Vinessa Antoine
☼ Born on 21 December 1983, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BiographyCanadian born, Vinessa Antoine started studying ballet at the age of four with the Royal Academy of Dance in Toronto, Ontario. After graduating High School, she then went on to study dance at the acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Vinessa has played roles in various Canadian and American television shows including The Resident, Interrogation, Ginny & Georgia, Heartland, Hudson & Rex, Ncis, Haven and Being Erica. She has performed on stage in several Off-Broadway plays in New York, including the original New York cast of Christopher Shinn's, Four. In 2018, Vinessa made history by becoming the first black Canadian person to lead a dramatic show in Canada. In 2020, Vinessa received The Nova Scotia Screen Actors award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead or Featured Female Role for her work on Diggstown. In 2021, Vinessa was nominated again for her work in the legal drama, in the Canadian Screen Award category of Best Lead Actress in a Drama series. Diggstown is now in its fourth season on CBC.
In the role of actor
Seven Veils – TIFF 2023 (11/09/2023)
A young opera director’s personal trauma transfers over into her production of Salome in Seven Veils. Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried) is a young theatre director tasked by the Canadian Opera Company with remounting a production of Richard Strauss’ biblical opera Salome, previously produced by her recently deceased mentor Charles. As Jeanine deals with her recent separation […]
Kicking Blood – TIFF21 (10/09/2021)
A vampire takes in a suicidal alcoholic in Kicking Blood. Anna (Alanna Bale) is a vampire, who works during the day as a librarian with her elderly co-worker Bernice (Rosemary Dunsmore), while at night she hunts for blood with fellow vampires Boris (Benjamin Sutherland) and Nina (Ella Jonas Farlinger). One night, Anna comes across suicidal alcoholic […]