Sarah Marie Jeffery is a Canadian actress, singer, and dancer. She is known for her work on the

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's ''Descendants'' franchise. From 2018 to 2022, she has portrayed the lead role of Maggie Vera on the CW reboot series ''

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Early life

Jeffery was born in

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and is of mixed African, Indigenous Canadian, and English descent. Jeffery has been singing, dancing and acting in musicals and theatrical productions since she was three years old.

Career

Jeffery's first major acting role was in the Cartoon Network television film ''Aliens in the House''. Shortly after, she landed a lead role in the

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original series '' Rogue'', working opposite

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, playing the role of her daughter, Evie Travis. She subsequently joined the cast of

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drama series ''

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'' playing the recurring role of Amy, opposite

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and

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. In 2015, Jeffery played the role of Princess Audrey, daughter of Princess Aurora, in the Disney Channel Original Movie, '' Descendants''. She followed this up by playing the role of Audrey in the animated spinoff to the film '' Descendants: Wicked World''. In 2019, she reprised her role as Audrey in the third and final installment of the franchise, ''

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''. In January 2016, she began a lead role in Adi Hasak's American police procedural crime series ''

'', playing Cristina Santos, the daughter of Jennifer Lopez's character; the series was renewed for a second season. The same year Jeffery starred in the comedy film ''Be Somebody'' with Matthew Espinosa. In February 2018, Jeffery was cast in the lead role of Maggie Vera in

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's fantasy drama series ''

'', a reboot of the 1998 series of the same name. The reboot "centers on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches."

Personal life

In December 2019, Jeffery revealed through Instagram that she struggles with

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Filmography

Discography

Soundtrack albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Accolades

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeffery, Sarah 1996 births 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Vancouver Canadian child actresses Canadian female dancers Canadian film actresses Canadian people of African-American descent Black Canadian actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Canadian people of Indigenous peoples descent Canadian people of English descent Living people People with obsessive–compulsive disorder Black Canadian dancers