Bahia Watson (born May 15, 1992) is a

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actress and playwright, best known for her recurring role as Brianna/Oferic in the television series ''

The Handmaid's Tale ''The Handmaid's Tale'' is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood and published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which h ...

''. She grew up in

Carman In Celtic mythology, Carman or Carmun was a warrior and sorceress from Athens who tried to invade Ireland in the days of the Tuatha Dé Danann, along with her three sons, Dub ("black"), Dother ("evil") and Dian ("violence"). She used her magical ...

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, the daughter of a Canadian father and a Guyanese mother. In addition to ''The Handmaid's Tale'' she has had recurring roles as Sakai in ''

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'' and May in '' Star Trek: Discovery''; voice roles in ''

Mysticons ''Mysticons'' is an animated television series that aired from August 28, 2017 to September 15, 2018. The show is a collaboration between companies Nelvana, Playmates Toys, and The Topps Company. The show was created by Sean Jara, who is also the ...

'', '' Clifford the Big Red Dog'', '' Big Blue'', ''

Total DramaRama ''Total DramaRama'' (originally titled ''Total Drama Daycare'') is an animated comedy children's television series created by Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch that premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on September 1, 2018, and on ...

'' and '' My Little Pony: Make Your Mark''; and film roles in '' Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang'', ''

What We Have ''What We Have'' (french: Ce qu'on a) is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Maxime Desmons.The Archivists ''The Archivists'' is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, directed by Igor Drljaca. Set in a dystopian future in which all art from the past has been banned, the film centres on William ( Noah Reid), Serena ( Bahia Watson) and Samuel (Maxwell McCabe ...

''.Gabriel Sigler
"TIFF 2020 review: Music can still bring us together in the dystopian short The Archivists"
''Bad Feeling'', September 17, 2020. As a playwright she has been associated with

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and

d'bi Young d’bi.young anitafrika is a Jamaican-Canadian feminist dub poet, Activism, activist, and singer for the band D’bi and the 333. Their work includes theatrical performances, four published collections of poetry, twelve plays, and seven albums. ...

's anitAFRIKA dub theatre, and has written cabaret stage shows with Liza Paul including ''pomme is french for apple'' and ''Mashup Pon Di Road''. As a cast member in ''The Handmaid's Tale'', she is a two-time

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nominee for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, receiving nods at the

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in 2019 and at the

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in 2020. She won the award for Outstanding Voice Performance — Female from the Toronto chapter of the ACTRA Awards in 2021 for ''Total Dramarama''."‘Schitt’s Creek’ earns third consecutive ensemble win at ACTRA Toronto Awards"
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'', February 23, 2021.

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* 1992 births Living people 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian television actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian voice actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Black Canadian writers Black Canadian actresses Actresses from Manitoba Canadian people of Guyanese descent People from Carman, Manitoba {{Canada-actor-stub