Biographie
Shana Rose is a Toronto-based queer actor, singer/songwriter, and filmmaker, a graduate (Honours, President's List) of Toronto Film School where they trained in Film, TV, Theatre, and Voiceover. They are also passionate about vocal work, having trained as a Mezzo-Soprano with the Toronto Arts Academy, and playing voiceover roles in a range of projects. They participated in many extracurricular Musical Theatre productions throughout adolescence, including The Prince of Egypt with the Neshama Theatre Troupe. Shana has also performed the lead role in several short films, and debuted as a queer rocker chick in the web series, Coming Out Aces. They wrote, directed, and starred in the silent short film, Truth, created an Ocean Wise film, Awakening Ocean Guardians, and are in pre-production of their next original film, inspired by true events. Shana Rose graduated from Ryerson University's Photographic Arts program and studied Psychology at Excelsior College in New York. They speak English, Hebrew, and French, with a certificate from St. Anne University's French Immersion program. They enjoy being active with swimming, indoor rock-climbing, playing ukulele and training in Hip-Hop and Modern dance styles with The Underground Dance Centre. They also have many years of experience writing poetry, prose, and screenplays, with writing and photography pieces published in several anthologies.
