B: in Toronto, Ontario
Amanda Arcuri played the role of Lola Pacini on 20 episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation and 37 episodes of Degrassi: Next Class. She is pictured at the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards. |
Features & TV Movies: Degrassi: Don’t Look Back (TV-2015) Fingernails (2023) TV Series – Guest appearances: |
B: June 2, 1988 in London, England
Aidan Moreno was born and raised in the United Kingdom and attended university in his native city London, where he graduated with a Degree in English Literature and Dramatic Arts. A permanent resident of Canada, Moreno has also lived in the UK and Spain and has performed in Spanish as well as English. He plays the role of Rick Adderly on the CBC series Heartland. |
Features & TV Movies: Northern Lights (2015, short) Let Him Go (2020) TV Series – Cast: TV Series – Guest appearances: |
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B: November 4, 1992 in Toronto, Ontario
Kiana Madeira was born in Toronto but grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto. While the work is the same, most of Madeirz’s work was for the small screen until 2018 when she made her feature film debut in Level 16 and followed that up with a role in the highly popular Giant Little Ones. She played the role of Moe Traux in the series Trinkets. |
Features & TV Movies: Fear Street: Part One – 1994 (2021) TV Series – Cast: TV Series – Guest appearances: My Babysitter’s a Vampire 2012)
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B: October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario
Renowned Canadian singer-composer Drake began life as Aubrey Drake Graham. His acting career began in 2001 with an appearance on an episode of the series Blue Murder. He is best known for his role as Jimmy Brooks on more than 140 episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation. Most of his credits are for his (hopefully) endless stream of hit music videos. We only list his acting credits where he usually shows up in the credits as Aubrey Graham. Also see: Drake and Other Canadian Ambassadors. |
Features & TV Movies: Conviction (2002) Ice Age: Continental Drift (voice, 2012)
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TV Series – Guest appearances: The Egos (2018) |
Karelle Tremblay costars in the 2018 Sebastien Pilote film La disparition des lucioles which was named the Best Canadian Film at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. She was part of the 2015 TIFF Rising Stars program. Her career began own the small screen when she played the role of Catherine in the childrens series Le Club des doigts croisés (or CDDC). |
Features & TV Movies: Amsterdam (2013) Tu Te Souviendras De Moi (2020) TV Series – Cast:
TV Series – Guest appearances: MVA Phone: 514-277-4842 |
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B: December 23, 2002 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Finn Wolfhard is pictured as Trevor in the 2021 Sony Pictures Releasing feature Ghostbusters: Afterlife. He is best known for his starring role as Mike Wheeler in the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. He made his feature film debut in 2017 playing Richie Tozier in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s It. He has appeared in a number of music videos with various bands he performs with including Hey Ocean!, Facts Band, PUP, Calpurnia and The Aubreys. Also see: TIFF #48 – Day 10. |
Features & TV Movies: Aftermath (2013, short) The Turning (2020) TV Series – Cast: TV Series – Guest appearances: JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales (Voice, 2020) Credits as a Director: Credits as a Screenwriter: |
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B: August 27, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario
Patrick Johannes Adams moved from Toronto to Los Angeles at age 19, where he attended the University of Southern California, earning a BFA. Known for playing the role of Mike Ross in 108 episodes of the shot-in-Toronto hit drama series Suits, both he and costar Meghan Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex, quit the series at the end of its seventh season. |
Features & TV Movies: For the Record (VR-2001, short) Dead in the Room (2011, short) The Swearing Jar (2022) TV Series – Cast: The Right Stuff (2020) Flashforward (2010) |
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B: in Nova Scotia
