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Nicola Correia-Damude
Canadian actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicola Correia-Damude (born 21 June 1981) is a Canadian actress based in Toronto. Her credits include The Strain (2015), Shadowhunters (2016–2019), Burden of Truth (2018–2021), The Boys (2019–2022), Coroner (2019–2024), Nurses (2020), October Faction (2020), and Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024).
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Career
Television and film
Correia-Damude has had recurring roles on Shadowhunters, Annedroids, The Boys and The Strain. Additional television credits include Haven, Degrassi: The Next Generation, and Stargate SG-1. Film credits include Margarita, Havana 57, and Memory. She also had a recurring role (33 episodes from 2017 to 2019) as the mother in the Canadian children's show, Dino Dana.
Theatre
Correia-Damude is a graduate of Etobicoke School of the Arts, Studio 58, and the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre.[3] Her theatre credits include Coriolanus[4] and Much Ado About Nothing[5] at the Stratford Festival, Serious Money[6] and The Women and Albertine in Five Times[7] at the Shaw Festival, as well as premieres of new Canadian works The Madonna Painter (Factory Theatre),[8] Within the Glass (Tarragon Theatre)[9] and Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom (Canadian Stage).[10][11]
Voice acting
Correia-Damude has supplied voice overs for CBC's The Passionate Eye, Afghanada, The Fifth Estate, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and David Suzuki Explores.
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Personal life
An actress of mixed heritage (her mother is from Guyana and her father is Canadian),[12] Correia-Damude is "an advocate of increased cultural diversity in film, television and theatre; expanding roles for women; and improving conditions for mothers and families in the film and television industry."[13] As well as an actress, she is also a singer-songwriter, plays piano and guitar, and has a dance background in modern, classical, jazz, step and tap.[3] Her father, Brian Damude, is a photographer and film director most noted for the 1975 film Sudden Fury.
She is bisexual.[14] She has been married to actor Carlos Gonzalez-Vio[15] since 2013,[16] with whom she has a son.[17]
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Awards and nominations
Correia-Damude has been nominated for Canadian Screen Awards for her guest performances on Remedy[20] in 2015 and Coroner in 2020.[citation needed] She was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her ensemble work in Pillow Talk[21] in 2023. Correia-Damude received the Best Actress in a Feature Film award at the FilmOut San Diego for her work in Margarita.[22]
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