Acting
Maya McNair
Born 2009-01-01 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Maya McNair is a Canadian actor and triple-threat performer. She made her television debut at 6 weeks old, appearing as Baby Jonah on the CBC series, Being Erica. Maya has been dancing since age three and recently performed as Matilda Wormwood in the musical theatre production, Matilda. Maya also played the lead role in the independent short film, Ella, earning her Best Actor Nominations at the Blood In The Snow and Horrorhound film festivals. She is known for her roles as Young Clarice Starling in Clarice (CBS), and Lacey in Take Note (PeacockTV, Family Channel). She is excited to play the role of Cricket in Circuit Breakers (Apple TV+) and has current projects in post-production with Disney+ and CBC.
Acting credits
6.3Twelve-year-old mathematics genius Prem discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to learn more about his father’s life and passions. Empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies, Prem is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA.
World's Best
2023
NRAfter being sent to live with her Aunt for unexplained reasons, Emma, a troubled eight-year old girl, struggles to relate to her new caretaker. After increasingly common episodes in which she loses touch with reality, Emma starts to believe that her malicious "sister", Ella, has returned to haunt her.
Ella
2021
NRA look at the personal story of FBI agent Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field about a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers
2021