For many of our city’s hard-working screen performers, there’s nothing quite as validating as recognition from their peers, especially when it comes in the form of a UBCP/ACTRA Award.
On Nov. 18, local film and television performers will laud their own at the 2017 UBCP/ACTRA Awards, the nominees for which were announced on Monday.
Awards will be handed out in five categories – Best Actor; Best Actress; Best Emerging Performer; Best Voice; and Best Stunt – to UBCP/ACTRA members for work completed in the last year.
The nominees are:
BEST ACTOR
Alex Barima, Cypher
Richard Harmon, The 100 – “God Complex”
Ty Olsson, A Surrogate's Nightmare
BEST ACTRESS
Rukiya Bernard, Van Helsing – “Seen You”
Chelah Horsdal, The Man in the High Castle – "Fallout”
Jennifer Spence, You Me Her – “Like Riding a Vagina Bike”
BEST EMERGING PERFORMER
Maxine Chadburn, Cadence
Hannah Cheramy, The Hollow Child
Adam DiMarco, Marrying the Family
Isaac Keoughan, DC's Legends of Tomorrow – “The Chicago Way”
Aiden Longworth, The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Graeme McComb, DC's Legend's of Tomorrow – “Compromised”
BEST VOICE
Andrea Libman, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – “Rock Solid Friendship”- Pinkie Pie
Rebecca Husain, Beat Bugs, “With a Little Help from my Friends” - Buzz
Vincent Tong , Fruit Ninja, “Fruitful Multiplication” - Durian Gray aka RinJin
Vincent Tong, Chuck's Choice, “Sunny Daze” - Joey Adonis
Vincent Tong, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, “Hard to Say Anything” - Feather Bangs
BEST STUNT
Simon Burnett, Jon Kralt, Leif Havdale, Corry Glass, Supergirl –“ Homecoming”
Curtis Braconnier, Arrow – “Legacy”
Lauro Chartrand, Colby Chartrand, Prison Break – “Ogygia”
Chad Sayn, Lloyd Adams, Prison Break – “Contingency”
Eli Zagoudakis, Arrow – “Fighting Fire with Fire”
The UBCP/ACTRA Awards will be handed out in a gala ceremony at the Vancouver Playhouse on Nov. 18. Follow the festivities on Twitter at #ubcpactraawards, or Reel People (@sabrinarmf) for exclusive photos from the red carpet and real-time results.
The Union of British Columbia Performers (UBCP/ACTRA) is an autonomous branch of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), the national organization of professional performers working in the English-language recorded media in Canada. http://www.ubcp.com.
