Rakhee Morzaria is a South Asian Canadian comedian, actor, and writer. Morzaria is most noted for her starring role as Camille Pham in the television sitcom ''

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'', for which she has also been a writer. She received a

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nomination for Best Lead Performer, Comedy at the

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in 2025 for her work on the series and at the

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in Toronto and was awarded the highly competitive Bob Curry Fellowship Program. She has also had supporting or guest roles in film and television, and has acted on stage in improv comedy shows including ''Only Human'' and ''Past Dark''. Kelly Bedard stated, "The standout performers are the incredibly versatile Rakhee Morzaria (her diatribe about dieting secrets is sheer brilliance)". Morzaria was the creator and star of the web series ''Rakhee Morzaria's Note to Self'', which was a

nominee for Best Original Digital Program or Series, Fiction at the

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in 2018. She also received two

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nominations, for Best Performance in a Web Series and Best Writing in a Web Series, at the

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in 2019. Morzaria was a juror for the

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20^th Anniversary Jury and in 2022 Morzaria was the host of the Banff World Media Festival (BANFF), presenting the Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Morzaria stars as lead Camille Pham on ''

'' on CBC''.'' Radheyan Simonpillai of

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stated "Morzaria (who also writes on the series) is a hilarious force of nature.”

Awards

Morzaria received the 2023 MISAFF Star presented by

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at the 10th annual Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival in

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Official website
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