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'' and for her role as Betty Anne on the Crave series ''

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''. She also stars as Jess McCready in the

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''. McCormack has written and starred in several independent feature films that have screened at film festivals around the world, including ''Play the Film'' (2013), ''Barn Wedding'' (2015), and '' Sugar Daddy'' (2020). She also starred in and produced the award-winning CBC

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Early life

McCormack was born and raised in

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. She has performed on stage since the age of seven and began her training as a performer in classical music and theatre. As a teenager, she studied at the Lyric School of Acting, Vancouver, before attending university first in England at Herstmonceux International Study Centre, where she studied literature, and later at the

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Career

After university, McCormack moved to New York City to study acting, musical theatre and experimental theatre and performed with The Flea Theatre Company as a member of The Bat Company, performing in Tony Award nominated Liz Swados' ''Kaspar Hauser''. She later moved to

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and started working in the Toronto indie theatre scene with playwright Kat Sandler, originating roles in plays like ''Delicacy'', and working in the entertainment industry. Throughout the 2010s, she played a variety of supporting roles in a number of productions, including in the television series '' Defiance'', '' 11.22.63'', and ''

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'', as well as in the

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'' and '' That's My DJ''. In 2013, she wrote her first feature film, ''Play the Film'', in which she also starred. The film was produced for only $1,000. McCormack won several awards for writing the film, including Best Screenplay at the

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. The following year, she wrote another feature film, ''Barn Wedding'', which screened at film festivals throughout 2015. In 2017, McCormack served as a producer and actress on several productions. In February of that year, she joined the cast of the

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'' in its third season. On the series, she portrayed Zeph, an

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scientist, in a recurring role until the series ended. That summer, the CBC

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nominations at the

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in 2018. In November 2017, she joined the cast for the third season of the

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series ''

''. In early 2018, she appeared in an episode of the CBC comedy series ''

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''. Later that year, she was featured in an episode of ''

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''. On stage, McCormack has developed and performed in ''Charlotte: A Tri-Coloured Play With Music'', an original opera based on the life of German painter

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, which ran at the 2017

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Festival in Toronto and at the World Stage Design Festival in

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. In 2019, Kelly wrapped production of her latest feature film '' Sugar Daddy'', which she wrote, produced, and starred in alongside

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and an ensemble cast that includes

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, Rob Stewart, Michelle Morgan, and

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. The film premiered at the 2020

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,Victoria Ahearn
"Whistler Film Festival to open with 'Sugar Daddy,' 'In Her City'"

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, November 5, 2020. where McCormack received an honorable mention for the

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award for best performance in a Canadian film, and won the One to Watch award.

Activism

McCormack has been vocal about her support of the #MeToo movement, and was invited to discuss the subject in an interview with CBC's '' q''

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCormack, Kelly Living people Writers from Vancouver Canadian film actresses Screenwriters from British Columbia Canadian television actresses Actresses from Vancouver 1991 births 21st-century Canadian actresses