Kudakwashe Rutendo is a Canadian actress, most noted for her starring role as Amanda in the 2023 film ''
Backspot
''Backspot'' is a 2023 film directed by D. W. Waterson in their feature-length directorial debut and stars Devery Jacobs, Kudakwashe Rutendo, and Evan Rachel Wood. Jacobs also serves as producer, along with Waterson, through their Night is Y ...
''.
Born in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
,
Alberta, and raised in
Fort McMurray,
[Vincent McDermott]
"Fort McMurray-raised actress Kudakwashe Rutendo one of TIFF's Rising Stars"
''Fort McMurray Today
The ''Fort McMurray Today'' is a publication based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. It is considered the paper of record for Fort McMurray and covers a number of topics affecting the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
The daily newspaper was ...
'', September 14, 2023. she attended the
University of Toronto, studying English, philosophy and classics while pursuing acting classes as a secondary pursuit.
[ She secured a contract with an agent in March 2020 just days before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the industry,][ and had acting roles in the television series ''Fear Thy Roommate'', the short films ''The Second Hand'' and ''Love Bites'', and the television films ''Bad Influence'' and ''Giving Hope: The Ni'cola Mitchell Story'', before being cast in ''Backspot''.
''Backspot'' premiered at the ]2023 Toronto International Film Festival
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The most noted change from past years was tha ...
, where she was named one of the festival's Rising Stars.
She appeared in the 2024 edition of '' Canada Reads'', advocating for Téa Mutonji
Téa Mutonji is a Canadian writer and poet, whose debut short story collection ''Shut Up You're Pretty'' was published in 2019.Sue Carter"Vivek Shraya's book imprint launches with Scarborough author Tea Mutonji" ''Toronto Star'', April 12, 2019.
...
's short story collection ''Shut Up You're Pretty''. "Meet the Canada Reads 2024 contenders"
CBC Books, January 11, 2024.
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21st-century Canadian actresses
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
Black Canadian actresses
Actresses from Calgary
People from Fort McMurray
University of Toronto alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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