Shelley Thompson
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Shelley Thompson | |
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Shelley Alice Thompson (born March 9, 1959) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her character
Biography
Shelley Thompson was born in
Since returning to Canada, her work has included season at the Atlantic Theatre Festival (Ariel in the Tempest and Viola in Twelfth Night), work at the Neptune Theatre,[4] The Prairie Theatre Exchange, The Globe Theatre, Regina, and Festival Antigonish.
Since 2012, she has been shifting her focus to stage and screenwriting and directing. Her plays include plays A Kind of Faith (2004), Leaving Wonderland (2015), children's plays Bluenose Billy (2006),[note 1] Belinda the Bicycle Witch (2008), Lost and Found (2009), and ...And How Are We Today.[note 2] She was also seen on stage in A Good Death, Be My Baby, and Criminal Genius".
She has been a finalist in the Atlantic Writing Competition as a poet. Her work has been featured in literary journals like Toward the Light and Papirmasse, as well as on the CBC website. Her short stories have also been included in anthologies and broadcast on CBC Radio, in collaboration with The Blue Engine String Quartet during Christmas of 2010 and 2011.
Presently shifting to writing/directing for film, she has just finished her first narrative short, DAWG (Festivals include the
She is working on feature films Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor, Billy, Dash and Dawg, and The Benefit. In 2015 she was a resident at the Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, as a screenwriter, and in 2016 was invited to be one of eight Women In the Director's Chair (2017).
In 2018, Thompson won the WIDC's Feature Film Award, a prize which goes toward the production of a female director's debut feature film.[3]
Awards include: ACTRA Maritimes winner for (short) Two Penny Road-Kill 2013, Best Supporting Actress, LA's Love Unlimited Festival, 2011 for (short) WAKE, and Gemini, 2008, Best Ensemble, as Barb Lahey, for Trailer Park Boys. Merritt Award- Best Actress in a Leading Role- for Glorious. Several Stage nominations for: Humble Boy – Flora, Criminal Genius – Shirley, Tamara (Dora) – Aelis.
Notes
- ^ She has also co-written with Sheldon Currie and Griffen Prize-winning poet Anne Simpson.
- ^ Also co-written with poet Anne Simpson.
References
- ^ Lucas, Ralph (May 26, 2021). "Shelley Thompson". Northernstars.ca. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ Volmers, Eric. "Calgary-born filmmaker's feature debut explores community, family and belonging in rural Nova Scotia". Calgary Herald.
- ^ a b "Trailer Park Boys actress Shelley Thompson to direct first feature film after winning award". thestar.com. November 30, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ "FIN Makers: An Interview with Shelley Thompson". FIN. July 21, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
External links
- Shelley Thompson at IMDb
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