ACTRA Toronto is proud to announce the winners of the 17th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto.
Outstanding Performance – Female Voice
Bryn McAuley as Shirley Squirrley in Top Wing, “Shirley’s Sleepover Adventure” (9 Story Media Group)
Outstanding Performance – Male Voice
Mark Little as Dino in Cupcake & Dino: General Services, “My Life in Radio (Stinks!)” (Cupcake and Dinosaur Productions Inc.)
Outstanding Performance – Female
Amybeth McNulty as Anne in Anne with an E, “The Determining Acts of Her Life” (Northwood Anne)
Outstanding Performance – Male
Stephen McHattie as Gus Power in Crown and Anchor (Crown and Anchor Films)
The Members’ Choice Series Ensemble Award went to Schitt’s Creek.
Sketch troupe Women Fully Clothed presented ACTRA Toronto’s 2019 Award of Excellence toJayne Eastwood.
Matt Birman presented ACTRA Toronto Stunt awards to Rick Parker andSue Parker.
The 17th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto were presented at a live show and gala tonight at The Carlu. Onstage DJhey! dw energized the room and Juno award-winning soul singer Sean Jones brought them to tears singing “When I’m Gone” to the In-Memoriam roll. The show was written bySugith Varughese and directed by David Gale.
This year the voice award was split into Female Voice and Male Voice, giving female voice performers more recognition. President Theresa Tova made note of the change in her remarks, also mentioning the ACTRA Ontario Census results which demonstrated a continued earnings gap for female performers, and the release of a joint bulletin on consent-based interactions in entertainment workplaces.
“The ACTRA Awards in Toronto is our time to shine,” says President Tova. “It’s a great celebration of Canadian talent.”