Megan Wennberg holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism. She is a writer, director and story editor working in both documentary and scripted film and television, and in the beginning, filmmaking wasn’t part of the plan. However, when she made a short documentary at journalism school in Halifax, she fell in love with the process. As a filmmaker, she is drawn to unique characters and points of view. Her first feature documentary, Drag Kids, premiered at the 2019 Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival and went on to screen at numerous festivals around the world. It was named Best Canadian Feature at the Inside Out Festivals in Toronto and Ottawa, Best Canadian Feature at the Atlantic Film Festival, Best Documentary for Youth at the Bergen International Film Festival as well as at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, NewFest New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival and Québec’s RIDM where it was selected to be the closing night film. Her film The Killing of Phillip Boudreau won the Screen Nova Scotia Award for Best Documentary in 2021, and Wennberg won WIFT-AT’s Award for Best Director. Her 2023 documentary Unsyncable, which premiered at Hot Docs, follows six senior artistic swimmers (aged 63 – 82) preparing for the U.S. Masters Artistic Swimming Championships, formerly called synchronized swimming. We list her credits as a Director first. Also see: Unsyncable – Coming Soon. |
Features & TV Movies: Bernard the Magician (2010, short) The Killing of Phillip Boudreau (2020) TV Series: Credits as a Screenwriter: The Killing of Phillip Boudreau (2020) TV Series: Credits as a Producer: |
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Features & TV Movies: Mémoires Vives (2016) TV Series – Cast: TV Series – Guest appearances: |
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B: July 18, 1981 in Calgary, Alberta
Randal Edwards got his start at a very young age. He took formal theater training in New York City, initially participating in several workshops and seminars at the renowned HB Studio. He made his screen debut in 2004, when he played a small role in the independent drama film Eighteen. His first regular television role came in 2007 when he joined the cast of the teen series The Best Years playing the role of Noah Jensen in 21 episodes between 2007 and 2009. |
Features & TV Movies: Eighteen (2005) Christmas Miracle (2012) TV Series – Cast: Papillon (2011) TV Series – Guest appearances: The 4400 (2006) The Ex-Convict’s Guide (2010) Just Add Magic: Mystery City (2020) |
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Carly Ann Stone is a Toronto based writer and director and graduate from The American Film Institute. Her work has screened at festivals worldwide including AFI Fest, Rome International, Cambridge International, Marfa Film Festival, Miami International, and TIFF. She is currently a writer on CBC’s comedy, Kim’s Convenience. We list her credits as a screenwriter first. |
Features & TV Movies: Tracks (co-writer, 2015, short) TV Series – at least 1 episode of: Credits as a Director: North of Normal (2023) |
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B: June 25, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario
Veena Sud is a writer, director, and producer best known for developing the television series The Killing. Born in Toronto, Sud grew up near Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Barnard College, graduating in 1989. After several years working as a journalist, she enrolled at New York University’s film school when she was 28 and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Film and Television program at NYU. We list her credits as a Director first. |
Features & TV Movies: Stretchmarks (1996, documentary) One Night (2000, short) The Salton Sea (2016)
TV Series: The Stranger (2020, 13 episodes) Credits as a Screenwriter: One Night (2000, short) The Salton Sea (2016) TV Series: The Killing (2011-2014) The Stranger (2020, 13 episodes) Credits as a Producer: TV Series: The Killing (2011-2014, 44 episodes) The Stranger (Executive Producer, 2020, 1 episode) |
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Pascal PLante co-founded the production company Nemesis Films following his graduation from Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. He directed numerous short films and made his first narrative feature, a punk romance entitled Les faux tatouages (Fake Tattoos), which competed in the Generation 14plus section of the 2018 Berlinale. His second feature film, shot in Montreal in 2019, Nadia, Butterfly was an official selection at the 2020 Cannes film Festival. An official selection of the Karlovy-Vary International Film Festival in 2023, Les chambres rouges (Red Rooms), his third narrative feature, was selected to open Montreal’s 2023 Fantasia Film Festival in July 2023. He considers himself like a cinephile that became a narrative filmmaker with documentarian tendencies. We list Pascal Plante’s credits as a Director first. |
Features & TV Movies: La fleur de l’âge (2011, short) Nadia, Butterfly (2020) TV Series: Credits as a Screenwriter: Nadia, Butterfly (2020) Credits as a Producer: TV Series: |
