Dalila Bela

Dalila Bela (born October 5, 2001)^[1] is a Canadian-American actress who is known for her role as Agent Olive on the TVOKids/PBS Kids series Odd Squad (2014–16), the voice of Sydney in the PBS Kids animated series Ready Jet Go! (2016-18), in films such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2011–12), and work on television shows such as Once Upon a Time (2015) and Anne with an E (2017–19).^[2][3]

Dalila Bela
Bela in 2016
Born	Dalia Caballero Meranu (2001-10-05) October 5, 2001 (age 23) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present
Known for	Odd Squad Anne with an E
Relatives	Bruce Salomon (brother) Raphael Alejandro (brother)

Personal life

Dalila Bela was born in Montreal, Quebec. She is of English, French, Brazilian, Panamanian and Spanish ancestry. Her father is from Panama, and her mother is from Brazil. She has two younger brothers named Bruce and Raphael, who are also actors.^[4]

Career

Bela began her career in acting at the age of five when she first appeared on a national commercial. A year later, she won Best Actor of the Year, and moved with her family to Vancouver. Following her move, she won the Young Artist Award for best performance in a direct to video movie, entitled The Stranger. In both 2011 and 2012, she was awarded the Young Artist Award for her work in Joanna Makes a Friend.^[5]

Bela won the 2015 Joey Awards for Best Young Ensemble in a TV Series for her breakout starring role in Odd Squad, sharing the award with her Odd Squad co-stars.^[5] Additionally, she has received accolades for her role of Lola Littleton in Dead Hearts at the Diabolique Film Festival Award.^[5]

She portrayed Diana Barry in the series Anne with an E by CBC/Netflix, based on the book Anne of Green Gables.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Stranger	Granddaughter
2011	Joanna Makes a Friend	Joanna
	Red Riding Hood	Man's daughter
	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Taylor Pringle
2012	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
	Grave Encounters 2	Kaitlin
	A Christmas Story 2	Kid in Line #3
2013	That Burning Feeling	Queenetta
2016	Odd Squad: The Movie	Agent Olive
	The Adventure Club	Sandy
2021	Pil's Adventures	Pil (voice)	US version

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Mrs. Miracle	Young girl
	Supernatural	Little girl	Episode: "I Believe the Children Are Our Future"
	Fringe	Jenny Burgess	Episode: "Fracture"
2010	R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series	Jealous girl	Episode: "Really You: Part 1"
2012	A Fairly Odd Christmas	Jingle Jill Elf	Television film
	It's Christmas, Carol!	Young Carol	Television film
	Mr. Young	Lucy Roboto	Episode: "Mr. & Mrs. Roboto"
2014	The 100	Child/Leigh	Episode: "Unity Day"
2014–2016; 2022	Odd Squad	Agent Olive	Main role
2015	Once Upon a Time	Young Guinevere	Episode: "The Broken Kingdom"
2016	Annedroids	Student	Episode: "Teacher's Pal"
2016–2017	Ready Jet Go!	Sydney Skelley (voice)	Main role
2017–2019	Anne with an E	Diana Barry	Main role
2021	Doug Unplugs	Miss Molly (voice)	Episode: "Camper Bots / Bots to Read"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress	Supernatural	Nominated	[6]
2011	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Actress Ten and Under	Kid's Court		[7]
		Best Performance in a DVD Film – Young Actress	The Stranger	Won	[7]
2012	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Ten and Under	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Nominated	[8]
		Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Actress Ten and Under	Joanna Makes a Friend	Won	[8]
	Leo Awards	Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama		Nominated	[9]
2013	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot – Supporting Young Actress	A Fairly Odd Christmas		[10]
		Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress Ten and Under	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days		[10]
2014	Diabolique Film Festival Award	Best Actress	Dead Hearts	Won
2015	Young Artist Awards	Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (with Millie Davis, Filip Geljo and Sean Michael Kyer)	Odd Squad	Nominated	[11]
		Best Performance in a TV Series- Leading Young Actress			[11]
	Joey Awards	Best Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with the cast of Odd Squad)		Won	[12]
2016	Young Artist Awards	Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Television Series (shared with Millie Davis, Filip Geljo and Sean Michael Kyer)		Nominated	[13]
	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series			[14]
	Imagen Awards	Best Young Actor – Television			[15]
	Joey Awards	Best Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with the cast of Odd Squad)			[12]
2019	ACTRA Toronto Awards	Outstanding Performance – Ensemble	Anne with an E		[16]