Meet Sara Waisglass, who plays Maxine on Ginny & Georgia: she did her first commercials at 6, studied screenwriting, and gained recognition on the Disney Channel and in Canadian sitcom Degrassi
At just 26, Canadian actress Sara Waisglass already has a career that spans almost two decades. Appearing in commercials as a child, Waisglass starred in the beloved Canadian sitcom Degrassi before playing 16-year-old Maxine Baker on Netflix's hit dramedy,
Ginny & Georgia
Sara Waisglass as Max in Ginny & Georgia. Photo: @sarawais/Instagram
With the show's third season premiering earlier this month, Waisglass' Max struggles with mental health and her friendship with Ginny – who was dating her
twin brother Marcus – as the series' titular characters Ginny and Georgia navigate a murder trial and not one, but two expected pregnancies. Here's everything to know about Sara Waisglass.
She starred in a Disney show
Sara Waisglass promoting Coca-Cola Spiced in 2024. Photo: @sarawais/Instagram
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Born in July 1998, Waisglass was booking commercials from the age of six, per Cosmopolitan. Her first role was in an episode of The Jane Show in 2007.
In 2009, Waisglass landed the role of Jordy Cooper on the Disney Channel's Overruled!, in which she appeared for three years. After the show ended, the actress took a step back from acting before eventually returning to our screens with a role in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
When she finished filming Degrassi, Waisglass studied screenwriting at York University in Toronto, and got the role of Max in her last year of school, per Cosmopolitan.
She is 'half a nepo baby'
Sara Waisglass (right) as Max and Antonia Gentry as Ginny in a scene from Ginny & Georgia. Photo: @sarawais/Instagram
In her interview with Cosmopolitan this month, Waisglass revealed that her early career in commercials was thanks to her mother. 'I consider myself half a
nepo baby , because my mum was a producer, and she still is for commercials. They're very different industries, but still, she was doing a Dove campaign and she needed real people and my mum was like, 'Well, you're shooting at my house; you might as well use my daughter.''
Waisglass explained that at the end of the shoot, the commercial's director was so impressed, he told Waisglass' mother that she should get her daughter an agent.
She wants to make it to Hollywood
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