TORONTO, ON (May 9, 2025) – ACTRA Toronto is proud to announce the winners of the 23rd ACTRA Awards in Toronto, proudly presented by AFBS.
Outstanding Performance – Female:
Stefani Kimber as Emily in The Players (Hawkeye Pictures)
Outstanding Performance – Male:
Rick Roberts as Freddie in The Light Before the Sun (Blackbird Productions Inc.)
Outstanding Performance – Non-Binary/Gender Non-conforming:
Rabiya Mansoor as Zubaira Baqri in Bad Accountant (Cult Following Pictures, Window Dreams Productions)
Outstanding Performance – Commercial:
Tony A. Kim as Stefan the Elf on the Shelf in Walmart Canada’s “Holiday Helpers” (Cossette Toronto)
Outstanding Performance – Gender Non-Conforming or Female Voice:
Genevieve Adam as Anne in Deceitful Above All Things (Favour The Brave Collective and Thought For Food Productions)
Outstanding Performance – Gender Non-Conforming or Male Voice:
Deven Mack as Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic Prime, “From the Top” (WildBrain and SEGA)
Outstanding Performance – Youth Voice:
Grace Nicolaou-Wood as Apple in Let’s Go, Bananas!, “Iddy Biddy Road Trippy” (9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films)
ACTRA Toronto’s 2025 Award of Excellence was presented to Debra McGrath by Colin Mochrie and Kinley Mochrie.
The 2025 ACTRA Toronto Stunt Award was presented to Cotton Mather by TJ Scott.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (Cameron Pictures, Lark Productions) won the 2025 Members’ Choice Series Ensemble Award.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent “The Key to the Castle” (Cameron Pictures, Lark Productions) won the 2025 Stunt Ensemble Award.
This year’s lifetime memberships were presented to Leesa Levinson, Eric Peterson and Jean Yoon.
“We are thrilled to bring together our members, industry and allies for the 23rd ACTRA Awards in Toronto to celebrate our nominees, special award recipients and lifetime members in the spectacular Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning,” says ACTRA Toronto President Kate Ziegler. “As artists, we transform words on a page into vehicles for laughter, tears, awe, wonder and fright. Canadian performers work in concert with so many other creative trades people to keep Canada in the cultural conversation as both an exporter of original content and world-class production destination. Tonight, we recognize these contributions by celebrating our amazing homegrown talent.”
The 23rd ACTRA Awards in Toronto were presented during an evening ceremony on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning.
Sponsors of the 23rd Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto include: Platinum Sponsor: AFBS. Exclusive Producing Partner: Yellow House Events. Award of Excellence: ACTRA National. Outstanding Performance Award – Non-Binary/Gender Non-Conforming: outACTRAto and The McGrath/Mochrie Family. Outstanding Performance Award – Female: Neshama Entertainment. Outstanding Performance Award – Commercial: Goldblatt LLC. Outstanding Performance Award – Male: Whizbang Films. Outstanding Performance Awards – Voice: Source Elements. Members’ Choice Series Ensemble Award: First Ontario – Creative Arts Financial. Stunt Ensemble Award: The Motion Picture Association – Canada. Stunt Award: EP Canada.
ACTRA Toronto is the largest organization within ACTRA, representing over 15,000 of Canada’s 30,000 professional performers working in recorded media in Canada. An advocate for Canadian culture since 1943, ACTRA is a member-driven union that continues to secure rights and respect for the work of professional performers.
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Media Contact: Jennifer McGibbon, Public Relations Officer, 416-642-6710, jmcgibbon@actratoronto.com