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Canadian actress

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Torri Webster
Born (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 28)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2010–present
Known forTess Foster in Life With Boys (2011).
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Torri Webster (born August 12, 1996) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring role as Tess Foster in the YTV teen sitcom Life with Boys, which earned her the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a TV Series. Webster also played the recurring character of PeaseBlossom, an eccentric fairy in the Nickelodeon show The Other Kingdom.

Early life and education

Webster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to parents Steve and Tracy Webster from the Don Mills area. As a child, Webster was always performing. She started out dancing at the age of three and loved performing on stage with her dance teams. She attended a French immersion elementary school but was drawn to the performing arts as a teen. As a teen, she attended high school at the Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario, where she further enhanced her performing skills on stage playing leads in various musical theatre productions. She then studied musical theatre at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2014, and marketing and film studies at Ryerson University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Industries) with distinction in 2018. Webster currently lives in her home town of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Filmography

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2010 The Town Christmas Forgot Trish Benson Television film
2011–2013 Life with Boys Tess Foster Lead role
2012 Splatalot! Herself Celebrity contestant
2012 Jesus Henry Christ Girl in Cafeteria Film
2016 The Other Kingdom PeaseBlossom Recurring role
2019 Wayne Emma Episode: "The Goddamned Bacon of Truth"
2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Ensign Zier Episode: "Spock Amok"

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Refs
2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress Life with Boys Won

References

  1. Torri Webster (August 12, 2012). "yay!! officially 16!! thanks for all the birthday wishes!!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 24, 2013 – via Twitter.
  2. Madison Pettis (August 12, 2012). "HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN to one of my BESTEST friends & co-star on #LifeWithBoys, @torriwebster!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 24, 2013 – via Twitter.
  3. "Torri Webster And Madison Pettis Star In Nelvana Studio's Life With Boys Premiering September 9 On YTV". Corus Entertainment Inc. August 18, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2016 – via CNW Group Ltd.
  4. "Life With Boys Starring Madison Pettis & Torri Webster Premieres". Fanlala.com. November 28, 2011. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  5. Nellie Andreeva (February 6, 2012). "Nickelodeon Acquires Canadian Comedy Series 'Life With Boys'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 23, 2016. The 22-episode Life With Boys, which premiered on Canada's YTV in September, stars Torri Webster as 14-year-old Tess Foster...
  6. ^ "34th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  7. Lois Abraham (April 10, 2012). "Canadian Gleeks set to compete in Toronto". Metro News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  8. "Torri Webster". Creative Industries at FCAD. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  9. Webster, Torri. "This past spring, I graduated with distinction from a business & creative program". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  10. "Toronto's Coolest Hidden Gems, According to Torri Webster". www.ellecanada.com.
  11. "The Town Christmas Forgot (2010)". www.moviefone.com.
  12. "The Town Christmas Forgot (2010) Movie Summary". www.countdownuntilchristmas.com. November 3, 2011.
  13. "Celebrity Splatdown On YTV's Splatalot". faze.ca. September 2014.
  14. "0:10 / 2:30 SPLATALOT - YTV'S CELEBRITY SPLATDOWN". youtube.com.
  15. "TORRI WEBSTER OVERVIEW FILMOGRAPHY FILMOGRAPHY - Jesus Henry Christ (2011)". www.tcm.com.
  16. "So excited to be apart of the @NickelodeonTV family!! The Other Kingdom premiers April 10th @ 7pm!!! 👏🏻😍👼🏼". twitter.com.
  17. "Torri Webster". www.tvmaze.com.
  18. "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 5 – Easter Eggs and Reference Guide". www.denofgeek.com. June 3, 2022.
  19. "STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Review — "Spock Amok"". blog.trekcore.com. June 2, 2022.

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