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Alison Sealy-Smith

Alison Sealy-Smith

Canadian actress


Alison Sealy-Smith (born 1959)[1] is a Barbadian-born, Canadian actress who is best known for her role as Storm in various Marvel animated TV series.

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Early life and education

Smith was born in Bridgetown, Barbados and raised in Toronto.[2] She attended Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, where she studied psychology on a scholarship.[3]

Career

She is the founding director of Obsidian Theatre, a company that specializes in African-Canadian drama.[1] Smith was awarded a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her 1997 star turn in Djanet Sears' Harlem Duet.

Her film and television credits have included the series Street Legal, This is Wonderland and The Line, and a recurring role in Kevin Hill. She also had a small role in the 1998 film My Date with the President's Daughter.

Smith also voiced characters in various animated series such as Storm on the 1990s X-Men and Scarlett on the Teletoon series Delilah and Julius. She played Sergeant Rose in the film Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Honey (with Jessica Alba), Dark Water, and Talk to Me. Since the mid-2000s, she had a recurring role as Ms. Mann in the children's series Naturally, Sadie. In 2009, she performed as Nurse Lydia in the HBO Canada series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures.

Smith won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1997 for Best Female Performance for her role in Harlem Duet.[4] She also won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2009 for Outstanding Performance By A Female In A Principal Role with her role as Lena in A Raisin In The Sun.[5]

Personal life

Her daughter, Makyla Smith, is also an actress.[6]

Filmography

Film

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References

  1. Hannon, Gerald (February 2007). "Close to Home". Toronto Life. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  2. Hood, Sarah. "Drama for a Diasporic People". Word Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  3. "Nation News". www.nationnews.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  4. "Harlem Duet". Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project. Daniel Fischlin. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  5. "Toronto salutes theatre icon". Nation News. Nation Publishing Company. 2009-07-26. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  6. "Go behind the scenes of Color Me Dark: The Story of Nellie Lee Love, Chicago, 1919". Dear America. Scholastic. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

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