Christine Horne

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First collaborated with us in the one minute film, Park our award winning short for the Toronto Urban Film Festival.

REFERENCES

Christine's company Kick Theatre produced a new Canadian adaptation of a Stridberg classic called Miss Julie: Sheh'mah by Tara Beagan and garnered 5 Dora Nominations included Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Actor for Christine Horne. She is also featured in Toro Magazine.

"THE STONE ANGEL, starring Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn in a shared leading role with the exceptional Christine Horne." www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com

"Christine holds her own as the younger incarnation of protagonist Hagar Shipley, no small feat considering that the character is played in her ornery dotage by Ellen Burstyn." (Adam Nayman - Eye Magazine)

"As the young Hagar in The Stone Angel, Horne brings a burst of energy to a Canadian literary icon. Her vivid portrayal of the protagonist of Margaret Laurence's novel is no small achievement for a stage-trained lass who is entirely new to film. Can't wait to see her next performance, on the screen or on the stage." (Peter Howell - Toronto Star)

10 Questions: Christine Horne is featured on the Praxis Theatre Blog.

Christine is also an Artistic Director of the four-time Dora nominated theatre company The Thistle Project.

CREDENTIALS

Originally: From Aurora, Ontario.

Recently: Played Desdemona in Othello for the CBC (aired June 15), Canadian release of The Stone Angel (May 9), a workshop presentation of Peer Gynt at the Walking Fish Festival in Vancouver (Thistle), Bluebeard (Toronto Fringe) and Twelfth Night (Resurgence Theatre).

Previously: Nina in The Seagull and Antony in Julius Caesar (Wordsmyth Theatre), all sorts of things in Gorey Story (The Thistle Project), Viola in Twelfth Night and a Weird Sister in Macbeth (Classical Theatre Project), Absolution, The Vic, Where’s My Money? (Column 13 Actors Company), Summit Conference (Umbrella Projects), Secondary Wishes (Toronto Fringe), and Interior (SummerWorks). Directed Nelly Boy by Dave Deveau at the 2007 SummerWorks Festival. Graduated with a BFA in Acting from York University in 2004.

Currently: Artistic Co-Director of the Thistle Project and Artistic Producer of KICK Theatre; making the film festival rounds (or her celluloid image is, anyhow) as Hagar Shipley in The Stone Angel.

Boastfully: 2008 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film for The Stone Angel; recipient of the Edna Khubyar Acting Scholarship at York University for “exceptional achievement in acting”; Four 2007 Dora Mavor Award nominations for The Thistle Project’s Gorey Story including Outstanding Production and Outstanding New Play.

Eventually: The new Canadian adaptation of Miss Julie (KICK THEATRE).