Andrew barrett
Artistic PRODUCER (he/him)
|
EMILY PIGGFORDARTISTIC ASSOCIATE (SHE/hER)Vancouver-Island born and Toronto-based, Emily is a Canadian Screen Award-nominated actress from a childhood of dance, singing, instruments, writing and musical theatre, then university years of mainstage performance and alternative theatre creation, and a current career of predominantly film and TV.
She toured internationally in Canadian Stage’s, HELEN LAWRENCE, and participated in theatre workshops to develop and showcase new work with the likes of Tarragon Theatre and Outside The March. Recent screen credits include THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (Netflix), Steven Soderbergh/Lodge Kerrigan’s THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE (Starz), and the action-fantasy series, WARIGAMI (CBC Gem). Emily also produced and starred in D.W. Waterson’s internationally award-winning digital series, THAT’S MY DJ. She has been in five projects that made their world premiere at TIFF and most recently appeared opposite Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. in THE CUBAN. Emily plays Esther Ishikawa in THE SOUNDS, a thriller series filmed over four months in New Zealand, starring Rachelle Lefevre, directed by Peter Stebbings, (CBC/Acorn TV, Fall 2020). She holds a BFA in theatre from the University of Victoria and is an alum of the Canadian Film Centre Actors Conservatory. |