ZAIBA BAIG is a writer, actor and producer for stage and screen. Baig’s theatrical works include her first play, Acha Bacha, which had its world premiere production in 2018 followed by a 2020 publication and subsequently nominated for the Writer's Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize. Other published work include: an anthology of monologues she co-edited for queer/trans artists titled This Is Beyond (2023), and an interactive choose-your-own-adventure play for pre-teens, Eraser (2025). Baig’s upcoming theatre project, Kainchee Lagaa & Jhooti: The Begging Brown Bitch Plays will premiere at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in April 2026. Baig was the co-creator, co-showrunner, executive producer and lead actor of the Peabody Award-winning series Sort Of (2021-2023) from CBC, Sphere Media and Max. Baig received a nomination for Outstanding Performance in a New Series at the 2022 Gotham Awards, and won Best Comedy Series, Best Comedy Writing and Best Lead Performance - Comedy at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards. Baig is the creative director of House of Beida Inc., her own independent company that has supported artistic initiatives such as: Trans Gemmes (performance and creation development program for transfemme artists of colour from 2019-2021), Paprika Festival’s Playwrights Unit (which Baig facilitated from 2019-2023), and a creative writing program for trans youth (ages 10-13) in collaboration with non-profit literacy org, Story Planet.