Yanna McIntosh (born 1970), sometimes credited as Yanna MacIntosh, is a

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television, movie and theatrical actress.

Early life

McIntosh attended the

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and the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at

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, in which she trained for acting in theatrical productions. She taught students of theatre at the

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and

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Career

Yanna McIntosh's theatre credits include Petruchio in ''

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'', Hedda in ''

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'', Mary in Friedrich Schiller's '' Mary Stuart'', and Condoleezza Rice in David Hare's '' Stuff Happens''. McIntosh's most notable recurring roles in television series include Dr. Currie in the short-lived 90's medical drama ''

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'', Jenni Hernandez in '' Riverdale'', Edna Myles in '' The Eleventh Hour'', Dr. Rollins in '' Blue Murder'', Zona Robinson in '' This is Wonderland'', and Ms. Dymond in the Canadian teen drama ''

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''. She has starred in a number of made-for-television movies, such as '' Atomic Train'' (1999), in which she played Christina Roselli, '' Strange Justice'' (1999), in which she played Jeanette, '' Deliberate Intent'' (2000), in which she played Elaine, '' Crown Heights'' (2004), ''Chasing Freedom'' (2004), in which she played Ruth, '' Reversible Errors'' (2004), in which she played Genevieve Carriere, '' Doomstown'' (2006), in which she played Pat Barrows, '' Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy'' (2006), in which she played Dr. Crone, ''They Come Back'' (2007), in which she played Naketha, and '' Matters of Life and Dating'' (2007). She voices Jenny the giraffe in another Canadian animated TV show called

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. Some of her appearances in movies and direct-to-video films include Nicole in '' Spooky House'' (2000), Penny Mills in '' Full Disclosure'' (2001), Teddy Vargas in '' The Sentinel'' (2006), and Diana in '' Finn's Girl'' (2007). Other roles include ''

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'' (1998), ''

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'' (2002), and '' Heaven on Earth'' (2008). In 2011 McIntosh played the starring role of Mama Nadi in Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play

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, produced by Obsidian Theatre and

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. In 2014, she played Cleopatra in a Stratford Festival production of

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's '' Antony and Cleopatra''. The production was also filmed for the CBC Television series '' CBC Presents the Stratford Festival'' as '' Antony and Cleopatra''; McIntosh garnered a

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nomination as best actress in a television film or miniseries at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for the role. In 2019, McIntosh joined the

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production of ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' as

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Reception

In his 2007 article on McIntosh's role as Mary Stuart in the Friedrich Schiller play of the same name, chief theatre critic

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of the ''

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'' described McIntosh as capable of good performances on difficult stage roles, titling his article "No role too bold for Mary Stuart star". In his later review of the play, Ouzounian, who rated the play with two stars out of four, stated that McIntosh's role as Stuart and Nancy Palk's role as Elizabeth I of England were among the few highlights he saw in the play. Her performance as Pat Barrows in the 2006 made-for-TV movie '' Doomstown'' won Yanna McIntosh the 2007 Gemini award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series. For her theatrical acting, she has received six Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations in the Best Actress category. She won the award twice; once for Florence Gibson's ''Belle'' and again for Athol Fugard's ''Valley Song''. In 2011, McIntosh became the first ever person to win the Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in ''

''. For this role, she also won the 2011 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Edinburgh Festival 2001: Theatre: Lambton Kent / Traverse Theatre
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