Awards & Winners

Djanet Sears

Date of Birth 1959
Place of Birth England
(United Kingdom, Great Britain, Wentworth Vault at Toddington)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Janet
Profession Actor, Film director, Teacher, Playwright
Djanet Sears is a Canadian playwright, actor and director. She was born in 1959 in England, to a Guyanese father and a Jamaican mother. Sears was raised in England and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her birth name was Janet — she added the D when she came across a town called Djanet on a trip to Algeria. Her play Harlem Duet won many Canadian awards, including four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and a Governor General's Award for drama. In addition to her writing, Sears also acts in theatre and film productions. She was also a founding member of Obsidian Theatre, a Toronto theatre company that specializes in African and Caribbean Canadian drama, and is a professor at the University of Toronto.

Awards by Djanet Sears

Check all the awards nominated and won by Djanet Sears.

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series Side Effects