Biographie
Sanai Victoria, is a 17-year-old American actress who began her career at the age of 7. Currently you can see her on Diary of a Future President as Melissa on Disney+ as well as Netflix's No-Good Nick as Tamika.
At the tender age of 2½, she had already begun piano, gymnastics, voice, and dance lessons and has continued to excel in performing arts. Sanai started in natural pageants, at the age of six, where she instantly excelled winning several Miss California titles up to the age of eleven.
Shortly thereafter Sanai decided to test her fate in the acting industry. She immediately started booking numerous national commercials. Booking the very first audition that she went on.
Within a year of acting, Nickelodeon gave her the call that catapulted a trajectory to her comedic career as they recognized Sanai's talent and gave her a starring role on the Nickelodeon pilot Future Shock, where she starred as Kylie Parker, a tenacious, wise-beyond-her-years 8-year-old.
Comedy has come naturally for this bright, charismatic young actress, throughout the years Sanai has been seen as Vera on ABC's Modern Family and Cousin Diamond on Black-ish. She has also guest starred on many Disney shows including Sydney to the Max, Lab Rats Elite Force, Girl Meets World, and Bizaardvark. She was nominated and won a Young Artist Award for her portrayal of Zoe in Lab Rats Elite Force. At the age of 9 Sanai had the pleasure of working with the very talented Tyler Perry as a series regular on "The Payne's" which aired on the OWN Network.
Her voice can be heard as a series regular in animated projects such as, Tessa on Little People by Fisher Price on Sprout and Disney's Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets, as Treasure, on Disney Junior. In addition to recurring on Vampirina as Phoebe on Disney Junior and Madagascar: A Little Wild as Claire, on Hulu respectively.
While she has obvious comedic instinct, Sanai loves to explore theatrical and dramatic acting. She has always been cognitively beyond her years and enjoys bringing true stories to life on the screen. She began as Victoria Whitney in Lifetime's remake of the classic Beaches, opposite Idina Menzel and Nia Long. Sanai also she stars as Lola in the independent feature, Summering, directed and produced by James Ponsoldt.
When Sanai is not working, she is a straight A honor roll student, enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) college courses at school. She's on the cheer team and loves to hang out with the four-legged best friend Sasha Fierce. She enjoys supporting charities and is currently working on developing her own nonprofit that will help foster care youth and the mentally ill. She enjoys being a regular teenager on TikTok @SanaiVictoria and on Instagram @iamsanaivictoria. She is represented by Tanesia Tramell at Eleven 7 Artist Management and Paradigm Talent Agency.
