Sedina Fiati is a Canadian actress and theatre director.Carly Maga, "Theatre flips sexism and racism the bird: New Feminist F--k It Fest mixes important issues with work that's joyful and fun". ''

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'', April 12, 2018. She is most noted for her role as Ese in the web series '' Tokens'', for which she won the

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for Best Supporting Performance in a Web Program or Series at the

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in 2023. A native of

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, and a graduate of the theatre program at the

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, Fiati coordinated the Feminist Fuck It theatre festival in 2018, and made her stage directing debut as director of Andrea Scott and Nick Green's ''Every Day She Rose'' for

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in 2019. She was named Nightwood's artist-in-residence in 2021. As an actress her noted credits have included stage productions in productions of

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's ''Queen Marie'' and

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's adaptation of

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's ''

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'',"Epic tale to take to the great outdoors". ''Peterborough This Week'', August 2, 2013. and guest roles in the television series '' The Listener'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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