Chiara Zanni
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| Chiara Zanni | |
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| Born | Chiara Zanni July 19, 1978 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Actress, Voice Actor |
| Agent | Lauren Leviitt and Associates |
Chiara Zanni (born July 19, 1978) is a Canadian actress & voice actress, performing in movies such as BIONICLE: Mask of Light as Hahli, playing the role of Hamtaro in the TV anime cartoon series. Young Joe (2009) in Cyborg 009, Hamtaro, Jubilee in X-Men: Evolution, Bon Bon in My Little Pony Tales and Nori, the mermaid in Barbie: Mermaidia. She also appears briefly in X2: X-Men United as a tour guide in the White House. Chiara is best known as Amy Ryan in the television series About a Girl, where she plays a twenty-year-old woman, and also as the voice of Hakudoushi in InuYasha and the titular character of What about mimi.
As well as appearing on a number of on-camera projects, Chiara is currently working on various animated series, including, Storm Hawks, Ricky Sprocket and Sushi Pack.
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[edit] Life and career
Zanni was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Italian father and British mom.[citation needed] 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 Cyborg 009, Zeke's Pad, Hamtaro, Trollz, My Little Pony, Polly Pockets, Barbie: Fairytopia, X-Men: Evolution, Sabrina, Bionicle, Inuyasha, and Storm Hawks. Her Twin sister is Asheleigh Zanni
[edit] Television
- About a Girl (2007–2008) - Amy Ryan
- Edgemont (2001–2005) - Maggie Buckman
[edit] Guest appearances
- Smallville (2009) - Nurse
- Supernatural (2006) - Tracey
- Stargate Atlantis (2006) - Melena
- Zoids: Fuzors (2003) - Amy
- Night Visions (2002) - Gail
- The Chris Isaak Show (2001) - Cute girl
- The SoulTaker (2001) - Girl in clutches, Kasumi
- The Immortal (2001) - Ashara
- Cold Squad (1998) - Teenage girl
- Night Man (1998) - Rebecca
- Breaker High (1997) - Ellen.
[edit] Voice-over roles
- Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale - Shine
- Zeke's Pad - Rachel Palmer
- Storm Hawks - Piper/ Princess Perry
- Ōban Star-Racers - Eva/Molly
- The Barbie Diaries - Raquelle
- Bionicle: Mask of Light - Hahli
- InuYasha - Yura of the Hair, Akago (the Infant), Hakudoshi
- Hamtaro - Hamtaro
- Cyborg 009 - Young Joe Shimamura(2001 series)
- Boys Over Flowers - Yuriko Asai
- Dragon Drive - Meguru
- Infinite Ryvius - Faina S. Shinozaki
- X-Men: Evolution - Jubilee
- Baby Looney Tunes - Baby Petunia
- Barbie: Mermaidia - Nori
- Barbie: Fairytopia - Dahlia/Pixie #3
- Dragons: Fire and Ice, Dragons: Metal Ages - Princess Kyra
- Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot - Wish Bear
- PollyWorld - Shani
- Rainbow Fish - Ruby
- What about Mimi - Mimi Morton
- Camp Candy - Alex
- Barbie Mariposa
- Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses - Edeline
- Ark - Amarinth
- My Little Pony: Twinkle Twirl,Rarity the unicorn
- My Little Pony Tales - Bon Bon
- Elemental Gelade - Viro
- Trollz as Ruby
- Sushi Pack as Kani-Maki
- Kid vs. Kat as Fiona
- Maryoku Yummy as Hadagi
[edit] Filmography
- Riverworld (2010) - Deborah Glass
- Messages Deleted (2009) - Claire
- Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure (2008) - Holly Moose
- Good Luck Chuck (2007) - Bride
- I Know What I Saw (2007) - Heather
- Love and Other Dilemmas (2006) - Goldy
- Trophy Wife (2006) - Chelsea
- Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) - Female dancer
- Have You Heard?: Secret Central (2004) - Natasha
- X2: X-Men United (2003) - White House Tour Guide
- Critical Assembly (2003) - India, the Pretty Activist
- The Stranger Beside Me (2003) - Olivia
- First To Die (2003) - Heather Tibbs
- Shadow Realm (2002) - Gail
- 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) - Nun
- Prozac Nation (2001) - Ruby's roommate
- Come l'America (2001) - Alida Zecchi
- Perfect Little Angels (1998) - Kelly, Brad's girl
- Every Mother's Worst Fear (1998) - Sherry
- Bye Bye Birdie (1995) - Helen
[edit] External links
- Chiara Zanni at the Internet Movie Database
- Chiara Zanni at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- www.chiarazanni.com Unofficial Chiara Zanni fansite
