Netflix’s Christmas special A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter has a variety of performers and special guests accompanying Sabrina Carpenter in a fun musical experience to awaken the holiday spirit. 2024 was a massive year for Sabrina Carpenter, as her sixth album, Short n’ Sweet, was released. Short n’ Sweet was a huge success, topping music charts and spawning hit singles “Espresso” and “Please Please Please”. Carpenter also embarked on her first arena tour, the Short n’ Sweet Tour, which took her to different cities in the United States and Europe, and she topped Spotify’s Wrapped charts with “Espresso.”
To further close 2024 with a bang, Sabrina Carpenter starred and produced the Netflix musical special A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter. Carpenter hosts this special event that brings together brief holiday-themed sketches and musical performances. For all this, Carpenter is accompanied by different actors and performers, bringing together different talents and some surprising guests for a fun Christmas special that will surely appeal to fans of Sabrina Carpenter and those looking for some Christmas fun.
Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter Was Born On May 11, 1999
Of course, first off is the host of the show. Sabrina Carpenter was born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1999. Carpenter’s acting career began in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011, and the following year, she played Brittney in the comedy film Noobz. After small roles in movies like Horns and The Hate U Give, and TV shows like Phineas and Ferb, Orange Is The New Black, and Austin & Ally, Carpenter’s big break arrived when she was cast as Maya Hart in Girl Meets World.
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Parallel to her acting career, Carpenter has been working on her music career. Her debut single, “Can’t Blame a Girl for Trying”, was released in 2014, and the following year, her debut album, Eyes Wide Open, was released. Although Carpenter has found success with all her studio albums so far, Short n’ Sweet has been her biggest hit to date. While Carpenter is still active in her acting career, she has been more focused on her music career, but she brings both together in A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter.
A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter’s Musical Guests
Shania Twain
Shania Twain was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on August 28, 1965. Shania Twain’s music career started in 1983, with her self-titled debut studio album released in 1993 – unfortunately, it was a commercial failure. However, Twain rose to fame with her second album, The Woman In Me, released in 1995, but her most successful album to date is 1997’s Come On Over, which spawned the singles “You’re Still The One”, “From This Moment On”, “That Don’t Impress Me Much”, and “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!.”
According to Guinness World Records,
Come On Over
is the biggest-selling studio album by a female solo artist.
In 2022, Netflix released the documentary Not Just A Girl, which explores Twain’s career, and Twain’s Las Vegas residency was extended to February 2025. On TV, Twain has been part of VH1 Divas, American Idol, Lip Sync Battle, A Man in Full, and Doctor Odyssey, while in film, she appeared in the movies I Heart Huckabees, Trading Paint, and I Still Believe.
Chappell Roan
Chappell Roan was born in Willard, Missouri, on February 19, 1998. Roan’s career began in 2014 when she uploaded an original song to YouTube, which got the attention of Atlantic Records. Roan released her debut EP in 2017, and after a short break following her departure from Atlantic Records, she independently released a series of songs in 2022. Her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, was released in 2023, and she was a supporting act on Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour. Her single “Good Luck, Babe!” topped the charts and gave her worldwide recognition.
Tyla
Tyla was born in Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa, on January 30, 2002. Tyla’s music career started in 2019, when her debut single, “Getting Late”, was released. The single was a domestic success, and she gained worldwide recognition with her 2023 single “Water.” Tyla’s self-titled debut album was released in March 2024 to critical acclaim and got her nominations for various awards. Tyla became the youngest African artist in history to win a Grammy Award.
Kali Uchis
Kali Uchis was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 17, 1994. In 2012, Uchis released her debut mixtape, Drunken Babble, and in 2015 she released her debut EP Por Vida, which took her on her first tour. Her first studio album, Isolation, was released in 2018 and got widespread acclaim, and in 2020, she released her first Spanish-language project, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios). Her single “Telepatía” was a viral sensation and got her a double platinum certification. In January 2024 she released her fourth album, Orquídeas, with its second part released in August 2024.
A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter’s Special Guests
Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne was born in London, England, on August 12, 1991. Delevingne started as a model in 2009 when she signed with Storm Management, and she went on to win Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014. Delevingne gradually moved to acting in the early 2010s, with her first film role being Princess Sorokina in Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina. Delevingne’s big break in film arrived in 2015 when she starred as Margo Roth Spiegelman in Paper Towns, based on John Green’s novel of the same name.
Delevingne played a mermaid in 2015’s Pan, Enchantress in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, and Laureline in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. On TV, she played Alice in season 2 of Only Murders in the Building, Vignette Stonemoss in Carnival Row, and Ivy in American Horror Story: Delicate.
