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Aurora Browne is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known as one of the creators and stars of the sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show . [1]
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Aurora Browne is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known as one of the creators and stars of the sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show . [1]
She is originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto.
In 2000, she was nominated for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award. Also in that year she was hired by Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe. While there she co-wrote and performed in four Mainstage revues: "Family Circus Maximus", "Psychedelicatessen", "Insanity Fair" and "The Bush League of Justice". She co-starred in four seasons of the CTV/Comedy Network production Comedy Inc . She made a guest appearance on the second season of Corner Gas . She won the 2008 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser.
She co-produced and acted the role of Vampira in the Toronto Fringe Festival production of Ed Wood's classic Plan 9 from Outer Space named Plan Live! From Outer Space. "Plan Live! From Outer Space" received the 2007 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedic Play.
At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, Browne and her Baroness von Sketch Show castmates Meredith MacNeill, Carolyn Taylor and Jennifer Whalen were nominated for Best Ensemble Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series, and won the award for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series; at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, the troupe won the awards in both of the same categories. [2] At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the troupe again won the award for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series, and Browne was nominated for Best Lead Performance in a Digital Program or Series for the webseries The Writers' Block . Currently, she voices Gracie in Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe .
As of 2022, she has a recurring role in the CBC Television sitcom Run the Burbs . [3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | All You Got | Dispatcher | |
| 2006 | Plan Live from Outer Space | Tanna / Vampire Girl | |
| 2007 | Lars and the Real Girl | Lisa | |
| 2014 | RoboCop | Female Cop | |
| 2015 | Portrait of a Serial Monogamist | Girl with Poma-Dobe Dog |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Leap Years | Clapper Loader | Episode #1.12 |
| 2003–2007 | Comedy Inc. | Various | 39 episodes |
| 2005 | Corner Gas | Dr. Chris Garner | Episode: "Doc Small" |
| 2005 | Bury the Lead | Tracy | Episode: "Das Bootcamp" |
| 2005 | Robson Arms | Carol | Episode: "The Lonely Passion of Mr Tan" |
| 2005 | Almost Entertainment | Aurora Browne | Television film |
| 2011 | Rookie Blue | Mrs. Lisa Moore | Episode: "Best Laid Plans" |
| 2011 | InSecurity | Angela Watson | Episode: "The Gift of Life" |
| 2012 | Whiskey Business | Charmaine | Television film |
| 2012 | Warehouse 13 | Robin | Episode: "An Evil Within" |
| 2012 | The L.A. Complex | Saying Grace 1st AD | Episode: "Half Way" |
| 2013 | Defiance | Angry Woman | Episode: "A Well Respected Man" |
| 2014 | Odd Squad | Upset Woman | Episode: "Soundcheck/Double Trouble" |
| 2015 | Man Seeking Woman | Jessica | Episode: "Sizzurp" |
| 2015 | Newborn Moms | Rosie | 15 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | The Writers' Block | Aurora | 20 episodes |
| 2016 | Women Are from Mars | Captain Theresa Clarke | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2016 | Orphan Black | Margot | Episode: "Human Raw Material" |
| 2016–2021 | Baroness von Sketch Show | Various | 46 episodes |
| 2020 | Nurses | Lydia Moon | Episode: "Incoming" |
| 2021 | Overlord and the Underwoods | Azul Azure | Episode: "3 Easy Overpayments" |
| 2022 | Run the Burbs | Barb | 6 episodes |
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