Dani Pagliarello

Dani Pagliarello on the red carpet at the Canada Screen Awards in 2024.

Dani Pagliarello is a Canadian actor, producer, director and two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee. She is the co-creator and co-star[1] of The Drop, which was created for True West Films[2] and premiered on Narcity Media's YouTube Channel in 2023.[3]

Education

Pagliarello graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University's Acting Conservatory.[4] She has featured in a number of plays, including Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in which she portrayed Ui.[5]

Career

Pagliarello has had acting roles in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, and Paramount+'s upcoming Cross and Netflix film Luckiest Girl Alive.[6]

Through The Drop, Pagliarello earned Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Series and Best Lead Performance in Web Program or Series[7] and she won Best Comedy Director at Rio Webfest alongside collaborator Jordan Canning.[citation needed] The Drop also won Best Toronto Series at T.O. WebFest.[8]

Awards and nominations

  • 2023: Awarded Best Toronto Series for The Drop at T.O. WebFest[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "'The Drop' co-creators Daniela Pagliarello, Aisha Evelyna found 'lightning in a bottle' with award-winning web series". Yahoo News. June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Cameras roll on True West Films' first scripted series The Drop". playbackonline.ca.
  3. ^ Cutruzzola, Annemarie (November 27, 2023). "Toronto-Based Gen-Z Satire 'The Drop' Finds the Humour in Line-Waiting". shedoesthecity.com.
  4. ^ Vernieri, Demian (2023-06-15). "Tragedy Plus Time: Toronto-based Comic Dani Pagliarello". Toronto Guardian. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  5. ^ Bimm, Jordan (December 4, 2013). "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui". NOW Magazine.
  6. ^ "Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)". IMDb.
  7. ^ "Dani Pagliarello". academy.ca. March 6, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "True West Films' first scripted comedy 'THE DROP' Wins Best Toronto Web Series at T.O. Webfest". KRON. 4 October 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Nominees & Winners". towebfest.ca.