Biografia
Elizabeth Stuart-Morris is a theatre-trained actress and producer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. She is recognized for her role as "Sara" in "April in Autumn," a Raging Rivers Picture produced in partnership with Telefilm, featured in Perspectives Canada at the Marché du Film in Cannes. Elizabeth received the Best Actress award for "Promise" at the Tottering Biped Film Festival.
Born in Lahr, Germany, on a Canadian military base where her parents were educators, Elizabeth moved to Canada at age two. She took dance lessons until eighteen and piano lessons from age seven to sixteen. She completed the TDSB Extended French program from middle school at Charles Gordon Senior Public School through high school at Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute, where her father served as principal. At Cedarbrae CI, she earned an Entertainment Technology Specialist Certificate, recognizing her leadership and commitment to the school's dramatic and media arts programs. Elizabeth engaged in Soulpepper Theatre Company's Youth 54 program, the Paprika Festival, New Waves Festival, Beck Festival, as well as the London, Toronto, and Halifax Fringe Festivals, and SummerWorks. Throughout her youth, she performed, choreographed, directed, stage-managed, and produced numerous theatre productions. She has also worked as a theatre producer for Convergence Theatre and Outside the March.
Elizabeth holds a Specialist Bachelor's Degree in Theatre & Drama Studies from the University of Toronto, with minors in English and Political Science, and a Diploma in Acting from Sheridan College. Her training includes Laban, Viewpoints, and Suzuki methods with SITI, Grotowski technique at the Workcenter, Performance Art with La Pocha Nostra, and Stage Combat certified by Fight Directors Canada. She also earned a Certificate in Media Business Essentials from Humber College and Women in Film and Television-Toronto.
She is the founder of esmcreative, a digital media and film production company through which she independently finances film and media projects. Additionally, Elizabeth serves as Director of Film Production, Financing, and Distribution at Orion One Management.
