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Emily Piggford
Emily Piggford at the 2018 CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser
Emily Piggford in 2018
Born
Victoria, BC[1]
Nationality Canada
Occupation(s)Actor, film producer

Emily Piggsford is a Canadian actor and television producer. Her film debut was as Naya, an inuit hunter trapped in a time-warp, who finds herself in modern downtown Toronto.[2][3] Frost was a 15 minute short that premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.

Piggford has played recurring characters on The Umbrella Academy, The Girlfriend Experience, Michael: Every Day.[4] She was a producer and lead for the web series That’s My DJ and Warigami.[5][6][1]

Piggsford served as a producer, and played a supporting role in The Sounds, a drama co-produced by Canada and New Zealand, which premiered in 2020.[7] The Decider called her the series "sleeper star".

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  1. ^ a b "Actress Emily Piggford on Starring in The New Samurai Action-Fantasy Series Warigami". Beyond Fashion Magazine. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2020-11-15. Emily Piggford was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for The Girlfriend Experience (2016), Killjoys (2015) and That's My DJ (2014).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Etan Vlessing (2012-08-31). "Jeremy Ball debuts Frost at TIFF". Playback magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2020-11-15. The challenge for Ball was, even before he started to pen the Frost script, was being able to capture a realistic Arctic setting on the soundstage – one with invisible environments and imagined antagonists around Naya, the young hunter played by Emily Piggford – for effective green screen composting of the visual effects.
  3. ^ Natalie North (2012-09-11). "Spotlight on Victoria talent at TIFF". Victoria News. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2020-11-18. Frost stars recent University of Victoria theatre department grad Emily Piggford as Naya, a young arctic hunter in search of food.
  4. ^ Denise Petski (2018-12-20). "Emily Piggford & Chance Kelly Sign With The Rosenzweig Group". Deadline magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ Denise Petski (2016-08-15). "New York Television Festival Announces Independent Pilot Competition Selections". Deadline magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-15. Starring Kristian Bruun (Orphan Black), Emily Piggford (Hemlock Grove), Jade Hassouné (Heartland, Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments){{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Peter White (2019-07-10). "The CW Partners With CBC On Short-Form Samurai Drama 'Warigami' As Canadian Broadcaster Unveils Youth Slate". Deadline magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-15. Wendy Ohata, played by Piggford, has just made three startling realizations: One, she has a twin brother; two, she's a kami-jin – a descendent of an ancient Japanese people who can turn paper into deadly weapons; and three, there's a kami-jin warrior hunting her down for reasons she doesn't understand.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Joel Keller (2020-09-03). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Sounds' On Acorn TV, A Mystery Involving A Canadian Couple And A New Zealand Fishing Town". Decider. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-16. Sleeper Star: Piggford, who plays Ishikawa, will have a bigger role once she lands in New Zealand to investigate Tom's disappearance.
  8. ^ "8-minute-catch-amazing-emily-piggford". AXNModern. Retrieved 2020-11-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Michelle Villagracia (2020-05-20). "Drawn Together: portraits honouring Asian Canadians". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2020-11-15. Featuring: Deepa Mehta (Water, Heaven on Earth, Beeba Boys), Emily Piggford (Warigami), Anupam Kher (Breakaway), Sugith Varughese (Kim's Convenience), Andrea Bang (Kim's Convenience), Jessalyn Wanlim (Workin' Moms)
  10. ^ Margaret DeRosia (2017-01-20). "Announcing the Nominations for the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards". cfccreates.com. Retrieved 2017-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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