Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker.[1] She is most noted as the star, co-writer and co-director of the 2021 film Lune,[2] for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[3]
She was formerly the producer of Toronto's Lab Cab theatre festival.[4] She is a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for her stage performances, receiving a solo nomination for ARC Stage's production of Deirdre Kinahan's play Moment in 2015,[4] and an ensemble nomination alongside Deborah Drakeford, Carlos González-Vío, Ryan Hollyman, Andre Sills and Arlen Aguayo-Stewart, for ARC's production of Stef Smith's play Human Animals in 2019.[5]
She is married to Arturo Pérez Torres, with whom she codirected both The Drawer Boy and Lune.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Aviva Armour-Ostroff on her new film and Jewish identity onscreen". Canadian Jewish News.
- ↑ Brandon Barrett, "Star of post-apartheid film Lune delivers unflinching portrayal of bipolar disorder". Pique Newsmagazine, November 12, 2021.
- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
- 1 2 Amy Grief, "Toronto actor and playwright explores themes of identity". Canadian Jewish News, October 30, 2015.
- ↑ Karen Fricker, "Human Animals uses creative setting to bring environmental collapse to life"]. Toronto Star, February 27, 2019.
- ↑ Aviva Armour-Ostroff, "'A Day in the Life' with writer and director Arturo Pérez Torres". Toronto Guardian, April 20, 2019.
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