Ramona Milano

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Ramona Milano is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Francesca Vecchio in Due South and more recently as Teresa in Cra$h & Burn and as Audra Torres in Degrassi: The Next Generation . She has also appeared in numerous commercials, for companies such as Rogers, The Co-operators, Colour Catcher and Sleep Country Canada. Milano also co-hosted Living Romance on the W Network.

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Personal life

Milano graduated from the Etobicoke School of the Arts in 1987 and performed as a vocalist at Canada's Wonderland before entering the theatre arts program at Humber College. [1] She is married with two children.[ citation needed ]

Stage work

Awards

Milano has been nominated twice for Gemini Awards, in 1997 and 1999. Both nominations were for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series" for her role as Francesca Vecchio in Due South. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleMedia
1994–1999 Due South Francesca VecchioTV series (29 episodes)
1996, 2000 Traders Jennifer ShapiroTV series (2 episodes)
1997 The Last Don Ceil BallazzoTV mini series
1999 Pushing Tin TV reporterMovie
1999 Relic Hunter AnnaTV series (1 episode "The Book of Love")
1999 Earth: Final Conflict Vera RizzoriTV series (2 episodes)
2000 In a Heartbeat Dr. Jennifer PerinoTV series (2 episodes – Pilot 1 & 2)
2001, 2004 Doc Brooke Fulton/Laura HillTV series (2 episodes)
2007 Love You To Death MarciaTV series (1 episode "The Bog Murder")
2009–2010 Cra$h & Burn TeresaTV series (7 episodes)
2010The ConversationDirectorShort film by Laura Cassis [4]
2010–2014 Degrassi: The Next Generation Audra TorresTV series
2012 The L.A. Complex Tyson's momTV series (1 episode "Be a Man")
2014 Hemlock Grove BrendaTV series (Season 2, episode 4, "Bodily Fluids")
2015 Full Out Susan BerlinTV movie
2017 The Kennedys: After Camelot MariaTV miniseries
2017 The Good Witch Mrs. DiazTV series (Season 3, episode 7, In Sickness and in Health
2018 Zombies Cheer announcer #2
2022 Something You Said Last Night Mona

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