Anita La Selva

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Anita La Selva (* in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian actress and dancer .

Life and education

La Selva was born in Toronto but grew up in Stratford , Ontario , where her parents worked as theatrical costume designers for the Stratford Shakespearean Festival . Through the work of her parents, La Selva came into contact with the theater at an early age. As a teenager she attended numerous theater performances and worked on various productions. During her school years she participated in a theater - workshop of the Canadian playwright James Reaney part and played in the piece King Whistle .

She completed her studies in English and Drama / Acting at the University of Toronto , which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature and Theater Studies .

At the same time she took acting classes in method acting with Samantha Langevin and Miriam Laurence, alumni of Lee Strasberg . From 1988 to 1990 she studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art .

Career

After returning to Canada, she began her career as a professional actress. She has appeared in productions at the Alternative Toronto Theater as well as in local productions and in workshops for other productions.

On the stage, La Selva performed in an extensive repertoire that included classical Greek tragedies , plays by William Shakespeare, as well as modern social comedies , farces and improvisational theater .

Her important stage roles included: the Clytaimnestra in the Oresty of Aeschylus , the Goneril in King Lear by Shakespeare, one of the witches in Macbeth , also by Shakespeare, the wife in blood wedding of Federico García Lorca , the Amanda in Private Lives and the Elvira in Blithe Spirit (Eng. Merry Spirits. An unlikely comedy ), each by Noël Coward , and Maria in Lend Me a Tenor (Eng. Othello mustn't burst! ) By Ken Ludwig .

She also worked as a producer of stage productions and developed her own stage productions, among others within the framework of the theater collective Toronto Women's Auxiliary, which she co-founded . During her time as a theater actress, she became a member of the interdisciplinary artist group URGE , which developed individual pieces for film and theater.

In 1987 she made her television debut in the film Struggle for Love in the role of Deidre . She had her first series appearance in 1992 in the television series Nick Knight - The Vampire Pop . In the same year she played the role of Frankie Silvera in the series Secret Service . In 1994 she took part in two productions. She was in Spenser: The Drug Cartel as Emmy Esteva and had a supporting role in the film drama Torn From My Mother . In 1995 she appeared as Juliet in Under the Piano alongside Teresa Stratas . In the same year she worked in Tek War - Warriors of the future as Tanya Martin .

La Selva was best known for her role in Earth: Final Conflict . She appeared in a total of 78 episodes of the series between 1997 and 2002. There she represented Zo'or. Zo'or led the Taelon Synod and is one of the unscrupulous enemies of the people.

In 1999 she starred in Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly . She played the role of the detective Kelly Mann .

She has also appeared in several short films. This included Stage Hands (as Janet ) and What Wants to Be Spoken, What Remains to Be Said as Marguerite . She also starred in the independent film Blessed Boy .

La Selva was in the CBC - documentation Adrienne Clarkeson Presents The Women of the Urge , a film portrait of the theater work the group URGE to see.

La Selva is a trained dancer and has worked extensively as such. She was a member of several professional dance companies , including a member of the Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company in Toronto. La Selva participated in the 1998 production of Passions Flamenco .

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anita La Selva-Earth: Final Conflict's Zo'or ( Memento from October 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Role profile and short biography on www.space.com
  2. ^ Vita Anita La Selva Entry at www.filmreference.com
  3. ↑ Biography Anita La Selva ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kiraajournals.com
personal data
SURNAME La Selva, Anita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES LaSelva, Anita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress and dancer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada