Pamela Mala Sinha
Pamela Mala Sinha is a Canadian actress and playwright.[1] She is most noted for her 2012 one-woman show Crash,[2] for which she won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role – Play (Large Theatre).[3] She was previously nominated as an actress in 2011 for her performance in Anusree Roy's Brothel #9.[4]
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she wrote Crash based on her own experience having been sexually assaulted while attending theatre school in Montreal.[5] She is currently based in Toronto, Ontario.[5]
Sinha's second theatrical play, Happy Place, premiered at the Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2015.[6] It was subsequently adapted by Helen Shaver for the 2020 film Happy Place, for which Sinha wrote the screenplay and performs the role of Rosemary.[7]
On television, she has had recurring and supporting roles as Wanda in Street Legal, Rani in The Newsroom, Faith Colero in Traders, and desk clerk Amira in ER.
References[edit]
- ^ Christine Lyon, "Pamela Mala Sinha’s Happy Place full of silver linings". North Shore News, October 20, 2017.
- ^ Robert Crew, "Crash a play you end up admiring, but uncomfortably so: Review". Toronto Star, May 3, 2012.
- ^ Melissa Leong, "One-woman show Crash leads Doras with four wins". National Post, June 26, 2012.
- ^ Melissa Leong, "It was a dark-rewarding night; Blasted cleans up at Dora Awards". National Post, June 28, 2011.
- ^ a b Randall King, "Bring it on home: Winnipeg-born playwright finally finds her Happy Place, thanks to the PTE". Winnipeg Free Press, November 7, 2018.
- ^ Robert Cushman, "Out with the old, in with the new; And, yes, a bit of the old, too". National Post, January 3, 2015.
- ^ Lauren Malyk, "Sienna Films, Helen Shaver roll on Happy Place". Playback, May 2, 2019.
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