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Ann-Marie MacDonald is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany. MacDonald won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for her first novel, Fall on Your Knees, which was selected as a "pick" for Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. She received the... MORE Ann-Marie MacDonald is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany. MacDonald won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for her first novel, Fall on Your Knees, which was selected as a "pick" for Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. She received the Governor General's Award for Literary Merit, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Canadian Author's Association Award for her play, Goodnight Desdemona. MacDonald hosted the CBC documentary series Life and Times from 1996 to 2007, and currently hosts CBC's flagship documentary program, Doc Zone. She appeared in the films I've Heard the Mermaids Singing and Better Than Chocolate, among others. Her 2003 novel, The Way the Crow Flies, was partly inspired by the Steven Truscott case. MacDonald's partner is playwright and theatre director Alisa Palmer. LESS |
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Directed by Cassandra Nicolaou. Runtime: 52 minutes ** "Girls On Top" is a rare behind-the-scenes look at the lives of eight women as they reunite to remount Soulpepper Theatre Company's award-winning production of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls. A playful and poetic examination of what it means to be a "top girl", the film features Canadian screen and stage icons including Megan Follows, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Cara Pifko, Liisa Repo-Martell, Alisa Palmer, Kelli Fox, Diana Donnelly and Robyn Stevan. Trailer music courtesy Lesley Barber.
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