Aviva Armour-Ostroff

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Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker. [1] She is most noted as the star, co-writer and co-director of the 2021 film Lune , [2] for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. [3]

She was formerly the producer of Toronto's Lab Cab theatre festival. [4] She is a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for her stage performances, receiving a solo nomination for ARC Stage's production of Deirdre Kinahan's play Moment in 2015, [4] and an ensemble nomination alongside Deborah Drakeford, Carlos González-Vío, Ryan Hollyman, Andre Sills and Arlen Aguayo-Stewart, for ARC's production of Stef Smith's play Human Animals in 2019. [5]

She is married to Arturo Pérez Torres, with whom she codirected both The Drawer Boy and Lune. [6]

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