Anais Granofsky

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Anais Granofsky (born May 14, 1973 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian actress , film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Life and accomplishments

Anais Granofsky has an African-American mother and a Russian- Jewish- Canadian father. She is the older sister of actress Lea-Helen Weir. From the age of nine, she played the role of Lucy Fernandez in the television series Degrassi Junior High . In 1990 Granofsky was nominated together with others for this series at the Young Artist Award . She played a small supporting role as an office worker in the thriller Deceived (1991) by director Damian Harris with Goldie Hawn in the lead role. To learn directing and screenwriting, she attended New York University for four years and then returned to Toronto. Granofsky starred as Carla in eight episodes of the first two seasons in the dramatic agent series Nikita . She was the neighbor and friend of the main character, played by Peta Wilson , before Carla's real identity as an agent was revealed. Granofsky had a minor supporting role in the comedy A Date for Three (1999) with Matthew Perry . At the beginning of her career, she mainly appeared in television series. In recent years she has preferred to work as a film director, screenwriter and film producer in independent films .

Filmography

As an actress

  • 1982: With Us and Next Door (The Kids of Degrassi Street) (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1989: Ultraman - My Secret Identity (TV series, episode 1x21)
  • 1987–1991: Degrassi Junior High (TV series, 36 episodes)
  • 1991: Deceived (Deceived)
  • 1992: School's Out (TV movie)
  • 1992: On Your Own (Counterstrike) (TV series, episode 3x10)
  • 1995: Nick Knight - Der Vampircop (Forever Knight) (TV series, episode 3x10)
  • 1996: Goosebumps - The hour of ghosts (Goosebumps) (TV series, episode 2x07)
  • 1996: We the Jury
  • 1996: Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (TV movie)
  • 1997–1998: Fast Track (TV series, 22 episodes)
  • 1997–1998: Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (TV series, 8 episodes)
  • 1998: White Raven (The White Raven)
  • 1999: Game of Life and Death (Mind Prey)
  • 1999: A Date for Three (Three to Tango)
  • 1999: Twice in a Lifetime (TV series, episode 1x10)
  • 2000: Loretta - Triumph des Willens (The Loretta Claiborne Story) (TV movie)
  • 2001: Invitation
  • 2001: On Their Knees
  • 2001–2002: Soul Food (TV series, 10 episodes)
  • 2001–2003: Degrassi: The Next Generation (TV series, 4 episodes)

As a director

  • 1999: Have Mercy
  • 2001: On Their Knees
  • 2002: Degrassi: The Next Generation (TV series, episode 2x11)
  • 2004: The Limb Salesman
  • 2009: Da Kink in My Hair (TV series, 2 episodes)

As a screenwriter

  • 1999: Have Mercy
  • 2001: On Their Knees
  • 2004: The Limb Salesman

As a film producer

  • 2004: The Limb Salesman

literature

  • Christopher Heyn : Inside Section One: Creating and Producing TV's La Femme Nikita , Los Angeles: Persistence of Vision Press, September 2006, English, ISBN 0-9787625-0-9 , pages 128 to 131.

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personal data
SURNAME Granofsky, Anais
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario, Canada