Sean Astin
Sean Astin was born in Santa Monica, California, on February 25, 1971. Astin’s career began in 1981 when he starred in the TV film Please Don’t Hit Me, Mom, in which he played an 8-year-old child with an abusive mother, played by his real-life mother, actress Patty Duke. Astin made his big screen debut in 1985 in The Goonies, thanks to which he became widely popular. Astin appeared in a variety of projects through the 1990s, most notably Toy Soldiers and the TV movie Harrison Bergeron.
In 2003, Astin directed an episode of
Angel
.
In 2001, Astin played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, and he reprised this role in the sequels The Two Towers and The Return of the King. In 2017, Astin joined the cast of Stranger Things season 2 as Bob Newby, Joyce Byer’s (Winona Ryder) boyfriend, who ended up becoming a fan-favorite.
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Nico Hiraga
Nico Hiraga was born in San Francisco, California, on December 19, 1997. Hiraga’s acting career began in 2017 when he appeared in the short films The Flare and Summer of 17. In 2019, he was cast as Tanner in Booksmart, and in 2021, he played Seth in the comedy-drama Moxie. Other notable roles in Hiraga’s filmography are Scotty in Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between, Jonny in Goodrich, and Ben in Sweethearts. On TV, he played Ryan in the sci-fi drama series The Power.
Quinta Brunson
Quinta Brunson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 21, 1989. Brunson got online attention with her Instagram series Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date, which led her to join Buzzfeed as a video producer. After leaving Buzzfeed, Brunson developed other projects and, in 2019, she played twin sisters Dr. Charli Collier and Laila in the comedy-drama iZombie.
In 2021, her pilot, Harrity Elementary, was picked up by ABC and retitled as Abbott Elementary. In addition to being a writer and co-producer on the show, Brunson plays Janine Teagues. In film, she appeared in the comedy-drama An American Pickle and the comedy As of Yet, but her most notable role to date is Oprah Winfrey in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
Jillian Bell
Jillian Bell was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 25, 1984. Bell’s career began in 2006 with the TV shorts Crossbows & Mustaches, and in 2009, she joined Saturday Night Live as a writer. In 2011, she joined the comedy series Workaholics, where she played Jillian Belk, which led her to work with film director Paul Thomas Anderson in the movies The Master and Inherent Vice. Among her most notable film roles are Lorraine in Goosebumps, Brittany in Brittany Runs a Marathon, Dr. Taylor Wood in Bill & Ted Face the Music, Susan in Murder Mystery 2, and Katt in Good Burger 2.
Kyle Mooney
Kyle Mooney was born in San Diego, California, on September 4, 1984. Mooney’s career started with web series and short films in the 2000s, but his big break arrived in 2013 when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live. In 2018, he joined Arrested Development as Murphy Brown Fünke, and he has voiced various characters in different animated TV shows. On the big screen, Mooney appeared in Playing It Cool, Zoolander 2, Brisgby Bear (which he co-wrote), Naked Singularity, No Hard Feelings, and Unfrosted. Mooney made his directorial debut in 2024 with the disaster comedy Y2K, where he also played Garrett.
Megan Stalter
Megan Stalter was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1990. Stalter’s career began in 2018 when she started posting videos online that would go on to become The Megan Stalter Show. In 2020, she played various characters in the movie Little Miss Ohio and voiced Bonnie Davis in the animated show Tooning Out the News. Stalter became widely known when she was cast as Kayla in the comedy-drama TV series Hacks. In film, she played Isobel in Sometimes I Think About Dying.
Owen Thiele
Owen Thiele was born in Houston, Texas. Thiele’s acting career began in 2017 when he appeared in the miniseries Eighty-Sixed, and the following year, he was part of Taylor Swift’s “You Need To Calm Down” music video. Thiele played Q in the TV series Dollface, had a small role in the 2023 movie Zoey 102, and played Luca in the movie Adult Best Friends.
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter is a festive variety music special directed by Sam Wrench. The film features pop star Sabrina Carpenter performing holiday hits, engaging in unexpected duets, and including comedic cameos, blending music and entertainment in a seasonal celebration.
- Director
- Sam Wrench
- Release Date
- December 6, 2024
- Cast
- Sabrina Carpenter , Chappell Roan , Tyla , Kali Uchis , Shania Twain , Nico Hiraga , Quinta Brunson , Cara Delevingne , Kyle Mooney , Jillian Bell , Owen Thiele , Sean Astin , Megan Stalter