Emily Piggford
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| Born | Victoria, BC[1] |
| Occupation | Actor, film producer |
Emily Piggsford is a Canadian actor and television producer from Victoria, British Columbia. She is known for The Sounds (2020), Hemlock Grove (2013) and Warigami (2019).
Her film debut was 2012 via a short (15-minute) film called Frost, in which she portrayed Naya, an inuit hunter trapped in a time-warp, who finds herself in modern downtown Toronto, Ontario.[2][3] Frost premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.
Piggford has played recurring characters on The Umbrella Academy, The Girlfriend Experience, Michael: Every Day, Strays.[4][5] She was a producer and lead for the web series That’s My DJ and Warigami.[6][7][1]
Piggsford served as a producer, and played a supporting role in The Sounds, a drama co-produced by Canada and New Zealand, which premiered in 2020.[8] The Decider called her the series "sleeper star".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Actress Emily Piggford on Starring in The New Samurai Action-Fantasy Series Warigami, Beyond Fashion Magazine, 2019-10-07. Retrieved on 2020-11-15. “Emily Piggford was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for The Girlfriend Experience (2016), Killjoys (2015) and That’s My DJ (2014).”
- ↑ Etan Vlessing. Jeremy Ball debuts Frost at TIFF, Playback magazine, 2012-08-31. Retrieved on 2020-11-15. “The challenge for Ball was, even before he started to pen the Frost script, was being able to capture a realistic Arctic setting on the soundstage – one with invisible environments and imagined antagonists around Naya, the young hunter played by Emily Piggford – for effective green screen composting of the visual effects.”
- ↑ Natalie North. Spotlight on Victoria talent at TIFF, Victoria News, 2012-09-11. Retrieved on 2020-11-18. “Frost stars recent University of Victoria theatre department grad Emily Piggford as Naya, a young arctic hunter in search of food.”
- ↑ Denise Petski. Emily Piggford & Chance Kelly Sign With The Rosenzweig Group, Deadline magazine, 2018-12-20. Retrieved on 2020-11-15.
- ↑ Kim’s Convenience’ stars Nicole Power and Andrew Phung getting their own CBC shows, Red Deer Advocate, 2021-03-27. Retrieved on 2020-11-15. “Thunderbird Entertainment produces Strays, which also includes cast members Frank Cox-O’Connell, Tina Jung, Nikki Duval, Kevin Vidal, Tony Nappo, Paula Boudreau and Emily Piggford.”
- ↑ Denise Petski. New York Television Festival Announces Independent Pilot Competition Selections, Deadline magazine, 2016-08-15. Retrieved on 2020-11-15. “Starring Kristian Bruun (Orphan Black), Emily Piggford (Hemlock Grove), Jade Hassouné (Heartland, Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments)”
- ↑ Peter White. The CW Partners With CBC On Short-Form Samurai Drama ‘Warigami’ As Canadian Broadcaster Unveils Youth Slate, Deadline magazine, 2019-07-10. Retrieved on 2020-11-15. “Wendy Ohata, played by Piggford, has just made three startling realizations: One, she has a twin brother; two, she’s a kami-jin – a descendent of an ancient Japanese people who can turn paper into deadly weapons; and three, there’s a kami-jin warrior hunting her down for reasons she doesn’t understand.”
- ↑ Joel Keller. Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Sounds’ On Acorn TV, A Mystery Involving A Canadian Couple And A New Zealand Fishing Town, Decider, 2020-09-03. Retrieved on 2020-11-16. “Sleeper Star: Piggford, who plays Ishikawa, will have a bigger role once she lands in New Zealand to investigate Tom’s disappearance.”