Supinder Wraich ( ) is an Indian-born Canadian actress. For her starring roles in the web series '' Guidestones'', she won the
Canadian Screen Award
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for Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media at the
Toronto Star
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'', 1 May 2019. and
Allegiance
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Etymology
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, playing a rookie police officer in Surrey, BC.
Career
She also had regular roles in the television series ''
The 99
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'', ''
Copper
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'' and '' Crawford'', and wrote and directed the short films ''Chinesey'' and ''Ruby's Tuesday''. She also appeared in the music video of
Imran Khan
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's hit single ''Pata Chalgea''.
Personal life
Wraich was born in
Chandigarh
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,
India
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and raised in the
Rexdale
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neighbourhood of
Toronto
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. She lived in
Brampton
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before university; her mother and father owned and operated a trucking school as of 2019. In addition to a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications, Wraich graduated from
Sheridan College
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's Advanced Film & Television Program and was chosen for a 2012 residency at the prestigious
Canadian Film Centre
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