Hello!

I am an actor, writer, and sketch comedian based in Toronto.

After growing up in Mississauga, and acting onstage throughout Southwestern Ontario, I moved to New York City to train at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting for three years. After graduating from their Conservatory, I continued working in the theatre, and also began to work in film, TV, commercials, and digital media in NYC — both independently and with my theatre company Wrong House Productions. I recently moved back to Canada, and have set up my new home base in Toronto.

I’m trained at the Second City Toronto in the third and final level of their Improv for Actors program. I am also currently training at RAW Studios with Sophie Ann Rooney, The Lighthouse Acting Studio with Angela Besharah, and at Bad Dog Comedy Theatre with Ken Hall.

I’m represented by Sandra Gillis (Film/TV), Sean Kaufmann (Commercial) and Melanie Liatsis (Voiceover) at Premier Artists Management

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NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

My four person team created a film called GET THE PHONE for the 48 Hour Film Festival. It has been chosen as one of the top films of the year. The screening and awards ceremony is Sunday, November 29th - tickets & info here!
I co-created the film Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow during the COVID-19 lockdown that was selected for the first ever Isolation Short Film Festival. It was in the top 20 of over 800+ submissions, and was screened during their live film festival on May 23.
My new sketch comedy troupe — Cheap Wine — won the award for Newcomer of the Year at Sketch to the Death 2020! We performed in four rounds throughout the beginning of 2020 against 47 other new and established troupes.
You can watch Cheap Wine digital sketches here! We have just received an Official Selection from the Great Canadian Sketch Comedy Film Festival 2020 for our sketch Adult Siblings and our film Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow.