Gina Chiarelli

Birthplace: Bujumbura, Burundi

Biography

Gina Chiarelli is a Canadian actress. Most associated with stage roles in Vancouver, British Columbia, she received a Genie Award nomination as Best Actress at the 26th Genie Awards in 2006 for her performance in the film See Grace Fly. Chiarelli was raised in East Africa while her parents were working as missionaries. She moved to Ontario at age 11 and later attended a boarding school. She graduated from the New School of Drama in Toronto and moved to Vancouver in 1989.

As a stage actress, Chiarelli won a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award in 1999 for her performance in Agnes of God, in 2006 for The Diary of Anne Frank, and in 2013 for Master Class. She has also had recurring roles in the television series Cold Squad, Da Vinci's Inquest and The Dead Zone, and appeared in the films Noroc, Deadly Little Secrets and Numb.