Torri Webster

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Torri Webster
Born (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 27)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2010–present
Known forTess Foster in Life With Boys (2011).
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Torri Webster (born August 12, 1996 [1] [2] ) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring role as Tess Foster in the YTV teen sitcom Life with Boys , [3] [4] [5] which earned her the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a TV Series. [6] Webster also played the recurring character of PeaseBlossom, an eccentric fairy in the Nickelodeon show The Other Kingdom.

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Early life and education

Webster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to parents Steve and Tracy Webster from the Don Mills area. As a child, Webster was always performing. She started out dancing at the age of three and loved performing on stage with her dance teams. She attended a French immersion elementary school but was drawn to the performing arts as a teen. As a teen, she attended high school at the Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario, [7] where she further enhanced her performing skills on stage playing leads in various musical theatre productions. She then studied musical theatre at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2014, and marketing and film studies at Ryerson University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Industries) with distinction in 2018. [8] [9] Webster currently lives in her home town of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [10]

Filmography

Television and film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010The Town Christmas ForgotTrish BensonTelevision film [11] [12]
2011–2013 Life with Boys Tess FosterLead role
2012 Splatalot! HerselfCelebrity contestant [13] [14]
2012 Jesus Henry Christ Girl in CafeteriaFilm [15]
2016 The Other Kingdom PeaseBlossomRecurring role [16]
2019 Wayne EmmaEpisode: "The Goddamned Bacon of Truth" [17]
2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Ensign ZierEpisode: "Spock Amok" [18] [19]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRefs
2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress Life with Boys Won [6]

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References

  1. Torri Webster [@TorriWebster] (August 12, 2012). "yay!! officially 16!! thanks for all the birthday wishes!!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 24, 2013 via Twitter.
  2. Madison Pettis [@madisonpettis] (August 12, 2012). "HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN to one of my BESTEST friends & co-star on #LifeWithBoys, @torriwebster!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 24, 2013 via Twitter.
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  16. "So excited to be apart of the @NickelodeonTV family!! The Other Kingdom premiers April 10th @ 7pm!!! 👏🏻😍👼🏼". twitter.com.
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