Aviva Armour-Ostroff

Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker.[1] She is most noted as the star, co-writer and co-director of the 2021 film Lune,[2] for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[3]

She was formerly the producer of Toronto's Lab Cab theatre festival.[4] She is a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for her stage performances, receiving a solo nomination for ARC Stage's production of Deirdre Kinahan's play Moment in 2015,[4] and an ensemble nomination alongside Deborah Drakeford, Carlos González-Vío, Ryan Hollyman, Andre Sills and Arlen Aguayo-Stewart, for ARC's production of Stef Smith's play Human Animals in 2019.[5]

She is married to Arturo Pérez Torres, with whom she codirected both The Drawer Boy and Lune.[6]

References
  1. "Aviva Armour-Ostroff on her new film and Jewish identity onscreen". Canadian Jewish News.
  2. Brandon Barrett, "Star of post-apartheid film Lune delivers unflinching portrayal of bipolar disorder". Pique Newsmagazine, November 12, 2021.
  3. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  4. Amy Grief, "Toronto actor and playwright explores themes of identity". Canadian Jewish News, October 30, 2015.
  5. Karen Fricker, "Human Animals uses creative setting to bring environmental collapse to life"]. Toronto Star, February 27, 2019.
  6. Aviva Armour-Ostroff, "'A Day in the Life' with writer and director Arturo Pérez Torres". Toronto Guardian, April 20, 2019.


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