# Aryana Engineer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aryana_Engineer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aryana_Engineer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryana_Engineer > Source revision: 1354203313 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian actress (born 2001)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Notability|Biography|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Aryana Engineer | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|03|06}} | birth_place = [Port Moody](/source/Port_Moody), British Columbia, Canada | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2009–2015 }} '''Aryana Engineer''' (born March 6, 2001){{cite web|url=http://aryana-engineer.com/aryana_bio.php|title=Aryana Engineer Official Site|accessdate=13 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022101153/http://aryana-engineer.com/aryana_bio.php|archive-date=22 October 2009|url-status=dead}} is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) former actress who made her debut in the [2009](/source/2009_in_film) [horror film](/source/horror_film) ''[Orphan](/source/Orphan_(2009_film))'', as a little girl named Max, alongside [Vera Farmiga](/source/Vera_Farmiga). In 2012 she starred, alongside [Milla Jovovich](/source/Milla_Jovovich), as Becky in ''[Resident Evil: Retribution](/source/Resident_Evil%3A_Retribution)'', the fifth film in the [franchise](/source/Resident_Evil_(film_series)). ==Life and career== Engineer was born partially deaf on March 6, 2001, in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. In 2007, she was discovered when she was spotted using [sign language](/source/sign_language) with her mother. The neighbour (Brenda Campbell) who discovered her was an agent, who suggested Aryana for the role of five-year-old Maxine "Max" Coleman in the film ''Orphan'' (2009). The neighbour knew the producers were searching for a blond-haired girl who knew how to sign, and decided to take action.{{cite news |title=Agent neighbour knew it was a sign |newspaper=[Vancouver Province](/source/Vancouver_Province)|date=May 25, 2008 |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=79f4ddc1-ae71-4044-a1ad-cc298aa73016}} In the Orphan script, Max Coleman was described as "unimaginably cute". When director [Jaume Collet-Serra](/source/Jaume_Collet-Serra) saw that Aryana had the ability "while crying, to perform a scene -- to immediately go from there still keeping this emotion", he knew she was the one for the part.{{cite news |title=To play a deaf child, cast a deaf child|newspaper=[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen) |date=August 6, 2009 |url=http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=d3e51f96-6c56-4733-89a2-7a4ebc4189fd}} According to Collet-Serra, Aryana didn't understand what was going on during the making of ''Orphan'' and thought it was all a game.{{cite web |url=http://www.emirates247.com/eb247/the-business-of-life/entertainment/why-children-are-great-horror-movie-stars-2009-08-08-1.29488 |title=Why children are great horror movie stars |publisher=[Emirates 24/7](/source/Emirates_24%2F7) |date=August 8, 2009 |accessdate=April 19, 2013}} After the release of ''Orphan'', Aryana took part in a commercial for the [2010 Winter Olympics](/source/2010_Winter_Olympics) that was being held in Canada. She also represented Canada with her brother at the [2010 Winter Paralympics](/source/2010_Winter_Paralympics) opening ceremony, welcoming viewers using sign language.{{cite web |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/596635/one-inspires-many-a-celebration-of-ability-courage-and-the-human-spirit-at-opening-ceremony-for-the-2010-paralympic-winter-games |title=One Inspires Many: a celebration of ability, courage and the human spirit at Opening Ceremony for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games |publisher=[VANOC](/source/Vancouver_Organizing_Committee_for_the_2010_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Winter_Games) |date=March 12, 2010 |accessdate=April 19, 2013 |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005151523/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/596635/one-inspires-many-a-celebration-of-ability-courage-and-the-human-spirit-at-opening-ceremony-for-the-2010-paralympic-winter-games |url-status=dead }} In September 2012, ''Resident Evil: Retribution'' was released to the public. In the film, Aryana plays a deaf girl named Becky who builds a mother-daughter relationship with the main character Alice (Milla Jovovich). ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2009 || ''[Orphan](/source/Orphan_(2009_film))'' || Maxine "Max" Coleman || |- | 2012 || ''[Resident Evil: Retribution](/source/Resident_Evil%3A_Retribution)'' || Becky || |- | 2015 || ''Dreaming of Peggy Lee'' || Belinda || Short movie |} ===Self=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Character ! Notes |- | 2010 || ''[Winter Olympics](/source/Winter_Olympics)'' || Herself || With Glowing Hearts Dance |- | 2010 || || Herself || Paralympics Opening Ceremony |- | 2012 || ''Back From the Afterlife: Making Resident Evil: Retribution'' || Herself || Behind the Scenes Documentary about ''Resident Evil: Retribution'' |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|2954597}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Engineer, Aryana}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Canadian actresses Category:Actresses from British Columbia Category:Canadian child actresses Category:Canadian deaf actresses Category:Canadian film actresses Category:Canadian people of Indian descent Category:Canadian people of Scottish descent Category:People from Port Moody --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aryana Engineer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryana_Engineer) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryana_Engineer?action=history)). 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