Bilal Baig
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Bilal Baig has shoulder length hair escaping in the wind, brown skin, a slight smile and a direct gaze. They wear a coral top with a floral print and large gold earings. The background is blurred but suggests a dock or pier.

Job title
writer   actor   director  
Identity categories
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transfeminine   queer   Muslim  
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Bilal Baig has shoulder length hair escaping in the wind, brown skin, a slight smile and a direct gaze. They wear a coral top with a floral print and large gold earings. The background is blurred but suggests a dock or pier.

Bilal Baig has shoulder length hair escaping in the wind, brown skin, a slight smile and a direct gaze. They wear a coral top with a floral print and large gold earings. The background is blurred but suggests a dock or pier.

Vibrant and colourful drama comedy poster featuring sitcom star Bilal Baig seated on a colourful living room couch. Bilal is a South Asian transfeminine person who has brown skin and dark shoulder length wavy hair with a full fringe. They are wearing a layered outfit including South Asian jewelry. The entire poster is edited to amplify the purple, pink, yellow and orange hues in the environment. A digital paintbrush and line art tool using a bright yellow colour define and enhance Bilal's features and outfit.

Vibrant and colourful drama comedy poster featuring sitcom star Bilal Baig seated on a colourful living room couch. Bilal is a South Asian transfeminine person who has brown skin and dark shoulder length wavy hair with a full fringe. They are wearing a layered outfit including South Asian jewelry. The entire poster is edited to amplify the purple, pink, yellow and orange hues in the environment. A digital paintbrush and line art tool using a bright yellow colour define and enhance Bilal's features and outfit.

Metadata
Biography

Bilal Baig is a queer, trans-feminine, Muslim playwright, performer, and workshop facilitator. Their first play, Acha Bacha, had its world premiere in 2018. Baig is a facilitator at Story Planet, where they develop workshops for youth in under-resourced neighbourhoods in Toronto focused on creative writing and literacy. They are also the Playwrights Unit Facilitator for the Paprika Festival and the lead and co-creator of the television series Sort Of. Baig lives in Toronto.

Writers’ Trust of Canada. “Bilal Baig.” Accessed November 22, 2025. https://www.writerstrust.com/authors/bilal-baig.
Filmography

  • Sort Of

    TV series, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Gone

    TV episode, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Back

    TV episode, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Mary Poppins

    TV episode, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Stable

    TV episode, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of A Party

    TV episode, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Ellen

    TV episode, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Miracle

    TV episode, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Back Again

    TV episode, 2021

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort of Future

    TV episode, 2022

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort of 2gether

    TV episode, 2022

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort of Broke

    TV episode, 2022

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort of Who She is

    TV episode, 2022

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort of Amsterdam

    TV episode, 2022

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort of I Love You

    TV episode, 2022

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort of Opening

    TV episode, 2022

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort of Janazah

    TV episode, 2022

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Aftermath

    TV episode, 2023

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Chaaliswan

    TV episode, 2023

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • The Sort Of Truth

    TV episode, 2023

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Married

    TV episode, 2023

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of The Worst Yoda

    TV episode, 2023

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Hospital Again

    TV episode, 2023

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Anything You Want

    TV episode, 2023

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer

  • Sort Of Gone Again

    TV episode, 2023

    Actor, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Executive Producer