Claude Watson School alumni
by NumeroUnoFilmAndTVFan | created - 24 Mar 2015 | updated - 14 Mar 2023 | PublicList of Claude Watson alumni.
1. Sarah Polley
Actress | My Life Without Me
Sarah Polley is an actress and director renowned in her native Canada for her political activism. Blessed with an extremely expressive face that enables directors to minimize dialog due to her uncanny ability to suggest a character's thoughts, Polley has become a favorite of critics for her ...
2. Alison Pill
Actress | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Alison Pill was most recently seen in HELLO TOMORROW! for Apple TV+. She previously starred in the CBS All Access series, STAR TREK: PICARD, Alex Garland's FX miniseries, DEVS, and the Amazon series, THEM. Pill's other television work includes Ryan Murphy's AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT, the ABC ...
3. Sarah Gadon
Actress | Cosmopolis
Sarah Gadon was born in a quiet residential area in Toronto, Ontario, to a teacher mother and a psychologist father. She grew up with the support and encouragement of her parents and older brother, James, and with this was inspired to go headlong into acting and dance alike. Sarah spent much of her...
4. Rachel Skarsten
Actress | Fifty Shades of Grey
Rachel Alice Marie Skarsten was born April 23, 1985 in Toronto, to Mary Aileen (Self) and Dr. Stan Skarsten. She has a younger brother, Jonathan.
Rachel danced for the Royal Academy of Dance for twelve years, earning her Elementary Level with distinction in 1999. After an injury to her ankle, Rachel...
5. Deborah Cox
Actress | Station Eleven
Deborah Cox Grammy® Award-nominated and multi-platinum R&B/pop recording artist and film/TV actress Deborah Cox made her Broadway debut in the lead role in Elton John and Tim Rice's musical, Aida. She most recently starred on Broadway in 2013 as Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde, and will star as legendary ...
6. Paul Gross
Actor | Due South
Paul Gross is the elder of two brothers. He was an Army brat; his father, Bob Gross, was a Tank Commander in the Canadian Army. As a consequence Paul and his family moved around a lot: he has lived in Canada, the U.S, England and Germany. Paul was introduced to acting in his early teens, while the ...
7. Christian Campbell
Actor | Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
A US, Canadian and UK citizen, Christian was born in Toronto Ontario to Marnie Neve, an Amsterdam-born psychologist and yoga instructor, and Gerry Campbell, a Glasgow-born english and drama teacher. He is an actor, producer and director known for the Showtime Emmy Award winning movie Reefer Madness...
8. Scott Speedman
Actor | Underworld
Scott Speedman was born in London, England, to Scottish parents, Mary (Campbell), a primary school teacher, and Roy Speedman, a department store buyer. He grew up in Toronto, Canada. He was an aspiring swimmer and held a record amongst the best for distance freestyle, unfortunately, an accident put...
9. Adam Beach
Actor | Windtalkers
Adam Beach was born in Ashern, Manitoba, the son of Sally and Dennis Beach, and was raised on the Dog Creek First Nations Reserve, with his two brothers. A troubled childhood saw his mother killed by a drunk driver, and his alcoholic father drowned only weeks afterward. The three brothers went to ...
10. Tamara Podemski
Actress | Outer Range
Tamara Podemski is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Toronto to an Ojibway mother from Treaty 4 Territory in Saskatchewan and an Ashkenazi father from Israel. She is a graduate of the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts where she studied theatre, dance and music throughout its...
11. Ingrid Haas
Actress | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Founding member of Charity & Chastity, a comedic duo that sings wicked naughty humor.
Ingrid is trained classically. Has played Lady Anne (Richard III), The Duchess (The Duchess of Malfi), Theresa (Brendan Behan's The Hostage) & Paulina (Jason Sherman's Enemies).
Graduate of Ryerson Theatre School (...
12. Kenneth Mitchell
Actor | Jericho
Kenneth Mitchell was born on November 25, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Jericho (2006), Miracle (2004) and The Astronaut Wives Club (2015). He was married to Susan May Pratt. He died on February 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
13. Yani Gellman
Writer | Greetings, From The Planet Krog!
Yani Gellman was born in Miami, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Jason X (2001), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) and 47 Meters Down (2017). He is also the writer/director of the award winning short Greetings, from the Planet Krog! (2020). He has Sephardic (Spanish Jewish) ancestry and is a ...
14. David Alpay
Actor | Ararat
David Alpay was born on October 6, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Ararat (2002), Red Rooms (2023) and Man of the Year (2006).
15. Jake Epstein
Actor | Degrassi: The Next Generation
Jake recently starred in a recurring role on Netflix's UMBRELLA ACADEMY as well as THE HARDY BOYS on Hulu. He can also recently be seen starring in the Hallmark Movie, THE WEDDING CONTRACT. On TV, Jake has recurred on ABC's DESIGNATED SURVIVOR, USA's SUITS, and NBC's GONE. Epstein is best known for...
16. Stefan Brogren
Actor | Degrassi: Next Class
Stefan Brogren was born on April 21, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a director and producer, known for Degrassi: Next Class (2016), Holly Hobbie (2018) and Twisted Neighbor (2023). He has been married to Michelle Shaughnessy since January 15, 2017.
17. Nicole Lyn
Actress | The West Wing
Nicole Lyn was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada to parents Cheryl Gabay and Peter Lyn. Her love for the arts began at 3-years-old, when she started taking dance classes in her hometown. At just eight, she won enrollment into Toronto's prestigious Claude Watson School for artistically gifted ...
18. Christopher Jacot
Actor | Slasher
Christopher Jacot was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Christopher is an actor, known for Slasher (2016), Going the Distance (2004) and Eureka (2006).
19. Ennis Esmer
Actor | Blindspot
Ennis' first standout acting role was in 2006, as the temperamental janitor Zoltan in the Gemini Awards-winning Billable Hours - this role set a precedent in Esmer's career, as what was originally a one-off appearance was expanded to a recurring role because of the popularity of his take on it. His...
20. Cara Pifko
Actress | Ready Player One
Cara Pifko is a Canadian actress known primarily for her work on television shows produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Pifko was born in Toronto, Ontario. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, she started acting at the age of 8 and worked all through the nineties, but it...
21. Sara Waisglass
Actress | Ginny & Georgia
Sara Waisglass is an actress and developing screenwriter who has spent well over ten years honing her craft in the business of filmmaking. Sara was born on July 3, 1998 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her career began at the ripe age of seven when she landed the role of Jordy Cooper in Shaftesbury's "...
22. Adam Messinger
Soundtrack | The Bounty Hunter
Adam Messinger is known for The Bounty Hunter (2010), Fifty Shades Freed (2018) and The Karate Kid (2010).
23. Stacey Farber
Actress | The Spencer Sisters
Stacey Farber is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Ellie Nash in seasons 2 through 8 of the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the CBC series 18 to Life with fellow Canadian Michael Seater of Life with Derek. From 2014 to 2017, Farber ...
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