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Sort Of among winners at ACTRA Awards

By Victoria Ahearn
March 7, 2022
Kelly McCormack of Sugar Daddy and Dayo Ade of Cinema of Sleep were among the other winners at the 20th annual ceremony, while ACTRA National names its Woman of the Year.

Sort Of, produced by the Sphere Media-owned Sienna Films, won the Members’ Choice Series Ensemble Award at the 20th ACTRA Awards.

Kaya Kanashiro and Aden Bedard, who play the children Violet and Henry in the CBC/HBO Max series, accepted the award for the ensemble during the virtual ceremony on Sunday (March 6). The win follows a string of kudos for the family series from creators, showrunners and executive producers Bilal Baig (pictured) and Fab Filippo, including a leading four WGC Screenwriting Awards nominations and 13 Canadian Screen Award nominations.

Other winners at ACTRA Toronto’s annual celebration included Kelly McCormack in the category Outstanding Performance-Gender Non-Conforming or Female for portraying Darren in the film Sugar Daddy (Clique Pictures; Violator Films; Floyder Films). McCormack also wrote and produced the drama.

Taking the trophy for best gender non-conforming or male performance was Dayo Ade for the portrayal of Anthony in the psychological thriller film Cinema of Sleep (Inferno Pictures).

Angela Asher won Outstanding Performance – Gender Non-Conforming or Female Voice for narrating the Silver Cord short film trailer (Space Mop), while Joshua Graham landed Outstanding Performance – Gender Non-Conforming or Male Voice for the role of Sam Whippet in the children’s animated series Go, Dog. Go! episode “Dog The Right Thing” (DreamWorks; WildBrain Studios).

The 2022 Award of Excellence to went to actor-director Art Hindle, while Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Constantin Film) took the inaugural ACTRA Toronto Stunt Ensemble award for a big rig stunt in the film. Stunt co-ordinator Dan Skene accepted the award on behalf of the ensemble.

The union’s national arm has also named Juanita Peters this year’s ACTRA National Woman of the Year. The Nova Scotia performer, director, writer, journalist and documentarian began her career as a news reporter and anchor for CBC News in the ’80s and has performed in over 30 films and TV series, including Splinters and Hobo with a Shotgun. Peters is the current executive director of the Africville Museum in Halifax.