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Vanessa Morgan Mziray is a Canadian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Beatrix “Bird” Castro in the MTV teen drama series Finding Carter, as Amanda Pierce in the Family teen comedy series The Latest Buzz, and as Sarah in the Disney Channel / Teletoon film My Babysitter’s a Vampire and the television series of the same name. However, she is best known for portraying Toni Topaz in The CW teen drama series Riverdale from 2017 to 2023.
Years active: 2000–present
Born: March 23, 1992, 32 years old and 0 months, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 5 ft 3 in – 1.60 cm
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Measurements: 34-24-35 in – 86-61-89 cm
Bra Size: 32B US -70B EU
Genres: Theme song, soundtrack
Instrument: Vocals

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Early life

Ethnicity

On her mother side, she has Scottish ancestry, whereas, on her father side, she is of East African descent.

Morgan mother, Catherine, is Scottish and her father, Loyar, is Tanzanian.Morgan is the youngest of three children. She has two older siblings: an older sister named  Celina Mziray and an older brother. Morgan began singing at the age of six. She sang at community events and telethons, performed for Childhelp, and was a regular guest entertainer for the College of the Desert scholarship foundation. She was spotted by a Hollywood agent in 1999 and earned a scholarship at a Hollywood acting academy. In 1999, Morgan won the Junior Miss America pageant and won first place vocalist at the National Date Festival. In 2000, she won first place in the African-American Vocal Competition. In her early life, she was a member of the competitive NTA tennis program at the Ottawa Athletic Club. Morgan graduated from Colonel By Secondary School in 2010 and studied philosophy at Queen’s University.

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Career

Acting

Morgan made her acting debut in the VH1 film A Diva’s Christmas Carol in 2000 and another appearance in the film Frankie & Alice in 2010. She became known in 2007 for her role as Amanda Pearce in the Family teen comedy series The Latest Buzz as well as performing the theme song for the series. She also played Marion Hawthorne in the 2010 Disney Channel film Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars.

The following year, Morgan played Sarah in the Teletoon / Disney Channel film My Babysitter’s a Vampire, as well in the television series of the same name. Morgan also appeared in the 2011 Disney Channel film Geek Charming. She had a recurring role in season 2 of the Disney Channel comedy series A.N.T. Farm for four episodes.

In 2013, Morgan appeared on Degrassi: The Next Generation for two episodes.

In 2014, Morgan had a recurring role on the MTV show Finding Carter, playing Beatrix “Bird” Castro.

In 2017, she joined the main cast of the fantasy drama series The Shannara Chronicles as Lyria for the second season on Spike. Morgan was then cast in the recurring role of Toni Topaz in The CW teen drama series Riverdale. On May 2, 2018, it was announced that Morgan would be a series regular for the show’s third season.

Other work

Morgan competed in the first season of the CTV reality competition series The Amazing Race Canada with her sister, Celina Mziray. They finished the race in third place.

Personal life

On July 3, 2019, Morgan became engaged to professional baseball player Michael Kopech. They were married on January 4, 2020. On June 19, 2020, Kopech filed for divorce. On July 24, 2020, Morgan announced she was pregnant. As of December 2020, the divorce case was pending until 2021. In 2021, Morgan gave birth to a son. In February 2023, Morgan began dating Canadian professional basketball player James Karnik.

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As a Singer

She has performed the theme song of the comedy TV series, The Latest Buzz.

First Film

In 2000, she made her first TV movie appearance in a minor role in A Diva Christmas Carol.
Her first feature film appearance was in 2011 biography drama movie, Frankie and Alice, which had Halle Berry in a leading role.

First TV Show

From 2007 to 2010, Vanessa played Amanda Pierce in the Canadian sitcom, The Latest Buzz.

Vanessa Morgan Favorite Things

Food – Cake

Olympics Sport – Gymnastics

Celebrity Crush – Justin Bieber

Color – Pink

Place – Greece

iPod Songs – The Thrill (By Wiz Khalifa), Teenage Bad Girl (By X Girl)

Instant Mood Lifter – Having Chai Latte from Starbucks while watching The Millionaire Matchmaker

Songs – Merry Go ‘Round’ (By Kacey Musgraves), Springsteen (By Eric Church)

Vanessa Morgan Facts

She loves singing and even started taking singing lessons at the age of 5. And, it was singing that got her into acting as she was discovered by an agent during her local singing performance.

She has performed Canadian national anthem at several events including Ottawa Senators hockey game.

In 1999, she managed to be crowned Junior Miss America. She was 7 years old at that time.

In 2013, she competed in the first season of TV competition, The Amazing Race Canada with her sister. They managed to come 3rd in the grueling race competition.

In May 2015, she became United States green card holder.

She has got a pet dog named, Yoshi.

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