Cara Ricketts

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Cara Ricketts
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Alma mater Canadian Film Centre
Stratford Festival
Humber College
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Cara Ricketts is an actress, best known for her roles as Mary Lacroix in Anne with an E [1] and Lilly Rue in the 2019 revival of Street Legal . [2]

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Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada [3] she is an alumna of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory, [4] the Stratford Festival's Birmingham Conservatory [5] and the theatre program at Humber College. [3]
She first became known as a stage actress, appearing in 2005 productions of Joseph Jomo Pierre's Born Ready [6] and Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Last Days of Judas Iscariot . [7] Her later stage roles included Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream , [8] Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun , [9] Portia in the Stratford Festival production of Julius Caesar , [10] Queenie in The Wild Party [11] Ruth in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming , [3] and Hedda in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler [12] She received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Leading Actress (Musical Theatre) in 2016 for The Wild Party, and won The 2020 ACTRA Award for her performance as Mary Lacroix in Anne with an E

Her film roles have included Across the Line , [13] Jean of the Joneses and Stanleyville . [14] On television, she has had supporting or guest roles in Orphan Black , Titans , The Resident , Whatever, Linda , The Book of Negroes and Revenge of the Black Best Friend .

She won an ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance, Female from the Toronto chapter of ACTRA in 2020 for Anne with an E. [15]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 The Gathering Raelle TuckerTV Mini Series
2008 The Tower Chelle JenkinsTV Movie
Air Crash Investigation Cydya SmithEpisode: "Behind Closed Doors"
2010 As You Like It CeliaTV Short
2013 Murdoch Mysteries Rosina DenmanEpisode: "Murdoch of the Living Dead"
Saving Hope Allison DavisEpisode: "All Things Must Pass"
Satisfaction Pretty ParamedicEpisode: "The Blackout Cometh"
2015 Whatever, Linda Didi De Mayweb series
The Book of Negroes BertildaEpisode #1.3

Episode #1.4

2017 Orphan Black BrieEpisode: "Manacled Slim Wrists"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mrs. SalernoEpisode: "American Dream"
2018 Titans Ms. BondEpisode: "Origins"
Frankie Drake Mysteries DotEpisode: "Dressed to Kill"
2018-2019 Anne with an E Mary LaCroix6 Episodes
2019 Street Legal Lily RueStarring role, Tv Series: 6 episodes
2021 Departure Dr. Lopez4 Episodes
The Resident Rose Williams8 Episodes
Hudson & Rex Elanie LewisEpisode: "Sleeping Beauty"
2022 Revenge of the Black Best Friend CynthiaComedy web series
2023 Manifest Jessica HalvorsenEpisode: "Ghost Plane"

Episode: "Final Boarding"

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Twelfth Night [16] Maria
2013Momsters PlaygroundVeronaShort
2014The AnniversaryAnne
2015 Across The Line Lori Downey
ChameleonSheryseShort
2016 Jean of the Joneses Laura Simmons
2017The DefinitesMadison
The MavericksBeckyShort
The Meaning of LifeNurse Sherry
2018EmmyShort
2021Sometime Other than NowAnitaShort
Home Sweet Home Alone Aunt Beth
PAW Patrol: The MovieAdditional VoicesVoice role
Stanleyville Felicie Arkady
2022DiasporaMelinaShort

Videogames

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Far Cry Primal Sayla
2018 Far Cry 5 Dr. Sarah Perkins
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Xenia
2019 Far Cry New Dawn Mickey
2020 Hyper Scape Nahari
2021 Far Cry 6 Lita

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  2. Norman Wilner, "TV review: Street Legal reboot is slicker, sharper and more focused than the soapy original". Now , February 26, 2019.
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  13. Peter Howell, "Hoods, heroes and humbled humanity". Toronto Star , April 15, 2016.
  14. Barry Hertz, "Absurd satire Stanleyville is Canadian version of Squid Game: fast, cheap and out of control: Audiences who like their boundaries to be teased, tested and sometimes tortured will fall deep into Stanleyville’s warren of weirdness". The Globe and Mail , May 5, 2022.
  15. Debra Yeo, "‘Schitt’s Creek’ claims ensemble prize at Toronto ACTRA Awards while individual acting awards go to ‘Anne With an E’ co-stars". Toronto Star , February 23, 2020.
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