'I think Violet is a great role model for people. And I'm not the only one with a deep admiration for Violet.
Not only is the series based on a story beloved by legions of fans, the role itself is a hefty one.
Her role in A Series of Unfortunate Events, released on Netflix January 13, is her most prominent yet. Fans of The CW series Supergirl will recognize her as a young Kara Zor-El, and in 2014, Weissman played a young version of Megan Fox in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Last year, she appeared with Kevin Spacey in the kitten-themed flick Nine Lives. Her résumé reads like one of an actress twice her age. Hair up, she's ready to take on the world.Īs a rising star herself, Weissman is poised to take on Hollywood. She slips a ribbon underneath her unruly mane and smoothly ties it in a ponytail. In Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Weissman regularly perfects this move as my girlhood idol Ms. I wanted to tie my hair back with a ribbon and flex my inventing muscles. When I was little, I didn't want to perfect my swish and flick. In the Harry Potter versus Series of Unfortunate Events debate, I land squarely on the side of Lemony Snicket's melancholy literature - only because of Violet. At 13, Malina Weissman is playing my dream role: Violet Baudelaire.
