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Kevin Ritchie \/ NOW Toronto<\/em><\/p>\n

ANDREA BANG<\/strong><\/p>\n

British Columbia native Andrea Bang is up for a Canadian Screen Award for her role as the daughter on CBC sitcom Kim\u2019s Convenience. The series, based on Ins Choi\u2019s play of the same name, is about a Korean-Canadian family who run a convenience store. The show marks her first TV role after producing and starring in a series of web shorts, and it\u2019s no surprise she\u2019s been singled out by the CSAs: as the Canadian-raised Janet, Bang often is at the crux of the show\u2019s cross-generational culture clash (and thus, the source of its comedy), requiring her to deftly move between outwardly screwball scenarios and scenes that reveal her character\u2019s unspoken inner life.<\/p>\n

DEMORE BARNES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toronto-raised, Los Angeles-based Demore Barnes is a regular face on U.S. television thanks to roles in NBC\u2019s Hannibal, Syfy\u2019s 12 Monkeys and CBS\u2019s The Unit. This year he\u2019s appearing in one of the most-buzzed-about TV projects (especially with the ComiCon set): Starz\u2019s live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman\u2019s 2001 novel, American Gods, starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane and Gillian Anderson (as a god that takes the form of pop culture icons). Barnes plays Mr. Ibis, an Egyptian underworld god who runs a funeral home in Cairo. The series gets its world premiere at SXSW in March and is broadcast in April.<\/p>\n

STEPHEN JOFFE<\/strong><\/p>\n

We were excited when Netflix and CBC announced a TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood\u2019s 1996 Giller Prize-winning novel, Alias Grace, created by Sarah Polley (Away From Her) and directed by Mary Harron (American Psycho), but a glance at the show\u2019s IMDB page got us even more psyched: rising Toronto stage actor and playwright Stephen Joffe, who gave an excellent performance last year in Judith Thompson\u2019s The Crackwalker at Factory Theatre, has landed a co-starring role alongside Sarah Gadon, Anna Paquin, Paul Gross and David Cronenberg.<\/p>\n

ALEYSA YOUNG<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aleysa Young began as a casting director for TV commercials before making the jump to the director\u2019s chair.\u00a0 After spending years helming spots, she is now helping to usher in a golden age of raunchy feminist dick jokes on CBC prime time as a director on last year\u2019s Baroness Von Sketch Show and Black-ish star Catherine Reitman\u2019s ensemble comedy Workin\u2019 Moms, which debuted last month.<\/p>\n

TARA ARMSTRONG<\/strong><\/p>\n

Euthanasia and dramedy now coexist in the same sentence thanks to Canadian Film Centre grad Tara Armstrong, the Vancouver-based creator of Global TV\u2019s Mary Kills People. The six-part series has been picked up by Lifetime in the United States and will air there later in the year alongside season three of UnReal. The show, which follows an emergency room doctor (Caroline Dhavernas, another Hannibal alum) who helps terminally ill people take their own lives, has earned nice reviews since its debut on January 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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