Cintija Ašperger (born May 4, 1963), credited as Cynthia Ashperger in English-language roles, is a Croatian- Canadian film, television and stage actress.

Early years

Born in Zagreb in 1963, she worked as an actor in Yugoslavia, including in the film ''

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'', before meeting Canadian director

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when she was cast in the 1987 television film '' Race for the Bomb''. She subsequently married Eastman, and spent the next number of years working in both Canada and Yugoslavia until the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars in 1991. She moved permanently to Canada in 1995,"Can television improve Arab-Jewish relations?"
'' Now'', December 9, 2015. taking a job as a drama teacher at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario.

Career

On stage, her roles have included ''Out of Spite'', a one-woman show based on the writing of Elma Softic;

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's ''Not Spain''; and Jordan Tannahill's ''Feral Child''. She has also had television roles in '' Degrassi'' and '' ZOS: Zone of Separation''.

Awards and honors

She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the

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in 2016 for '' The Waiting Room'', and a

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nomination for Best Performance by an Actress, Independent Theatre Division, for ''Feral Child''."2013 Dora Mavor Moore Awards Nominees"
''Theatromania'', June 3, 2013.

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