Violet Nelson
Violet Nelson is a Kwakwakaʼwakw and Honduran actress from Canada.[1] She is most noted for her performance as Rosie in the film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, for which she received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2019,[2] and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Actress at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[3]
References
- ^ Robert Sullivan, "In The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Two Women Grapple With Trauma and the Past". Vogue, December 5, 2019.
- ^ Adrian Mack, "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms". The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2019.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show". Now, February 18, 2020.
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