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Sanai Victoria

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Sanai Victoria
During their last days of summer and childhood -- the weekend before middle school begins -- four girls struggle with the harsh truths of growing up and embark on a mysterious adventure.
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Sanai Victoria, is a 17-year-old American actress who began her career at the age of 7. Currently you can see her on Diary of a Future President as Melissa on Disney+ as well as Netflix's No-Good Nick as Tamika.

At the tender age of 2½, she had already begun piano, gymnastics, voice, and dance lessons and has continued to excel in performing arts. Sanai started in natural pageants, at the age of six, where she instantly excelled winning several Miss California titles up to the age of eleven.

Shortly thereafter Sanai decided to test her fate in the acting industry. She immediately started booking numerous national commercials. Booking the very first audition that she went on.

Within a year of acting, Nickelodeon gave her the call that catapulted a trajectory to her comedic career as they recognized Sanai's talent and gave her a starring role on the Nickelodeon pilot Future Shock, where she starred as Kylie Parker, a tenacious, wise-beyond-her-years 8-year-old.

Comedy has come naturally for this bright, charismatic young actress, throughout the years Sanai has been seen as Vera on ABC's Modern Family and Cousin Diamond on Black-ish. She has also guest starred on many Disney shows including Sydney to the Max, Lab Rats Elite Force, Girl Meets World, and Bizaardvark. She was nominated and won a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of Zoe in Lab Rats Elite Force. At the age of 9 Sanai had the pleasure of working with the very talented Tyler Perry as a series regular on "The Payne's" which aired on the OWN Network.

Her voice can be heard as a series regular in animated projects such as, Tessa on Little People by Fisher Price on Sprout and Disney's Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets, as Treasure, on Disney Junior. In addition to recurring on Vampirina as Phoebe on Disney Junior and Madagascar: A Little Wild as Claire, on Hulu respectively.

While she has obvious comedic instinct, Sanai loves to explore theatrical and dramatic acting. She has always been cognitively beyond her years and enjoys bringing true stories to life on the screen. She began as Victoria Whitney in Lifetime's remake of the classic Beaches, opposite Idina Menzel and Nia Long. Sanai also she stars as Lola in the independent feature, Summering, directed and produced by James Ponsoldt.

When Sanai is not working, she is a straight A honor roll student, enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) college courses at school. She's on the cheer team and loves to hang out with the four-legged best friend Sasha Fierce. She enjoys supporting charities and is currently working on developing her own nonprofit that will help foster care youth and the mentally ill. She enjoys being a regular teenager on TikTok @SanaiVictoria and on Instagram @iamsanaivictoria. She is represented by Tanesia Tramell at Eleven 7 Artist Management and Paradigm Talent Agency.
BornJanuary 15, 2007
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    Diary of a Future President (2020)
    Diary of a Future President
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Melissa
    Sean Astin, Melissa Joan Hart, Kalama Epstein, Siena Agudong, and Lauren Lindsey Donzis in No Good Nick (2019)
    No Good Nick
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Tamika
    Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Frances Anderson, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
    Modern Family
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Vera
    Nia Long and Idina Menzel in Beaches (2017)
    Beaches
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Tory Whitney
    • 2017

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    • The Wizard Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley
      • The Guardian of the Aetherius
      • Pre-production



    • Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes (2023)
      Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Shandu
      • Mama Shandu
      • 2023
    • Taye Diggs, Chelsea Tavares, Greta Onieogou, Cody Christian, Samantha Logan, Hunter Clowdus, Daniel Ezra, Bre-Z, and Michael Evans Behling in My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me (2021)
      All American
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Nikki
      • 2023
    • Michael Croner and Kimiko Glenn in Kiff (2023)
      Kiff
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Female shopper (voice)
      • 2023
    • Alaya High and Gabrielle Nevaeh in That Girl Lay Lay (2021)
      That Girl Lay Lay
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Jasmine
      • 2022
    • Summering (2022)
      Summering
      4.5
      • Lola
      • 2022
    • Diary of a Future President (2020)
      Diary of a Future President
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Melissa
      • 2020–2021
    • Ian Reed Kesler and Ruth Righi in Sydney to the Max (2019)
      Sydney to the Max
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Danielle
      • 2021
    • Dee Bradley Baker and Isabella Crovetti in Vampirina (2017)
      Vampirina
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Phoebe
      • Monster Audience (voice)
      • 2017–2021
    • Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre in Genius (2017)
      Genius
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Little Re (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Tucker Chandler, Shaylin Becton, Amir O'Neil, and Luke Lowe in Madagascar: A Little Wild (2020)
      Madagascar: A Little Wild
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Claire (voice)
      • 2020
    • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Frances Anderson, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
      Modern Family
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Vera
      • 2019
    • Sean Astin, Melissa Joan Hart, Kalama Epstein, Siena Agudong, and Lauren Lindsey Donzis in No Good Nick (2019)
      No Good Nick
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Tamika
      • 2019
    • Cassi Davis, Jackée Harry, and LaVan Davis in The Paynes (2018)
      The Paynes
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Lynn Payne
      • Lynn
      • 2018
    • All About the Washingtons (2018)
      All About the Washingtons
      4.9
      TV Series
      • Tanisha
      • 2018
    • Bailey Gambertoglio, Myla Beau, Sanai Victoria, Natalie Coughlin, and Henry Kaufman in Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets (2015)
      Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Treasure (voice)
      • 2015–2018

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    • Danny Elfman, Angela Lansbury, Lori Alan, Carlos Alazraqui, Michael Beattie, Doug Burch, Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, Yarrow Cheney, Townsend Coleman, John DeMita, Bill Farmer, Dr. Seuss, Jess Harnell, Barbara Harris, Janet Healy, Rashida Jones, John Kassir, Danny Mann, Jeremy Maxwell, Christopher Meledandri, Scott Mosier, Laraine Newman, Mindy Sterling, Tommy Swerdlow, Joel Swetow, Kenan Thompson, Jim Ward, Aaron Fors, Tristan O'Hare, Tucker Chandler, Dashiell Priestley, Kresimir Mikic, Benedict Cumberbatch, Pharrell Williams, Brian T. Delaney, Regina Taufen, Pierre Coffin, Michael LeSieur, Abby Craden, Willow Geer, Chris Cartagena, Alex Puccinelli, Evan Kishiyama, Carter Hastings, Pentatonix, Sam Lavagnino, Scarlett Estevez, Georgia Toffolo, Ramone Hamilton, Cameron Seely, Meilee Condron, and Emma Elizabeth Shannon in The Grinch (2018)
      The Grinch
      6.4
      • children's choir (uncredited)
      • 2018

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      • 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
    • Born
      • January 15, 2007
      • Beverly Hills, California

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      Sanai has an American Pit Bull Terrier named "Sasha Fierce" and she is the sweetest dog on this earth.

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