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B: May 26, 1994 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Eli Goree earned a degree in Film and Television acting from the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. He played the role of Dave Albritton in the film Race, which was about Jesse Owens life leading up to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Goree plays the role of Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali in the 2020 feature One Night in Miami, based on the play by first-time playwright Kemp Powers, which was first performed in 2013. The movie marked the directorial debut of actress Regina King. |
Features & TV Movies: Enough (2006, short) One Night in Miami (2020) TV Series – Cast: TV Series – Guest appearances: |
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B: May 2, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario
Kate Moyer played the role of Heather Hobbie 50 episodes of the tween drama series Holly Hobbie between 2018 and 2022. She trained in dance at the Theatre Dance Academy in Oshawa, Ontario. |
Features & TV Movies: It (2017) Children of the Corn (2020) TV Series – Cast: TV Series – Guest appearances: |
B: July 16, 1981 in Calgary, Alberta
Michelle Morgan is an actress, producer, director and writer. She is one of six children from a Chilean-Canadian family and is best known for playing the prodigal daughter, Lou Fleming, on the hit CBC series, Heartland. Born in Calgary, she grew up in Toronto and Vancouver. She studied Theatre and Classical Literature at the University of Toronto. In 2018, she started her own production company, Medano Films. Her debut film as a director, Mi Madre, My Father, was given the Best Female Director award at the Vancouver Short Film Festival and the Filmakers Award the the Lakeshorts Film Festival in 2019. We list her credits as an actor first. Company website: Medano Films. |
Features & TV Movies: Road Rage (TV-1999) Fire Serpent (TV-2007) A Heartland Christmas (TV-2010) Sugar Daddy (2020) TV Series – Cast: Bunny Hug (2010, mini-series) TV Series – Guest appearances: Package Deal (2013) Web Series: Credits as a Director: Credits as a Screenwriter: Credits as a Producer: |
B: in Ottawa, Ontario
Sarah McVie is a graduate of Canterbury Arts High School in Ottawa and George Brown Theatre School in Toronto and began her professional career performing for five seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada where her roles included: Cordelia in King Lear opposite Christopher Plummer, The Bawd in Pericles, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth, and Marianna in All’s Well that End’s Well. McVie was also a member of the 2001 Stratford Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training and was the recipient with the John Hirsh Award for Most Promising Young Actor. She played numerous leading roles over a ten year period in productions at The Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa including the premier of George F. Walker’s The Burden of Self Awareness and the sold-out run of The Public Servant, a play McVie co-created with Jennifer Brewin, Haley McGee and Amy Rutherford. The Public Servant was developed by Common Boots Theatre (formally Theatre Columbus) and co-produced by Nightwood Theatre for a sold-out Toronto run at the Canadian Stage Company’s Berkeley Street Theatre in March 2016. Official website: www.sarahmcvie.com |
Features & TV Movies: The Perfect Teacher (TV-2010) TV Series – Cast: TV Series – Guest appearances: American Gods (2020) |
B: March 29, 1991 in Barrie, Ontario
Samantha Win is both a stunt performer, screenwriter, producer and actor. She often appears in the credits as Samantha Jo. We list her credits as an actor. |
Features & TV Movies: Man of Steel (2013) Silent Night (2020, short) TV Series: Guest appearances: Credits as a Screenwriter: Credits as a Producer: |
B: March 29, 1994 in White Rock, British Columbia
Spencer Borgeson played the role of Osvaldo Trujillo Blanco, one of the children of the titular Cocaine Godmother: The Griselda Blanco Story. Griselda Blanco was played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in the made-for-TV movie for the Lifetime network. He is also a noted photographer. |
Features & TV Movies: Cocaine Godmother: The Griselda Blanco Story (TV-2017) You’re Bacon Me Crazy (TV-2020) TV Series – Guest appearances: |
B: in Vancouver, British Columbia
Hunter Dillon made his onscreen debut as Young Sam in the series Supernatural. He plays Tyler Flaherty on the 10-episode contemporary tween drama series Holly Hobbie which is based on the American Greetings character first introduced in 1967. The series will begin airing in the fall of 2018. |
Features & TV Movies: Happy Face Killer (TV-2014) No Internet (2020, short) TV Series – Guest appearances: |
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