Amanda Cordner is a Canadian actor, most noted for their regular role as 7ven in the television series Sort Of.[1]
Originally from Schomberg, Ontario,[2] Cordner is a graduate of the theatre program at York University.[3] They first became widely known for stage shows, including Body So Fluorescent[4] and Wring the Roses,[5] co-created with David Di Giovanni through the RISER Project.
They have also had supporting or guest roles in Baroness von Sketch Show, TallBoyz, The Expanse and Station Eleven, a starring role in the web series Slo Pitch,[6] and played the lead role in "The Sender", Cheryl Foggo's contribution to the 21 Black Futures project.[7]
They have received two Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series for Sort Of, at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023[8] and the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.
After Body So Fluorescent was published in book form in 2023, it received a nomination for that year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT literature.[9]
References
edit- ^ Sherlyn Assam, "‘Sort Of’ star Amanda Cordner on Season 2 and Black non-binary representation on TV". Xtra!, November 17, 2022.
- ^ Glenn Sumi, "Canada’s Rising Screen Stars: Amanda Cordner". Now, April 5, 2022.
- ^ Ann Marie Collymore, "Inside The World Of Sort Of With Actress Amanda Cordner". ByBlacks, November 27, 2022.
- ^ Andrea Warner, "Body So Fluorescent takes a poetic, heartbreaking, but funny look at the two sides of a "We're done" text message". The Georgia Straight, June 3, 2019.
- ^ Glenn Sumi, "RISER Project review: Wring The Roses". Now, May 10, 2019.
- ^ Liz Braun, "Slo Pitch a hit right off the bat". Toronto Sun, July 19, 2020.
- ^ Karen Fricker and Carly Maga, "Putting Black futures on centre stage: Black theatre students offer their responses to theatre project". Toronto Star, February 28, 2021.
- ^ Noel Ransome, "2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: TV drama ‘The Porter’ leads with 19 nods". Global News, February 22, 2023.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Memoir, short story collection, and play named 2023 Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists". Quill & Quire, September 13, 2023.
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