Vinessa Antoine
Biography
Vinessa Antoine is a Canadian actress who began with classical ballet before moving into screen acting. Her film debut came in the 1999 drama Picture This, and she went on to a recurring role on Showtime's Soul Food from 2001 to 2002. Antoine became known to television audiences as Judith Winters on Being Erica from 2009 to 2011 and as Jordan Ashford on General Hospital from 2014 to 2018. In 2019 she became the first Black Canadian woman to headline a Canadian drama series, playing lawyer Marcie Diggs on Diggstown; for that role she earned Canadian Screen Award nominations in 2021 and 2022. On film she has appeared in the Lifetime movie A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2014), Atom Egoyan's Seven Veils (2023), and the thriller All the Lost Ones (2024), and she had a recurring part in Ginny & Georgia and starred in Plan B.
43years old
Turns 44 on July 21in 281 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Vinessa Lynn Antoine
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 10 years2014 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024All the Lost OnesIMDb rating 3.8
- 2023Seven VeilsIMDb rating 5.6
- 2021Kicking BloodIMDb rating 4.6
- 2014A Day Late and a Dollar ShortIMDb rating 6.9
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A first
Antoine became the first Black Canadian woman to headline a Canadian drama series when she played lawyer Marcie Diggs in the CBC drama Diggstown in 2019.
Early training
Antoine began classical ballet lessons when she was 4. At 18, she earned top performer honors at the 1995 Black Achiever Awards and was selected for a year with the ballet company at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Worked with
Vinessa Antoine shares two films with Douglas Smith, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Lochlyn Munro's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Ving Rhames's page
Amanda Seyfried's page
Devon Sawa's page
All films by Atom Egoyan
Stephen TolkinDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by Stephen Tolkin
Mackenzie DonaldsonDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by Mackenzie Donaldson
Online
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