Pamela Mala Sinha is a Canadian actress and playwright.Christine Lyon, "Pamela Mala Sinha’s Happy Place full of silver linings". North Shore News, October 20, 2017. She is most noted for her 2012 one-woman show Crash,Robert Crew, "Crash a play you end up admiring, but uncomfortably so: Review". Toronto Star, May 3, 2012. for which she won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role – Play (Large Theatre).Melissa Leong, "One-woman show Crash leads Doras with four wins". National Post, June 26, 2012. She was previously nominated as an actress in 2011 for her performance in Anusree Roy's Brothel #9.Melissa Leong, "It was a dark-rewarding night; Blasted cleans up at Dora Awards". National Post, June 28, 2011.
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she wrote Crash based on her own experience having been sexually assaulted while attending theatre school in Montreal.Randall King, "Bring it on home: Winnipeg-born playwright finally finds her Happy Place, thanks to the PTE". Winnipeg Free Press, November 7, 2018. She is currently based in Toronto, Ontario.
Sinha's second theatrical play, Happy Place, premiered at the Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2015.Robert Cushman, "Out with the old, in with the new; And, yes, a bit of the old, too". National Post, January 3, 2015. It was subsequently adapted by Helen Shaver for the 2020 film Happy Place, for which Sinha wrote the screenplay and performs the role of Rosemary.Lauren Malyk, "Sienna Films, Helen Shaver roll on Happy Place". Playback, May 2, 2019.
On television, she has had recurring and supporting roles as Wanda in Street Legal, Rani in The Newsroom, Faith Colero in Traders, and desk clerk Amira in ER. In 2024 she appeared in the theatrical film Shook.Etan Vlessing, "Saamer Usmani, Amy Forsyth Join Amar Wala’s ‘Shook’ Drama". The Hollywood Reporter, June 15, 2023.
New was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2024 Governor General's Awards.Cassandra Drudi, "Canisia Lubrin, Danny Ramadan among 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award finalists". Quill & Quire, October 8, 2024.
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