{{Short description|Canadian former actress}} {{Infobox actor | name = Sara Ballingall | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|07|13}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | known_for = Playing Melanie Brodie in the ''Degrassi'' franchise | television = ''Degrassi Junior High'', ''Degrassi High'' }}
'''Sara Ballingall''' (born 13 July 1973)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blackadar |first=Bruce |date=1988-07-09 |title=Degrassi Junior High's teenaged angst is China-bound |pages=175 |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-degrassi-junior-highs/135315820/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |quote="Sara Ballingall will be 15 in four days."}}</ref> is a Canadian former actress. She is best known for playing Melanie Brodie in the teen drama television series ''Degrassi Junior High'' and ''Degrassi High''.
== Acting career == On ''Degrassi'', Ballingall played the role of Melanie Brodie, a "skinny schoolgirl with crooked teeth" who had romantic feelings towards Archie "Snake" Simpson, played by Stefan Brogren.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Atherton|first=Tony|date=1988-02-16|title=Canadian rule draws little animation|pages=31|work=The Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79103600/the-ottawa-citizen/|access-date=2021-06-07}}</ref> She was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador along with her co-stars in April 1989.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|date=June 1, 1989|title=All in a good cause|language=English|work=Classmates Newsletter|url=http://archive.org/details/degrassi-jr-high-newsletter-jun-89|access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Ellis|2005|pp=140}}</ref> Ballingall left the series in 1990.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=April 24, 2003|title=In your footsteps|work=The Age|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/in-your-footsteps-20030424-gdvlag.html|url-status=live|access-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045644/https://www.theage.com.au/national/in-your-footsteps-20030424-gdvlag.html|archive-date=2 May 2021}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Sources ==
* {{Cite book|last=Ellis|first=Kathryn |title=The official 411 Degrassi generations|date=2005|publisher=Fenn Pub. Co|isbn=1-55168-278-8 |oclc=59136593}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballingall, Sara}} Category:1973 births Category:Actresses from Toronto Category:Canadian television actresses Category:Living people Category:UNICEF goodwill ambassadors