Canadian film, stage and television actor
Cara Ricketts is an actress, best known for her roles as Mary Lacroix in Anne with an E [ 1] and Lilly Rue in the 2019 revival of Street Legal .[ 2]
Born and raised in Toronto , Ontario , Canada [ 3] she is an alumna of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory,[ 4] the Stratford Festival's Birmingham Conservatory [ 5] and the theatre program at Humber College .[ 3] She first became known as a stage actress, appearing in 2005 productions of Joseph Jomo Pierre 's Born Ready [ 6] and Stephen Adly Guirgis 's The Last Days of Judas Iscariot .[ 7] Her later stage roles included Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream ,[ 8] Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun ,[ 9] Portia in the Stratford Festival production of Julius Caesar ,[ 10] Queenie in The Wild Party [ 11] Ruth in Harold Pinter 's The Homecoming ,[ 3] and Hedda in Henrik Ibsen 's Hedda Gabler [ 12] She received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Leading Actress (Musical Theatre) in 2016 for The Wild Party , and won The 2020 ACTRA Award for her performance as Mary Lacroix in Anne with an E
Her film roles have included Across the Line ,[ 13] Jean of the Joneses and Stanleyville .[ 14] On television, she has had supporting or guest roles in Orphan Black , Titans , The Resident , Whatever, Linda , The Book of Negroes and Revenge of the Black Best Friend .
She won an ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance, Female from the Toronto chapter of ACTRA in 2020 for Anne with an E .[ 15]
^ Hanh Nguyen, "‘Anne With an E’ Ending Sets the Stage for a Feminist and Queer-Friendly Season 3" . IndieWire , July 9, 2018.
^ Norman Wilner, "TV review: Street Legal reboot is slicker, sharper and more focused than the soapy original" . Now , February 26, 2019.
^ a b c Richard Ouzounian, "People to watch in 2011: Cara Ricketts" . Toronto Star , December 31, 2010.
^ "Cara Ricketts" . Canadian Film Centre . Retrieved 2023-03-15 .
^ "The Birmingham Conservatory" (PDF) . Stratford Festival . Retrieved 2023-10-21 .
^ Kamal Al-Solaylee , "A rich ride to compelling places". The Globe and Mail , October 7, 2005.
^ Kamal Al-Solaylee , "Et tu, Judas?"]. The Globe and Mail , November 18, 2005.
^ Robert Cushman, "Shakespearean play is a dream realized: Inventive, disciplined, physical production". National Post , July 1, 2006.
^ J. Kelly Nestruck , "Still a shining example of American playwrighting". The Globe and Mail , October 18, 2008.
^ Declan Kelly, "Strong cast makes Festival's 'Caesar' well worth hailing". Stratford Beacon-Herald , June 8, 2009.
^ Richard Ouzounian, "Cast of musical is worth celebrating". Toronto Star , February 25, 2015.
^ Carly Maga, "This Henrik Ibsen classic makes tragedy look beautiful". Toronto Star , January 17, 2016.
^ Peter Howell, "Hoods, heroes and humbled humanity". Toronto Star , April 15, 2016.
^ Barry Hertz, "Absurd satire Stanleyville is Canadian version of Squid Game: fast, cheap and out of control: Audiences who like their boundaries to be teased, tested and sometimes tortured will fall deep into Stanleyville’s warren of weirdness". The Globe and Mail , May 5, 2022.
^ Debra Yeo, "‘Schitt’s Creek’ claims ensemble prize at Toronto ACTRA Awards while individual acting awards go to ‘Anne With an E’ co-stars" . Toronto Star , February 23, 2020.