Dani Pagliarello is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer and two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee. She is the co-show runner and co-creator [1] of The Drop, on Tubi and Amazon Prime . The Drop was created for True West Films [2] and premiered on Narcity Media's YouTube Channel in 2023. [3] She received Best Comedy Director at Rio Webfest [4] alongside collaborator Jordan Canning .
Pagliarello graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University's Acting Conservatory. [5]
She has featured in a number of plays, including Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui , in which she portrayed Ui. [6] , a role which landed her a My Theatre Awards nomination for Best Actress [7] . Pagliarello has had acting roles in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale , and Paramount+'s upcoming Cross , CBC Gem's Sort Of, and Netflix film Luckiest Girl Alive . [8]
Through The Drop, Pagliarello earned Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Series and Best Lead Performance in Web Program or Series [9] and she won Best Comedy Director at Rio Webfest alongside collaborator Jordan Canning.[ citation needed ]The Drop also won Best Toronto Series at T.O. WebFest. [10]
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