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Dorothy Atabong

Dorothy Atabong

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Biography

Dorothy A. Atabong was born and raised in Cameroon, West Africa and educated in the USA and Canada. She obtained a BSc. in Biochemistry from Michigan before changing coats and moving on to graduate from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York with a degree in Dramatic arts. At 19 she published her novel The Princess of Kaya which she later adapted into a screenplay. She is a multiple award winning Actress, Writer-Director, Producer based in Toronto. Selected Actor screen credits - TV series Mayday (Discovery Channel), Coping (Theatrical release), The Line (TMN & Movie Central), and Degrassi: The Next Generation; Canon Camera commercial for the Newsweek Magazine, and PSAs for Stephen Lewis Foundation - help fight AIDS in Africa. Selected Theatre Credits: August Wilson Plays in New York Theatre in the Park, Volcano Theatre's, "Africa Trilogy" at the Toronto Luminato Arts Festival, The Overwhelming at The Canadian Stage Company. Her short film Sound Of Tears, screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide. It garnered multiple awards and nominations including The Africa Movie Academy Award, Court-métrage de fiction, Burundi, Best Film and Best Director Nominations for the Golden Sheaf Award, Ousmane Sembene Award - Zanzibar International Film Festival and Best Film at The Pan African Film Festival in LA and Cannes. She's an alumna of the Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) and member of WIFT-Toronto. She directed CBC's critically acclaimed 21 Black Futures - Season 3 - YEn Ara Asaase Ni/This Is Our Own Native Land. Winner of the 2020 Cayle Chernin Award, and her feature script, Zenzile's Journey is in development in partnership with Telefilm Canada. Dorothy is mentored by two-time Oscar nominated Director Atom Egoyan, and is passionate about creating accurate and clear representations of the experiences of three-dimensional BIPOC women in stories both tragic and glorifying. - @dorothyatabong

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6 wins and 8 nominations

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Eye of the Veil - Official Trailer (2022)

Mutant Swinger from Mars- Trailer for the Feature Film At Screamfest LA 2009

Filmography

Actor

23

Type

Year

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Poster

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy TV Series2026L'vanna

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor Poster

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor Feature Film2026Interpreter

After Sunday Short Film2024Mother

Christmas Casanova Poster

Christmas Casanova TV Movie2023Lola

Eye of the Veil Poster

Eye of the Veil Feature Film2022Jo

My niece, Zenzile Short Film2022Bheka

1st Kings Poster

1st Kings Short Film2020Afia

Ghost BFF Poster

Ghost BFF TV Series2018Doctor

The Handmaid's Tale Poster

The Handmaid's Tale TV Series2017Nanny

Sound of Tears Poster

Sound of Tears Short Film2014Amina

Dreamt Feature Film2010Amanda

Mutant Swinger from Mars Poster

Mutant Swinger from Mars Video2009Dancer

The Line Poster

The Line TV Series2009Mrs. Douglas

The Listener Poster

The Listener TV Series2009Reporter

Flashpoint Poster

Flashpoint TV Series2008Rachel

If Only... Short Film2008Mother

Dollar Van Short Film2006Mrs. Lebbie

Nancy Loves Miss Brown Short Film2006Miss Brown

Air Crash Investigation Poster

Air Crash Investigation TV Series2003Flight Attendant

One Night Feature Film2002Sawudatu

Degrassi: The Next Generation Poster

Degrassi: The Next Generation TV Series2001Nurse

Impact Feature Film2000Hotel Receptionist

NYPD Blue Poster

NYPD Blue TV Series1993Waitress

Writer

5

Type

Year

Eye of the Veil Poster

Eye of the Veil Feature Film2022

My niece, Zenzile Short Film2022

Sound of Tears Poster

Sound of Tears Short Film2014

Dreamt Feature Film2010

One Night Feature Film2002

Producer

6

Type

Year

Eye of the Veil Poster

Eye of the Veil Feature Film2022

My niece, Zenzile Short Film2022

1st Kings Poster

1st Kings Short Film2020

Sound of Tears Poster

Sound of Tears Short Film2014

Dreamt Feature Film2010

One Night Feature Film2002

Director

4

Type

Year

Eye of the Veil Poster

Eye of the Veil Feature Film2022

My niece, Zenzile Short Film2022

21 Black Futures Poster

21 Black Futures Mini-Series2021

Sound of Tears Poster

Sound of Tears Short Film2014

Thanks

1

Zahara: The Return Poster

Zahara: The Return Mini-Series2020

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

Dreamt Feature Film2010

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