariposa
- Barbie in Rock 'N Royals – Erika Juno
- Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses – Edeline
- Being Ian – Girl #1, Gina
- Bionicle: Mask of Light – Hahli
- Boys Over Flowers – Yuriko Asai
- Camp Candy – Alex
- Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot – Wish Bear
- Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot – Madison
- Dinosaur Train – Shoshana Shonisaurus
- Dragon Drive – Meguru
- Dragons: Fire and Ice, Dragons: Metal Ages – Princess Kyra
- Elemental Gelade – Viro
- Groovy Girls – Vanessa, Kylee
- Hamtaro – Hamtaro
- Henry Hugglemonster as Cobby Hugglemonster
- Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure (2008) (TV film) as Holly Moose
- Infinite Ryvius – Faina S. Shinozaki
- InuYasha – Yura of the Hair, Akago (the Infant), Hakudoshi
- InuYasha: The Final Act – Akago (the Infant), Hakudoshi
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil – Additional Voices
- Kid vs. Kat as Fiona
- Lolirock – Izira
- Martin Mystery – Sadie, various voices
- Maryoku Yummy – Hadagi
- My Little Pony – Twinkle Twirl and Triple Treat
- My Little Pony Tales – Bon Bon
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – Daring Do/A.K. Yearling
- Oban Star-Racers (2006) – Eva Wei/Molly
- Polly Pocket – Shani
- Polly Pocket 2: Cool at the Pocket Plaza – Shani
- PollyWorld – Shani
- Rainbow Fish – Ruby
- Stellaluna – Stellaluna
- Storm Hawks – Piper/Princess Perry
- Sushi Pack – Kani-Maki
- The Barbie Diaries – Raquelle
- Trollz – Ruby
- What about Mimi – Mimi Mortin
- X-Men: Evolution – Jubilee
- Zeke's Pad – Rachel Palmer
Film
- Prozac Nation (2001) – Ruby's roommate
- 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) – Nun
- X2: X-Men United (2003) – White House Tour Guide
- Have You Heard?: Secret Central (2004) (direct-to-video) – Natasha
- Love and Other Dilemmas (2006) – Goldy
- Good Luck Chuck (2007) – Bride
- Messages Deleted (2009) – Claire
- That Burning Feeling (2013) – Sally Sugarman
References
- ↑ "The N Is All About a Girl This Summer as the Teen Network Commences Production on Its First Scripted Comedy" (PDF) (Press release). The N. August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
External links
- Official website
- Chiara Zanni on Twitter
- Chiara Zanni at the Internet Movie Database
- Chiara Zanni at Anime News Network's encyclopedia