Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman is a

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playwright, screenwriter and actress. Her 2008 play, ''Scratch'', was nominated for the

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for Outstanding New Play in 2009, was a prizewinner in the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition, and was nominated for the

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at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. ''Guarded Girls'', Corbeil-Coleman's 2019 play about women in the Canadian prison system, premiered at

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in Toronto and then was performed in Kitchener-Waterloo at Green Light Arts, which had originally commissioned it. It received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play and was shortlisted for the 2020 Governor General's Award for English-language drama. In 2022, Corbeil-Coleman's holiday musical '' Almost a Full Moon'', based on

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's Christmas album of the same name, premiered at the

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in Edmonton. Corbeil-Coleman's other work as a playwright includes ''The End of Pretending'' (2001); ''Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show'' (2009); ''The CN Tower Show'' (2012); and ''Sudden Death'' (2013). She co-wrote ''Twisted'' (2015) with Joseph Jomo Pierre. She has also been a writer for the Showcase drama ''

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'' and the

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drama series '' Afghanada''. The daughter of novelist Carole Corbeil and actor

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,"A very personal family drama"
''

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'', October 4, 2008. she has also had acting roles in television, including the series '' Blue Murder'' and '' Show Me Yours''. In 2005 she appeared in the television film ''

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''. She is married to journalist and critic

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