Bahia Watson

Canadian actress and playwright

Actress
playwright

Years active2015–present

Bahia Watson (born May 15, 1992) is a Canadian actress and playwright, best known for her recurring role as Brianna/Oferic in the television series The Handmaid's Tale.^[1]

Early life

She grew up in Carman, Manitoba, the daughter of a Canadian father and a Guyanese mother.^[2]

Career

In addition to The Handmaid's Tale she has had recurring roles as Sakai in The Expanse and May in Star Trek: Discovery;^[3] voice roles in Mysticons, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Big Blue, Total DramaRama, The Loud House, and My Little Pony: Make Your Mark; and film roles in Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang, What We Have, Cranks and The Archivists.^[4]

As a playwright she has been associated with Nightwood Theatre and d'bi Young's anitAFRIKA dub theatre, and has written cabaret stage shows with Liza Paul including pomme is french for apple^[5] and Mashup Pon Di Road.^[6]

As a cast member in The Handmaid's Tale, she is a two-time Screen Actors' Guild nominee for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, receiving nods at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2019^[7] and at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2020.^[8] She won the award for Outstanding Voice Performance — Female from the Toronto chapter of the ACTRA Awards in 2021 for Total Dramarama.^[9]

References

^ Pahull Bains, "My Story: Actress Bahia Watson on The Handmaid’s Tale, BIPOC Representation and More". Fashion, September 22, 2020.
^ Tiffany Raiford, "10 Things You Didn’t Know about Bahia Watson". TV Overmind, October 17, 2021.
^ Mike Bedard, "Why Sakai From The Expanse Looks So Familiar". Looper, December 19, 2020.
^ Gabriel Sigler, "TIFF 2020 review: Music can still bring us together in the dystopian short The Archivists". Bad Feeling, September 17, 2020.
^ "Liza Paul & Bahia Watson". Now, June 28, 2012.
^ Amanda Parris, "Mashup Pon Di Road is a 'bashment circus variety show' bringing joy to Little Jamaica on a big truck". CBC Arts, September 12, 2022.
^ Kimberly Nordyke, "SAG Awards: ‘Black Panther’ Nabs Top Film Prize; Rami Malek, Glenn Close Among Winners". The Hollywood Reporter, January 27, 2019.
^ Pat Mullen, "SAG Award Nominations: Bombshell Leads". That Shelf, December 11, 2019.
^ "‘Schitt’s Creek’ earns third consecutive ensemble win at ACTRA Toronto Awards". Toronto Star, February 23, 2021.