| Kayla Lorette | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978–present |
Kayla Lorette is a Canadian actress from Ladysmith, British Columbia. She is most noted for her performances in the film When the Storm Fades, for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film in 2019, the television special The Second City Project, for which she was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, and the web series Space Riders: Division Earth, for which she was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
In 2023, she appeared as "Source Joan" in "Joan Is Awful", the opening episode of the sixth season of Black Mirror.
Her other credits have included the web series Everyone's Famous, Gary and His Demons and New Eden, the films Roller Town, She Stoops to Conquer, When the Storm Fades and Filth City, Emily in the US Dub of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!, and stage-based improvisational comedy as part of the duo The Sufferettes.
In 2020, she narrated a portion of the 8th Canadian Screen Awards along with her New Eden cocreator and costar Evany Rosen.
References
- Cole Schisler, "Ladysmith’s Kayla Lorette to release new series on Crave New Year’s Day". Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle, December 27, 2019.
- "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names Edge of the Knife top Canadian feature film". Toronto Star, January 8, 2019.
- Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.
- Norman Wilner, "Crave's New Eden explores why women are drawn to true crime". Now, January 1, 2020.
- Chris Knight, "Review: Skate or die laughing in Roller Town". National Post, September 20, 2012.
- Clarke, Amanda (September 12, 2015). "TIFF '15: Stepping into another skin with Kayla Lorette of 'She Stoops to Conquer'". Cinefilles. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- "Virtual Presentations, Hosts". academy.ca. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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