Dani Pagliarello

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Dani Pagliarello is a Canadian actor, producer, director and two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee. She is the co-creator and co-star[1] of The Drop, which was created for True West Films[2] and premiered on Narcity Media's YouTube Channel in 2023.[3]

Education

Pagliarello graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University's Acting Conservatory.[4] She has featured in a number of plays, including Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in which she portrayed Ui.[5]

Career

Pagliarello has had acting roles in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, and Paramount+'s upcoming Cross and Netflix film Luckiest Girl Alive.[6] Through The Drop, Pagliarello earned Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Series and Best Lead Performance in Web Program or Series[7] and she won Best Comedy Director at Rio Webfest alongside collaborator Jordan Canning.[citation needed] The Drop also won Best Toronto Series at T.O. WebFest.[8]

Awards and nominations

  • 2023: Awarded Best Toronto Series for The Drop at T.O. WebFest[8][9]

References

  1. "'The Drop' co-creators Daniela Pagliarello, Aisha Evelyna found 'lightning in a bottle' with award-winning web series". Yahoo News. June 23, 2024.
  2. "Cameras roll on True West Films' first scripted series The Drop". playbackonline.ca.
  3. Cutruzzola, Annemarie (November 27, 2023). "Toronto-Based Gen-Z Satire 'The Drop' Finds the Humour in Line-Waiting". shedoesthecity.com.
  4. Vernieri, Demian (2023-06-15). "Tragedy Plus Time: Toronto-based Comic Dani Pagliarello". Toronto Guardian. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  5. Bimm, Jordan (December 4, 2013). "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui". NOW Magazine.
  6. "Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)". IMDb.
  7. "Dani Pagliarello". academy.ca. March 6, 2024.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "True West Films' first scripted comedy 'THE DROP' Wins Best Toronto Web Series at T.O. Webfest". KRON. 4 October 2023.
  9. "2023 Nominees & Winners". towebfest.ca.

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