Annie Briggs

Annie Briggs (2015)

Annie M. Briggs (born 1987 in Canada ) is a Canadian actress . Her most famous role is that of Lola Perry in the web series Carmilla and the feature film The Carmilla Movie .

Life

Briggs grew up in Halifax . She completed a theater degree at Queen's University in Kingston. She then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City . She later moved to Toronto . There she appeared in plays from the Reach Ensemble Theater and the Single Thread Theater . In 2008 she acted Eurycleia in the play at the Modern Fuel Artist-Run Center in Kingston. In 2012 she played a leading role in the off-Broadway play The Brightness of Heaven at the Manhattan Repertory Theater in New York . In 2014, she played the lead role of radio host Leah Calder in the thriller Roundabout . In the same year she gained international fame through her role as Perry in the web series Carmilla . Perry is a student who wants to live a normal life in a world full of vampires, witches and other supernatural beings. In the second season Briggs played with Carmila's mother, aka The Dean, the main antagonist of the series. In 2015, Briggs reached 73rd place on AfterEllen 's Hot 100 List, ahead of stars like Kate Winslet . In 2016 Briggs starred as actress Abby in the short film Luvvie , a short film that Briggs not only wrote and produced, but also directed. In 2017 Briggs appeared again as Perry in The Carmilla Movie .

Filmography

• 2014 roundabout
• 2014, 2019 Murdoch Mysteries (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2014–2016 Carmilla (web series, 86 episodes)
• 2015 Canadian Star
• 2016 Luvvie (short film)
• 2016 45 (short film)
• 2017 The Carmilla Movie
• 2018 Fox, Kitten, Sparrow
• 2018 Darken: Before the Dark (web series, 6 episodes)
• 2018 Clairevoyant (web series, 14 episodes)
• 2018 Bad Appetite
• 2019 A Very Important Appointment (short film)
• 2019 Ruth (short film)
• 2020: Stardust

theatre

year	title	role	theatre	place
2008	The Odyssey	Eurycleia	Modern Fuel Artist-Run Center	Kingston, Canada.
2009	The Seagull	Irina Arkadina	Drama department	Kingston, Canada
2012	The Brightness of Heaven	Kathleen	Manhattan Repertory Theater	New York, United States
2014	Much Ado About Nothing	Conrad	Spadina Museum, Single Thread Theater Company	Toronto, Canada
2014	Romeo and Juliet	Lady Capulet	Classical Theater Project	Toronto, Canada
2014	Hamlet	Gertrude	Winter Garden Theater, Classical Theater Project	Toronto, Canada
2014	Macbeth	Witch / Fleance / Gentlewoman / Young Siward	Winter Garden Theater	Toronto, Canada
2014	The memo	Alice	Unit 102 Theater	Toronto, Canada
2016	Schoolhouse	Mrs. Coyte, Mrs. Baptie	Festival Players of Prince Edward County	Wellington, Canada

Web links

• Annie Briggs in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alex Cranz: The Carmilla Webseries: On Lesbian Vampires and Creampuffs. .
2. ↑ Carmilla. Cast. . In: Carmillatheseries.com . Retrieved May 8, 2016.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Angela Hickman: Epic story brought to small stage. Promising acting and direction bring play to audience's level. . In: Queensjournal.ca .
4. ^ Chaos Theater Company at Modern Fuel Gallery. . In: modernfuel.org .
5. ^ ^{A b} Marisa Vitolo: Brightness of Heaven Review: Pedersen's Passion Shines Through . In: reviewfix.com .
6. ↑ Roundabout . In: b7media.com .
7. ↑ Katie Minard: 11 Reasons You Should Be Watching Carmilla. . In: Buzzfeed.com . November 7, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
8. ↑ Interviews - TV. Annie Briggs - Carmilla. . In: Starrymag.com .
9. ↑ Lisa Steinberg: Annie Briggs - Carmilla . In: Starrymag.com .
10. ↑ The Results Are In! It's the 2015 AfterEllen Hot 100 . In: Afterellen.com .
11. ↑ Annie Briggs. Carmilla . In: fanexpocanada.com . Archived from the original on February 27, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 25, 2018. 
12. ^ Jordan Pinto: How Shaftesbury brought Carmilla to the big screen . In: playbackonline.ca .
13. ↑ Siscoe Boschman: A cursed comedy? Chekhov's classic is turned into melodrama and laughs. . In: queensjournal.ca .
14. ↑ Much Ado About Nothing (2014) . In: ttdb.ca .
15. ↑ Burke Campbell: Young Actor Takes Center Days . In: burkecampbell.wordpress.com .
16. ↑ Hamlet (2014) . In: ttdb.ca .
17. ^ Macbeth (2014) . In: ttdb.ca .
18. ↑ Christopher Hoile: The Memo . In: stage-door.com .
19. ^ Leanna Brodie: Schoolhouse . In: festivalplayers.ca . Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 25, 2018.