Amy Rutherford
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Bio
For the last twenty years Amy has worked in theatre, film and television with many of Canada’s leading directors and playwrights. She’s had the opportunity to perform internationally; at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Rwanda Arts Azimuts Festival, Beme Theatre in Munich, The Ricardo Montalban in Los Angeles and at New York’s PS 122. She’s been nominated for numerous Dora Mavor Moore Awards and was recently honoured with a Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Best Lead Performance for her work as Blanche Dubois in Soulpepper’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Amy is also a playwright and have had several of my own plays produced. Her most recent play, Mortified, won The Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Carol Bolt Award for Best Play of 2018. It is currently in development with the CBC. She is a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada and Stratford Festival Conservatory.
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| FILM & TELEVISION | ||
| KIM’S CONVENIENCE | PRINCIPAL | KIM V PRODUCTIONS INC.; DIR: PETER WELLINGTON |
| KILLJOYS | PRINCIPAL | TEMPLE STREET; DIR: PETER STEBBINGS |
| MOLLY’S GAME | FEATURED | THE MARK GORDAN COMPANY; DIR: AARON SORKIN |
| REMEDY | RECURRING | GLOBAL;DIR: STEFAN SCAINI |
| CRACKED | FEATURED | WHITE PINES/CBC; DIR: SUDZ SUTHERLAND |
| KEEPIN’ IT TOGETHER | LEAD | DID IT MY WAY PROD; DIR: SIMONEE CHICHESTER |
| SAVING HOPE | FEATURED | ABC/GLOBAL; DIR: KELLY MAKIN |
| THE SCAN | LEAD | BRAVOFACT; DIR: ESTA SPALDING |
| A KINDNESS | LEAD | BRAVOFACT; DIR: JANE THOMPSON |
| DEGRASSI: DNG | FEATURED | EPITOME/CTV; DIR: STEFAN BROGREN |
| ROADKILL | FEATURED | 506 PRODUCTIONS; DIR: KIRE PAPUTTS |
| SMALL TOWN MURDER SCENES | LEAD | STMS PRODS; DIR: ED GASS-DONNELLY |
| CAPTIVUS | LEAD | CFC; DIR: SIMONEE CHESTER |
| LITTLE FILMS ABOUT BIG MOMENTS | FEATURED | PRODS: STEPHANIE MARKOWITZ, SONIA HOSKO |
| DIVERTED | FEATURED | CBC/BBC; DIR: ALEX CHAPPEL |
| THE MURDOCH MYSTERIES | FEATURED | SHAFTESBURY; DIR: SHAWN ALEX THOMPSON |
| ANGELA’S EYES | GUEST STAR | NBC UNIVERSAL/LIFETIME; DIR: ELODIE KEEN |
| NAKED JOSH | GUEST STAR | JACQUES BLAIN, RICHARD SPEER; JIM ALLODI |
| FOUR MINUTES | LEAD | ESPN; DIR: CHARLES BEESSON |
| PUPPETS WHO KILL | GUEST LEAD | COMEDY NETWORK; DIR: SHAWN ALEX THOMPSON |
| CONFESSIONS OF AN AMERICAN BRIDE | FEATURED | LIFETIME/ENRIGHT PRODS; DIR: DOUG BARR |
| ELLIOTT SMELLIOT | LEAD | INDEPENDENT; DIR: ANITA DORAN |
| LIFE AFTER | LEAD | INDEPENDENT; DIR: RHETT MORITA |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN INSECT | LEAD | INDEPENDENT; DIR:CHRIS TREBILCOCK |
| BODY AND SOUL | FEATURED | PAX; DIR; ANSON WILLIAMS |
| LOSING IT | SUPPORTING LEAD | LIFETIME; DIR: GRAEME CLIFFORD |
| THE UP AND COMERS | LEAD | INDEPENDENT; DIR: MARTIN GERO |
| THEATRE | ||
| A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | BLANCHE | SOULPEPPER; DIR: WEYNI MENGESHA |
| SNOW WHITE | VARIOUS | THEATRE REPLACEMENT; DIR: ANITA ROCHON |
| KING CHARLES III | TV PRODUCER/SARAH/GHOST | STUDIO 180 DIR: JOEL GREENBERG |
| SHERLOCK HOLMES | JANE | STARVOX ENT. INC; DIR: ANDREW SHAVER |
| INFINITY | CARMEN | TARRAGON; DIR: ROSS MANSON |
| THE PUBLIC SERVANT | CYNTHIA | THE GREAT CANADIAN THEATRE COMPANY/NIGHTWOOD |
| AS YOU LIKE IT | ROSALIND | SHAKESPEARE IN HIGH PARK; DIR: NIGEL SHAWN WILLIAMS |
| INFINITY | CARMEN GREEN | TARRAGON; DIR: ROSS MANSON |
| A BEAUTIFUL VIEW | L | FACTORY THEATRE, TOUR; DIR: ROSS MANSON |
| THE GREAT GATSBY | DAISY BUCHANAN | THEATRE CALGARY; DIR: KIM COLLIER |
| THE PUBLIC SERVANT | CYNTHIA | UNDERCURRENTS OTTAWA; JENNIFER BREWIN |
| *BOBLO | RADIO WOMAN | THEATRE CENTRE/KITCHENBAND; STEVE MCARTHY |
| A BEAUTIFUL VIEW | L | BEME THEATRE MUNICH; ROSS MANSON |
| BREATH IN BETWEEN | AMY | SUMMERWORKS; BRENDAN HEALEY |
| THE CHILDREN’S REPUBLIC | MADAME SINGER | TARRAGON; DIR: ALISA PALMER |
| *OUR CLASS | DORA | STUDIO 180; DIR: JOEL GREENBERG |
| THE 39 STEPS | ANNABELLE/PAMELA | THEATRE AQUARIUS; DIR: TED DYKSTRA |
| ODD COUPLE | GWENDOLYN | SOULPEPPER; DIR: STUART HUGHES |
| AS YOU LIKE IT | PHOEBE | SOULPEPPER; DIR; ALBERT SCHULTZ |
| GOODNESS | JULIA | PRAIRIE THEATRE EXCHANGE; DIR: R. MANSON |
| GOODNESS | JULIA | ARTS AZIMUT FESTIVAL-RAWANDA/VOLCANO-TORONTO/DIR: R. MANSON |
| THE VERTICAL HOUR | NADIA | PRAIRIE THEATRE EXCHANGE |
| ZADIE’S SHOES | BETH | GCTC; DIR: LISE ANN JOHNSON |
| *GOODNESS | JULIA | VOLCANO/EDINBURGH FRINGE; DIR: ROSS MANSON |
| DIRECTOR’S CUT | MIRANDA BAKER | CROW’S THEATRE; DIR: JIM MILLAN |
| NOBLE PARASITES | LEAD | THTRE PASSE MURAILLE; DIR: REBECCA BROWN |
| THE SHAPE OF THINGS | JENNY | CENTAUR THEATRE; DIR: GORD MCCALL |
| *TEQUILA VAMPIRE MATINEE | PRINCESS SUGAR PLUM | THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE; DIR: TED DKYSTRA |
| THE MESSAGE (JASON SHERMAN) | MARY | NECESSARY ANGEL; DIR:RICHARD ROSE |
| BLITHE SPIRIT | ELVIRA | GRAND THEATRE; DIR: SUSAN FERLEY |
| LOVE’S LABOUR LOST | KATHERINE/JAQUENETTA | STRATFORD;DIR:DAVID LATHAM |
| TWELFTH NIGHT | VIOLA | RESURGENCE;DIR:CHRIS ABRAHAM |
| *Dora Nomination – Best Ensemble *Winner, best in The Edinburgh Fringe (Carol Tambor Award, 2006)
*NOMINEE, OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPLE ROLE- MUSICAL, 2004 DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS |
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| RADIO/AUDIO BOOKS: | ||
| GIRLS NEED NOT APPLY | NARRATOR | RANDOM HOUSE/KELLY S. THOMPSON |
| THE FLYING TROUTMANS | NARRATOR | AUDIBLE/RANDOM HOUSE/ MIRIAM TOEWS |
| BLIND ASSASSIN | IRIS | CBC RADIO; PROD: ANNE JANSEN |
| COOP | BONNIE | CBC RADIO; DIR: GREG SINCLAIR |
| CANADA: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY | FACTORY WORKER | CBC RADIO; DIR: SUSAN TESKEY |
| OTHER ROLES AND EXPERIENCE | ||
| BOFA IMPROV TEAM | SILVER MEDALIST | CANADIAN IMPROV GAMES |
| THE AMY AND AMY SHOW | CREATOR/PERFORMER | WEBISODES/PILOT/MUSIC ALBUM |
| OUT OF THE WOODS | CREATOR/PERFORMER | SUMMERWORKS; DIR: ANDREW SHAVER |
| SAD OBJECT/BAD OBJECT | CREATOR/DIRECTOR | TORONTO FESTIVAL OF CLOWNS |
| TORONTO DATE | CREATOR/PERFORMER | JEREMY LARTER, JOE COBDEN |
| BREAK UP BREAK DOWN | AMY | DIR: JEREMY LARTER,WRITER: JOE COBDEN |
| TRAINING | ||
| NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL GRADUATE 2000 / STRATFORD CONVERSATORY / ACTING FOR CAMERA/MASTER CLASS: DAVID ROTENBERG DANCE: BALLET/MODERN/PERIOD; CANTERBURY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL & ONTARIO SCHOOL OF DANCE, KELLY ARNSBY SINGING MUSIC HISTORY: PAUL KEENAN, DAVID DUNBAR VOICE/SPEECH: JANINE PEARSON | ||
