
“Schneider is excellent in the story's most complicated role…vulnerable.”
- RogerEbert.com
“Schneider is excellent in the story's most complicated role…vulnerable.”
- RogerEbert.com“A surprisingly soulful performance by Schneider.”
- Decider“Leading the pack is Imogene - a wonderful Beatrice Schneider.”
- Deadline“Imogene, played with heartbreaking poise by Schneider…we are ready to grant this pageant its 'great' title.”
Press
“Schneider making a particularly strong - and yes, moving - showing as Imogene.”
“Beatrice Schneider is a transformative point for the film and the community - making the emotional center of this piece, now 52 years old, work for a whole new generation.”
“The real standout remains Beatrice Schneider's Imogene. This young actress portrays a complex soul with raw charisma.”
“Beatrice Schneider gives us a stunning performance that constantly interrogates the mood swings caused by grief…within that terror there's a deep sadness borne from Abigail's need to escape her harsh reality.”
“Led by a never-better Judy Greer and a terrific young performance from Beatrice Schneider, this is an uncommonly terrific family comedy.”
“Schneider's performance as the unruly preteen, whose rough edges mask a softer and more sincere side, makes it easier to buy Imogen's transformation.”
“Playing a tough kid with inner vulnerability in a realistic manner is difficult. The young actress absolutely nails that dynamic.”
“A star-making turn…Beatrice Schneider is very, very good here.”
“Beatrice Schneider as Imogene is a revelation.”
“Beatrice Schneider is a genuinely special find, convincingly driving home the emotional beats.”
“Schneider's plaintive face is the film's superpower.”
“Beatrice Schneider, who plays Imogene...she's like the heart and soul of the film...”
“Beatrice Schneider is excellent as young Abigail - she does a great job of conveying Abigail's good intentions even as she struggles, in the absence of any parental guidance, to make sense of the world around her.”
“Beatrice Schneider...I'm like, 'this young woman has a lot of talent already, and I can't wait to see where she goes with her career.'”
“This is one of the best performances by the chorus I've seen yet…represented by three child actors serving kind of as their avatars. It was a very creepy effect and kudos to those three young actors Hawthorne Wilde Fowler, Mila McQuat, and Beatrice Schneider!”
Red Carpet Watch Party
Kingdom Story Company · The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
"Imogene Herdman" — Beatrice Schneider
VarietyRadioOnline · The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
32nd Annual Movieguide Awards Red Carpet
MaximoTV · Movieguide Awards 2025
7 Questions with Emmy
Meetin' the Eatons · The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
CP24 Interview
CP24 · The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Beatrice Schneider!
HardiePartyOfFiveAndAHalf · The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Los Angeles Premiere Interview
Mulderville · The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Interview with Beatrice Schneider & Lorelei Olivia Mote
The Patricios · The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
News
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is now on Netflix UK
Christmas in July - Dallas Jenkins' The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Lionsgate) is now streaming on Netflix in the UK. Bea stars as Imogene Herdman, the role that earned her the Movieguide Grace Award and had RogerEbert.com calling her "excellent in the story's most complicated role."
Watch on Netflix UK →Signal One arrives in theaters and on demand
Bea appears as Young Klara in writer-director Jonathan Sobol's sci-fi thriller Signal One, starring Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Isabelle Fuhrman and Josh Hutcherson. Radial Entertainment and Shout! Studios released the film in select theaters and on demand June 5.
Read the Variety exclusive →Carl the Collector wins two Children's and Family Emmy Awards
Carl the Collector, in which Bea voices Arugula, took home two Children's and Family Emmy Awards at the 4th annual ceremony - Outstanding Public Service Initiative and Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series for the episode "The Fall." The groundbreaking PBS Kids series is produced by Spiffy Pictures, Fuzzytown Productions and Yowza! Animation.
Read the PBS announcement →Awards
Winner · Movieguide Awards · 2025
Grace Award for Film Performance
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Nominee · Music City Film Critics' Association · 2025
Best Young Actress
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
ACTRA Nominee · 2021
Outstanding Performance, Female Voice
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About Beatrice
Beatrice Schneider is a Canadian actress best known for her performance as Imogene Herdman in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (dir. Dallas Jenkins, Lionsgate), earning her the Movieguide Grace Award and a Music City Film Critics' Association nomination for Best Young Actress.
In the animation world she is known for her ACTRA-nominated portrayal of Julia Child in Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, among many other appearances in the series (CBC/PBS Kids), as well as Arugula in the groundbreaking Carl the Collector (PBS Kids). You can also catch her on Blue's Clues & You! (Nickelodeon), Abby Hatcher, Fuzzly Catcher (Netflix), Pinecone & Pony, and Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things (Apple TV+).
Some of her additional screen credits include Signal One (dir. Jonathan Sobol), Watson (CBS), The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh (Amazon Freevee), Tales from the Void (Screambox), The Boys (Amazon Prime), and The Lost Symbol (Peacock/Showcase). She is based in Toronto.
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On working with Bea.
“She's like Superwoman.”
“We were running out of time. I said, 'Bea, just direct yourself through this one.' She said, 'Okay.'”
“There's something in her eyes.”
“There's something in her, a vulnerability…I'm so lucky, so fortunate to have this girl. Even among all these adults she was extraordinary.”
“The moment we saw Bea, our jaws were all on the floor.”
“We were like, 'Oh man, this kid is so smart.'”
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