Rave reviews and Facebook likes are fine and dandy, but for many of our city’s hard-working actors and actresses, there’s nothing quite as validating as recognition from their peers.
On Nov. 22, local film and television performers will laud their own at the 2014 UBCP/ACTRA Awards, the nominees for which were announced on Monday.
Awards will be handed out in five categories – Best Actor; Best Actress; Best Newcomer; Best Voice; and Best Stunt – to UBCP/ACTRA members for work completed in the last year.
The nominees are:
BEST ACTRESS
Sara Canning, Remedy – “Scary Bears”
Luisa d'Oliveira, Cracked – “Episode 7, Season 2”
Pascale Hutton, Arctic Air – “On The Edge”
Crystal Lowe, Signed, Sealed, Delivered – “The Future Me”
Colleen Rennison, Down River
April Telek, Leap 4 Your Life
April Telek, Christmas Bounty
BEST ACTOR
Jay Brazeau, Down River
Vincent Gale, Bates Motel - “Gone But Not Forgotten”
Nicholas Lea, The Killing -“The Reckoning”
Stephen Lobo, Continuum – “30 Minutes To Air”
Brian Markinson, Down River
Brian Markinson, Klondike – “Episode 1.3”
Ian Tracey, Continuum – “Second Last”
BEST NEWCOMER
Iain Belcher, Almost Human – “Perception”
Joel Berg, Signed, Sealed, Delivered – “To Whom It May Concern”
Taylor Hill, Leap 4 Your Life
Laine MacNeil, The Killing – “Eminent Domain”
Christina Sicoli, Afterparty
Cate Sproule, The Killing – “The Jungle”
Connor Stanhope, When Calls the Heart – “Second Chances”
BEST VOICE
Rebecca Husain, Mother Up – “Episode 10”
Peter Kelamis, Barbie & Her Sisters In a Pony Tale
Andrea Libman, My Little Pony:Friendship Is Magic – “Filli Vanilli”
Erin Mathews, Pac Man and the Ghostly Adventures – “Indiana Pac and the Temple of Slime”
Peter New, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – “Pinkie Apple Pie”
Kira Tozer, LeapFrog Letter Factory Adventures: The Letter Machine Rescue Team
BEST STUNT
Maja Aro, The Tomorrow People – “Son of Man”
Simon Burnett, Arrow – “The Scientist”
Leif Havdale, Arrow – “City of Heroes”
David Jacox, Arrow – “City of Heroes”
Melissa Jin, Arrow – “Streets of Fire”
Atlin Mitchell, Arrow – “Heir to the Demon”
In addition to the five performance awards, two UBCP/ACTRA industry awards will be presented: the Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award and the John Juliani Award of Excellence.
The UBCP/ACTRA Awards will be handed out in a gala ceremony at the Vancouver Playhouse on Nov. 22. Tom Cavanagh will host Follow the festivities at #ubcpactraawards.
The Union of British Columbia Performers (UBCP/ACTRA) is an autonomous branch of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), the national organization of professional performers working in the English-language recorded media in Canada. http://www.ubcp.com
