Chiara Zanni



Chiara Zanni (born July 19, 1978) is a Canadian comedian, actress and voice actress, performing in movies such as Bionicle: Mask of Light as Hahli, playing the title role in 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? Chiara Zanni also voiced True Heart Bear in Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot and The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie.

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.

Life and career
Zanni was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to an Italian father and a British mother. 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. She has a sister named Asheleigh Zanni.

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, Storm Hawks, and ''Oban Star-Racers.

Television

 * About a Girl (2007–2008) - Amy Ryan
 * Edgemont (2001–2005) - Maggie Buckman

Guest appearances

 * Breaker High (1997) - Ellen.
 * Cold Squad (1998) - Teenage girl
 * Law and Order: SVU (2010) - Kathryn Moore
 * Night Man (1998) - Rebecca
 * Night Visions (2002) - Gail
 * Smallville (2009) - Nurse
 * Supernatural (2006) - Tracey
 * Stargate Atlantis (2006) - Melena
 * The Chris Isaak Show (2001) - Cute girl
 * The Immortal (2001) - Ashara
 * The SoulTaker (2001) - Girl in clutches, Kasumi
 * Zoids: Fuzors (2003) - Amy

Voice-over roles

 * Ark - Amarinth
 * Baby Looney Tunes - Baby Petunia
 * Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale - Shine
 * Barbie: Fairytopia - Dahlia/Pixie #3
 * Barbie: Mermaidia - Nori
 * Barbie Mariposa - Mariposa
 * Barbie in Rock 'N Royals - Erika Juno
 * Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses - Edeline
 * Bionicle: Mask of Light - Hahli
 * Boys Over Flowers - Yuriko Asai
 * Camp Candy - Alex
 * Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot - Wish Bear
 * Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot - Madison
 * Dinosaur Train - Shoshana Shonisaurus
 * Dragon Drive - Meguru
 * Dragons: Fire and Ice, Dragons: Metal Ages - Princess Kyra
 * Elemental Gelade - Viro
 * Groovy Girls - Vanessa, Kylee
 * Hamtaro - Hamtaro
 * Henry Hugglemonster as Cobby Hugglemonster
 * Infinite Ryvius - Faina S. Shinozaki
 * InuYasha - Yura of the Hair, Akago (the Infant), Hakudoshi
 * InuYasha: The Final Act - Akago (the Infant), Hakudoshi
 * Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil - Additional Voices
 * Kid vs. Kat as Fiona
 * Martin Mystery - Sadie, various voices
 * Maryoku Yummy - Hadagi
 * My Little Pony - Twinkle Twirl and Triple Treat
 * My Little Pony Tales - Bon Bon
 * My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Daring Do/A.K. Yearling
 * Oban Star-Racers (2006) - Eva Wei/Molly
 * Polly Pocket - Shani
 * Polly Pocket 2: Cool at the Pocket Plaza - Shani
 * PollyWorld - Shani
 * Rainbow Fish - Ruby
 * Stellaluna - Stellaluna
 * Storm Hawks - Piper/Princess Perry
 * Sushi Pack - Kani-Maki
 * The Barbie Diaries - Raquelle
 * Trollz - Ruby
 * What about Mimi - Mimi Mortin
 * X-Men: Evolution - Jubilee
 * Zeke's Pad - Rachel Palmer

Filmography

 * 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) - Nun
 * Bye Bye Birdie (1995) - Helen
 * Come l'America (2001) - Alida Zecchi
 * Critical Assembly (2003) - India, the Pretty Activist
 * Every Mother's Worst Fear (1998) - Sherry
 * First To Die (2003) - Heather Tibbs
 * Good Luck Chuck (2007) - Bride
 * Have You Heard?: Secret Central (2004) - Natasha
 * Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure (2008) - Holly Moose
 * I Know What I Saw (2007) - Heather
 * Love and Other Dilemmas (2006) - Goldy
 * Messages Deleted (2009) - Claire
 * Perfect Little Angels (1998) - Kelly, Brad's girl
 * Prozac Nation (2001) - Ruby's roommate
 * Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) - Female dancer
 * Riverworld (2010) - Deborah Glass
 * Shadow Realm (2002) - Gail
 * The Stranger Beside Me (2003) - Olivia
 * Trophy Wife (2006) - Chelsea
 * X2: X-Men United (2003) - White House Tour Guide