Joanne Sarazen
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| Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Joanne Sarazen is a Canadian actress and writer.[1] She is most noted as co-writer with Sook-Yin Lee of the 2024 film Paying for It, for which they won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025.[2]
Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, she began her career as a stage actress and playwright in Montreal, Quebec, with her plays including Jesus Jell-O,[3] The Ronda M. Leacock Memorial Beauty Pageant,[4] Miss Ellen Q,[5] and The Doll Play.[6]
She studied screenwriting at the Canadian Film Centre in 2017. Her first screenplay, Tammy's Always Dying, was directed by Amy Jo Johnson and premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[7]
Her second screenplay, Backspot, was directed by D. W. Waterson and premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[8] and Paying for It premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Play debating merits of procreation opens in Nanaimo". Nanaimo News Bulletin, February 27, 2020.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Écrans canadiens 2025: les nominations". Films du Québec, March 27, 2025.
- ^ Pat Donnelly, "Jesus Jell-O: The Miraculous Confection at MainLine Theatre". Montreal Gazette, December 3, 2010.
- ^ Tanya Foubert, "Banff Pride a success, but no flag flown". Rocky Mountain Outlook, October 30, 2014.
- ^ Tanya Foubert, "The evolution of Miss Ellen Q". Rocky Mountain Outlook, February 28, 2019.
- ^ Carly Maga, "The Doll Play dramatizes the effects of sexual trauma through abused toys". Toronto Star, May 23, 2019.
- ^ Victoria Ahearn, "How 'Power Rangers' star's tragic past helped her direct film debuting at TIFF". CTV News, September 5, 2019.
- ^ Sarah-Tai Black, "Backspot focuses on the challenges, vulnerabilities of teenage cheerleaders". The Globe and Mail, September 12, 2023.
- ^ Peter Howell, "This Toronto pair put their unorthodox sex lives on film in ‘Paying for It,’ premiering at TIFF". Toronto Star, September 5, 2024.
External links
[edit]- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian stage actresses
- Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
- Canadian women screenwriters
- Actresses from Montreal
- Actresses from Ottawa
- Writers from Montreal
- Writers from Ottawa
- Canadian Film Centre alumni
- Living people
- Best Screenplay Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners