Joanne Vannicola
Biography
Joanne Vannicola is a Canadian actor who began working as a child, at 8 years old on the Canadian run of Sesame Street. Born in Montreal and a student at the Toronto School for the Performing Arts, they broke through in the teen drama 9B, which brought a Gemini Award nomination in 1989. An Emmy for the children's special Maggie's Secret came in 1991, followed by a Genie Award nomination for Love and Human Remains (1993). Vannicola became known for parts such as Dr. Naadiah in Being Erica and Dr. Mia Stone in PSI Factor, and also for roles in the Slasher series. In 2019 they appeared as Sam, a non-binary character, in the Street Legal reboot, and published a memoir, All We Knew But Couldn't Say. In 2017 they wrote and directed the short film SNIP.
58years old
Turns 59 on April 20in 161 days
- Born Montreal
- Star sign: TaurusFirst day of the sign, on the Aries cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 24 years1993 to 2017
Every film, newest first
- 2017Sea ChangeIMDb rating 5.9
- 2015Pirate's PassageIMDb rating 6.6
- 2000StardomIMDb rating 5.7
- 1995Iron Eagle on the AttackIMDb rating 3.4
- 1993Love & Human RemainsIMDb rating 6.6
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First role
Vannicola started their career when they were 8 years old, making an appearance on the Canadian version of Sesame Street.
Behind the camera
In 2017, Vannicola wrote and directed SNIP, which was their first short film. They took on both writing and directing duties for this project.
Joanne Vannicola movies on Netflix
Most often with
Denys Arcand directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Aidan Devine's page
Thomas Gibson's page
Victoria Snow's page
Justin Kelly's page
Jo Vannicola's page
All films by Denys Arcand
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.