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about me
Height: 5"5 | Weight: 120 lbs | Eye Color: Brown | Hair Color: Black
Sani is a passionate Canadian-Persian actress who has always enjoyed performing and entertaining others, and in 2018, she decided to make acting her full-time career. Since then, she has made appearances in a number of short films, commercials, music videos, and theatre productions, working with some incredible names in the industry on both the big and small screens, working hard to develop her skills with each passing day.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Film
HUDOOD* | Principal Actor | REAL N REEL PRODUCTION INC. (dir: Daraksha Rehman) | 2019
DEPARTMENT OF SUICIDE | Lead Actor | APPYDESK MEDIA SOLUTIONS (dir. Harshit Patel) | 2020
NIKI’S STUDIO | Principal Actor | 3BROS FILM INC. (dir. Noor Dhanda) | 2019
HOWL | Supporting Actor | WOLF IN THE WOODS PRODUCTIONS (dir. Cheyenne Lynn) | 2018
LE CORBEAU | Background | TAILORED FILMS LTD. (dir. Ho Che Anderson) | 2019
THE BURNING COLD** | Lead Actor | INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM (dir. Naser Vafi) | 2019
TRANSPLANTATION | Principal Actor | INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM (dir. Sergey Dobrine) | 2020
THE KITTEN | Principal Actor | 3BROS FILM INC. (dir. Noor Dhanda) | 2019
COME AS YOU ARE | Lead Actor | STUDENT SHORT FILM (dir. Tony Del Rio) | 2018
DEAD TO ME | Lead Actor | STUDENT SHORT FILM (dir. Alicia Natale) | 2018
STITCHED | Principal Actor | STUDENT SHORT FILM (dir. Brandon Stanowski) | 2020
UNHINGED | Lead Actor | STUDENT SHORT FILM (dir. Aryan Mojiri) | 2019
BAD HOMBRE | Supporting Actor | STUDENT SHORT FILM (dir. Guillermo Nunez Reyes) | 2018
ZIBAYE VAHSHI [MUSIC VIDEO] | Supporting Actor | GDAAL (dir. MIicoo Farahancho) | 2019
PUNJAB [MUSIC VIDEO] | Lead Actor | CHLDRNS (dir. Pratiik Bhalawala) | 2018
** Won Best Female Performance Award at Toronto Film School Festival of Films 2020 and Official selection at Lift-Off Film Festival 2020 & Kalaka Film Festival.
* Official selection at Venice Shorts 2020, Bridge Fest 2020, Indo American International Festival of World Cinema 2020, Semi-Finalist at Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2020, & Finalist at Independent Shorts Awards 2020.
Commercial
SARANGHAE SKINCARE | Lead Actor | TOOCOO MEDIA (dir. Krusan Sivanayagam) | 2020
PC2GO | Lead Actor | HIPSTREET (dir. Sean Cassidy) | 2016
COMPACT POWER BANK | Lead Actor | HIPSTREET (dir. Sean Cassidy) | 2017
Theater
THE LIFE OF JUDE | Theresa | HELEN GARDINER THEATER (ALEX POCH-GOLDIN, Director) | 2019
FACIO | Hermes | VANIER COLLEGE PRODUCTION (AARON ROTHERMUND, Director) | 2016
PRIVATE LIVES | Mary | ACTING FOR STAGE class (dir. ROSANNA SARACINO) | 2019
THE LIFE OF JUDE | Mandy | SCENE AND CHARACTER STUDY class (dir. JOHN BEALE) | 2019
THE CELINE DION | Wife | SCENE STUDY class (dir. ALEXANDER LUCAK) | 2017
SONGBOOK
Training & Workshops
TORONTO FILM SCHOOL | DIPLOMA DEGREE IN ACTING | HAART MASSEY
(2019) FOR FILM, TV & THEATER JULIA PATON
JOHN TENCH
MICHAEL AYOUB
MADELINE SIMS-FEWER
LAUREL PAETZ
BODY. VOICE. PRESENCE | A RIGOROUS ACTORS | JOHN BEALE
ACTORS WORKSHOP TRAINING WORKSHOP ALIX SIDERIS
(2018) AUSAR NUHOTEP STEWART
TYRONE BENSKIN
YORK UNIVERSITY | BACHELOR OF ARTS
(2017) IN PSYCHOLOGY
Special Skills
BILINGUAL [ENGLISH & FARSI] | ACCENTS [RP, FRENCH, GENERAL AMERICAN, SOUTHERN AMERICAN, MIDDLE EASTERN] DANCING [HIPHOP, LATIN & BALLROOM, BELLY DANCING] | DRIVING [MANUAL & AUTOMATIC] | ICE SKATING [BEGINNER]| SINGING [ALTO] | YOGA [INTERMEDIATE] | PIANO [BEGINNER] | STAGE COMBAT [BEGINNER]
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