Yanna McIntosh
Biography
Yanna McIntosh is a Jamaican-born Canadian actress of television, film and theater. She studied at the University of Toronto and at Harvard University's Institute for Advanced Theater Training. Her theater credits include Hedda in Hedda Gabler, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Condoleezza Rice in Stuff Happens and Mary in Mary Stuart. On television she had recurring parts in Side Effects, Riverdale, The Eleventh Hour, Blue Murder, This is Wonderland and The Best Years. She played Teddy Vargas in The Sentinel (2006) and Dr. Crone in Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006). In 2011 she starred as Mama Nadi in Lynn Nottage's Ruined. She played Cleopatra at the Stratford Festival in 2014, earning a Canadian Screen Award nomination. Doomstown brought her a 2007 Gemini Award, and she won the Dora Mavor Moore Award twice from six nominations.
56years old
Turns 57 on January 1in 51 days
- Born Jamaica
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 23 years2001 to 2024
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A first
Yanna McIntosh won the Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2011, the first person ever to do so, for her work in Ruined.
Early training
McIntosh trained for acting at the University of Toronto and the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University, later teaching theater students at the National Theatre School of Canada and Humber College.
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Joshua Peace appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Joshua Peace's page
Martin Roach's page
Ron Lea's page
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
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| Other honors | |||
| Dora Mavor Moore Awards | Won | ||
Online
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