Hannah Cheesman

Hannah Cheesman (born October 6, 1984 in Toronto ) is a Canadian film actress , screenwriter , producer and director .

Life

Cheesman studied acting at the National Theater School of Canada and Spanish at the University of Toronto . From 2009 she first played in short and television films and had her first supporting roles in various television series . In 2011 she played her first leading roles in the two comedy series Originals and Papillon . Cheesman has also worked as a producer since 2013 and as a screenwriter and director since 2014. In 2015, the ten-part web series Whatever, Linda was released , which Cheesman had developed together with Julian DeZotti and in which she worked as a leading actress, writer and producer. Other larger roles followed in 2014-16 in the sitcom Max & Shred and in 2019 in the science fiction series Star Trek: Discovery .

Cheesman also works as a director of commercials and music videos .

As an actress

As a screenwriter

2014: Brunch Bitch (short film)
2014: Cheese (short film)
2015: Whatever, Linda (TV series)
2015: Orphan Black (TV series, ten episodes, story coordinator)
2017: The Definites
2018: Emmy (short film)
2018: Workin 'Moms (TV series, eleven episodes as a story editor, one as an author, one as a co-author)
2018: Find me in Paris (TV series, one episode)
2019: The AfterLifetime of Colm Feore (short film)
2019: The 410 (TV series, three episodes, executive story editor)

As a producer

As a director

	Result	category	Award
2015	Nominated	Best Writing (Drama) ( Whatever, Linda )	International Academy of Web Television Awards
2018	Nominated	( Emmy )	Miami Film Festival

personal data
SURNAME	Cheesman, Hannah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian film actress, screenwriter, producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH	October 6, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Toronto