Aviva Armour-Ostroff
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Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker. She is most noted as the star, co-writer and co-director of the 2021 film ''
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'', for which she received a
Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...
nomination for Best Actress at the
10th Canadian Screen Awards The 10th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 4–10 April 2022 to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2021. The presentations were held as a ...
in 2022. She was formerly the producer of Toronto's Lab Cab theatre festival.Amy Grief
"Toronto actor and playwright explores themes of identity"
''
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'', October 30, 2015.
She is a two-time
Dora Mavor Moore Award The Dora Mavor Moore Awards (also known as the Dora Awards or the Doras) are awards presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), honouring theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moor ...
nominee for her stage performances, receiving a solo nomination for ARC Stage's production of Deirdre Kinahan's play ''Moment'' in 2015, 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. She is married to Arturo Pérez Torres, with whom she codirected both '' The Drawer Boy'' and ''Lune''.Aviva Armour-Ostroff
"'A Day in the Life' with writer and director Arturo Pérez Torres"
''Toronto Guardian'', April 20, 2019.


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