Pamela Mala Sinha is a Canadian actress and playwright. [1] She is most noted for her 2012 one-woman show Crash, [2] for which she won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role – Play (Large Theatre). [3] She was previously nominated as an actress in 2011 for her performance in Anusree Roy's Brothel #9. [4]
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she wrote Crash based on her own experience having been sexually assaulted while attending theatre school in Montreal. [5] She is currently based in Toronto, Ontario. [5]
Sinha's second theatrical play, Happy Place, premiered at the Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2015. [6] It was subsequently adapted by Helen Shaver for the 2020 film Happy Place, for which Sinha wrote the screenplay and performs the role of Rosemary. [7]
On television, she has had recurring and supporting roles as Wanda in Street Legal, Rani in The Newsroom, Faith Colero in Traders, and desk clerk Amira in ER.
Pamela Mala Sinha is a Canadian actress and playwright. [1] She is most noted for her 2012 one-woman show Crash, [2] for which she won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role – Play (Large Theatre). [3] She was previously nominated as an actress in 2011 for her performance in Anusree Roy's Brothel #9. [4]
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she wrote Crash based on her own experience having been sexually assaulted while attending theatre school in Montreal. [5] She is currently based in Toronto, Ontario. [5]
Sinha's second theatrical play, Happy Place, premiered at the Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2015. [6] It was subsequently adapted by Helen Shaver for the 2020 film Happy Place, for which Sinha wrote the screenplay and performs the role of Rosemary. [7]
On television, she has had recurring and supporting roles as Wanda in Street Legal, Rani in The Newsroom, Faith Colero in Traders, and desk clerk Amira in ER.