Cintija Ašperger (born May 4, 1963), credited as Cynthia Ashperger in English-language roles, is a

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film, television and stage actress.

Early years

Born in

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in 1963, she worked as an actor in

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, including in the film '' S.P.U.K.'', before meeting Canadian director

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when she was cast in the 1987 television film ''

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''. She subsequently married Eastman, and spent the next number of years working in both Canada and Yugoslavia until the outbreak of the

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in 1991. She moved permanently to Canada in 1995,"Can television improve Arab-Jewish relations?"
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'', December 9, 2015. taking a job as a drama teacher at

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Career

On stage, her roles have included ''Out of Spite'', a one-woman show based on the writing of Elma Softic;

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's ''Not Spain''; and

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'' and '' ZOS: Zone of Separation''.

Awards and honors

She received a

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nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the

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in 2016 for '' The Waiting Room'', and a

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nomination for Best Performance by an Actress, Independent Theatre Division, for ''Feral Child''."2013 Dora Mavor Moore Awards Nominees"
''Theatromania'', June 3, 2013.

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