Ariane Castellanos

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Ariane Castellanos is a Canadian actress from Quebec. [1] She is most noted for her performance in the film Richelieu , for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024. [2]

Of mixed Guatemalan and québécoise descent, she has spoken about the career challenges she has faced by being typecast for specifically Latina roles, which are relatively rare in the cinema of Quebec. [1]

She has also worked as a casting director, winning the Prix Iris for Best Casting at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for A Colony (Une colonie), [3] and receiving a CSA nomination for Best Casting in a Film in 2024 for Richelieu.

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