Baltimore County Fourth Grader Starring In BET Holiday Movie 

(WJZ) — A nine-year-old from Baltimore County is present starring successful a Christmas movie that was conscionable released for the vacation season.

Brooke Monroe Conaway is playing the relation of Nevaeh successful the BET movie Soul Santa.

The movie is the archetypal that the fourth-grader has acted successful and she was thrilled to get the callback for the production.

“It was similar 1 of the champion quality of my life,” Conaway said.

She plays a girl whose dad is moving from the mob and disguises himself arsenic a mall Santa.

For 3 and a fractional weeks she worked connected the movie connected a acceptable in Connecticut and learned a batch astir the movie industry.

“I was conscionable truthful blessed to beryllium successful that presumption due to the fact that I cognize maine arsenic a nine-year-old, similar a batch of nine-year-olds don’t get to bash this,” Conaway said.

Conaway’s parents accidental they are arrogant of her and are gladsome to spot her pursuing her passion.

“This is not thing that we’re pushing her to do,” said Cornell Conaway, her father. “This is thing that she loves to bash and she’s really really good at it.“

Conaway is already moving connected her next movie and she told WJZ that she going to support moving her mode up successful the industry.

“I program to support connected acting until I’m a cardinal years old,” she said.

 Soul Santa is present disposable connected BET and tin beryllium streamed on BET Plus.

CBS Baltimore Staff