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Blaine Saunders

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Blaine Saunders
Born (1993-06-25) June 25, 1993 (age 31)
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
SpouseMatt Jacquez (m. 2017)

Blaine Saunders is an American actress best known for her recurring role as Carly on The Middle. She was born in Ada, Oklahoma on June 25, 1993 to Gary and Fonda Saunders.

Saunders' character of Carly on The Middle was one of Sue Heck's (Eden Sher) best friends, appearing in 25 episodes beginning in season 1. She was promoted to "guest star" by 2010.[1] Following one appearance in season 6, she didn't appear again until having a brief cameo role in season 9's "New Year's Revelations". For the role, she was nominated at the 32nd Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress 17-21.

She also played Becky, a Werepanther, in four episodes of True Blood in 2011. Previous roles included Malcolm in the Middle, Days of Our Lives, and Medium. She had co-star status in ABC pilot A House Divided.[2] Dylan McDermott was the series lead.[3]

Saunders starred as the titular character in Janie, a short film about an only child whose life is shattered when a brother she never knew existed shows up to live with the family. The film screened at festivals internationally, from 2006 to 2009, winning a variety of awards.

She was engaged to Matt Jacquez, in 2016.[4] The couple married the following year.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Repressing Tansy Lisette Short film
The Taking Isobel
2005 A Host of Trouble Harriet
2006 Janie Janie
Max and the Furious Fly Lauren
2008 From the Chest The Reds #3
2010 Chase the Slut Young Tibb
2011 Monkey Jamie Short film
2015 The Fetch Foutain
2017 Billy Boy Young girl
2020 Guide On Shophie Ryder Short film
2021 Reparanting Pizza girl

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Medium 9-year old girl Episode: "Lucky"
2006 Thresold Daughter Episode: "Outbreak"
A House Divided Nan Sampson TV movie
2007 Final Approach Jilly Gilford
2010 The Quinn-tuplets Teenage Rachel Quinn
2010-2018 The Middle Carly 25 episodes
2011 True Blood Becky 4 episodes
2014 Review Meg Carmichael Episode: "Stealing, Addiction, Prom"
2015 Battle Creek Cece Episode: "Cereal Killer"
2016 The Perfect Daughter Tess TV movie

References

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  1. ^ Justin Lofton, "Blaine Saunders bumped up to guest star in ‘The Middle’", The Ada News, 11 October 2010.
  2. ^ Justin Lofton, "Area girl gets role on ABC sitcom", The Ada News, 2 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Shows A-Z - house divided, a on abc | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. ^ "Blaine and Matt's Proposal on HowTheyAsked.com!". How They Asked. 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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