Nicole Stamp is a Canadian TV director,[1] actor, filmmaker,[2] writer[3][4] and television host.
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Born | CE 20th century Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
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Years active | 2004-present |
Career
editStamp works as a writer, director, actress, and TV host.[5] Her work has been nominated for 3 Canadian Screen Awards - twice for writing, and once for directing on the pandemic youth series Lockdown.
Stamp started her career at TVOntario, where she co-hosted 6 seasons of TVOntario's afternoon block, The SPACE. Stamp also hosted the Ontario Championships of Reach For The Top from 2004 until 2009. She also wrote the series EnviroGirl, in which she played the title character,[6] an educational superhero. TVOntario won the "Best Interactive" Gemini Award for the series Time Trackers, a historical series hosted by Stamp in which she also voiced several animated characters.[7] Stamp also co-hosted TVOntario's Word Wizard,[8] which was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Interactive show. In total TVOntario has won 2 Geminis among 6 nominations for series in which Stamp hosted or performed lead roles.
Stamp improvised for two seasons with The Second City's Canadian National Touring Company,.[9] Stamp has directed and hosted hundreds of red carpet talent interviews at the Toronto International Film Festival for Alliance Films[10] and Tribute Media.[11]
Stamp's voice work includes portraying Police Cadet Sanders[12] in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race. She has also voiced characters for videogame giant Ubisoft,[13] and she voiced several characters in the TIFF short animated film Interregnum,[14][15][16] about Rene Carmille, a Frenchman who bravely saved thousands of people from the Nazis. She voices the conjoined snakes Laziel and Raziel in the Cartoon Network pilot The Wonderful Wingits.[17]
As a writer, Stamp's essays have been published by CNN [18] and in the National Post. She created a critically acclaimed solo show, BETTER PARTS,[19][20] which garnered 5 N's from NOW Magazine[21] and was called "intoxicatingly written and joyously performed" by The Globe and Mail.[22] Stamp has also been an invited member of the prestigious Playwrights' Unit at the Tarragon Theatre [23] and the Theatre Passe Muraille Playwrights' Collective.[24]
As an actress, Stamp is internationally known for her portrayal of Melanippe "Mel" Callis in the Canadian Screen Award-winning[25] webseries Carmilla, which has over 70 million views worldwide, as well as for her portrayal of Stamper on the Canadian Screen Award-winning[26] webseries Tactical Girls.
In 2016, Nicole Stamp directed and co-hosted Inside Between, the digital aftershow for the City Canada and Netflix Drama, Between.[27] In 2017, Nicole Stamp reprised her role as Melanippe "Mel" Callis in the feature film The Carmilla Movie, set 5 years after the end of the acclaimed webseries. In 2020, Stamp appeared in several episodes of the Netflix series Locke & Key as Nurse Ruth.
Stamp is a Toronto native who attended Richview Collegiate Institute and holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and English from the University of Toronto.[28]
Filmography
editShows
editanzeigen | Role | Years |
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Reach for the Top | Host | 2004–2009 |
Razzberry Jazzberry Jam | Billie the Guitar | 2008–2011 |
Dan for Mayor | Karen | 2011 |
The Next Step | Lisa Thompson | 2013 |
Remedy | Scrub Nurse / O.R. Nurse | 2014 |
Odd Squad | Phyllis / Anne the Crossing Guard | 2014–2016 |
Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race | Cadet Sanders | 2015 |
Carmilla | Melanippe "Mel" Callis | 2015–2016 |
Tactical Girls | Stamper | 2016–2018 |
The ZhuZhus | Whendy Sails | 2016–2017 |
In Contempt | Lisa | 2018 |
The Expanse | Medical Tech | 2018 |
Rusty Rivets | Teacher Betty | 2018–2020 |
Doomsday Brothers | Ana / Humunga | 2020 |
Elinor Wonders Why | Ms. Llama | 2020–present |
Locke & Key | Nurse Ruth | 2020–2021 |
See | Onica | 2021 |
Awards and Nominations
editYear | Award | Kategorie | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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2022 | 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Best Direction, Children’s or Youth | ‘’Lockdown 110: The Confession’’ | Nominated | [29] | |
2022 | 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Best Writing, Children’s or Youth | ‘’Lockdown 111: Guilty Until Proven Innocent’’ | Nominated | [30] | |
2021 | 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Best Writing, Web Program or Series (shared with J. J. Johnson and Christin Simms) | ‘’Lockdown 109: Social Togetherness’’ | Nominated | [31] | |
2021 | Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards | Best Writing, Teens & Tweens (shared with J. J. Johnson and Christin Simms) | ‘’Lockdown 109: Social Togetherness’’ | Nominated | [32] |
References
edit- ^ "Nicole Stamp". IMDb.
- ^ "Toronto Urban Film Festival 2008". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ "Nicole Stamp Shows off Her Better Parts". October 18, 2007.
- ^ "Two tales of diversity".
- ^ "Personal Stamp". October 6, 2005.
- ^ "The Incredible Adventures of Enviro Girl Program". Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ "Doodlez Wins Toon Gemini".
- ^ "Patricia Ellingson - Awards & Nominations".
- ^ "Home". carmillatheseries.com.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Seven Psychopaths TIFF 2012 Red Carpet Premiere. YouTube.
- ^ "Nicole stamp | Toronto International Film Festival".
- ^ "Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race (TV Series 2014–2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Far Cry Primal (Video Game 2016)". IMDb.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Interregnum | the first hacker. YouTube.
- ^ "Nick Fox-Gieg's "Interregnum" at TIFF – YSDN | York Sheridan Program in Design | York Master of Design". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
- ^ "Interregnum - Bravo!FACT – Animated Short Films | Watch Animation Movies Online". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The Wonderful Wingits | Cartoon Network Studios Shorts. YouTube.
- ^ "What decent men can do in response to #MeToo". CNN. October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Nicole Stamp Shows off Her Better Parts". October 18, 2007.
- ^ "Thursday Theatre Review: BETTER PARTS".
- ^ "Personal Stamp". October 6, 2005.
- ^ "Two tales of diversity".
- ^ "Nicole stamp | Toronto International Film Festival".
- ^ "Home | Windsor Star".
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards - Academy". Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ "2017 Digital Media Nominees". Academy.ca.
- ^ http://between.citytv.com/aftershow/ [dead link]
- ^ "News | University of Toronto".
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards".
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards".
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards".
- ^ "Writer's Guild of Canada Awards".