
Maya McNair
Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military operation seeks to exploit Derry for its own objectives.
IT: Welcome to Derry

In 1993, six months after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, FBI Agent Clarice Starling returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C.
Clarice

Curiosity leads to chaos when students in the near future experience mysterious events.
Circuit Breakers

A coming-of-age story set in St. John’s, Newfoundland of 11 year-old Mark, much older on the inside than his 11 years, who uses comedy to win friends and connect with people in his limited world.
Son of a Critch

Teenager Calvin Richards and his close-knit family move from Atlanta to Hollywood when he's picked to compete in a singing reality show.
Take Note

Twelve-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

The story of Vivek, a queer brown boy from Edmonton as he tries (and fails) to achieve pop stardom, told from the perspective of the now 40-something trans femme artist that boy became.
How to Fail as a Popstar

A 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

After 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.