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Canadian playwright, novelist, actress and broadcast journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ann-Marie MacDonald OC (born October 29, 1958) is a Canadian playwright, author, actress, and broadcast host who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Ann-Marie MacDonald | |
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Born | CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany | October 29, 1958
Occupation | Playwright, novelist, actress, broadcast host |
Nationality | Canadian |
Notable works | Goodnight Desdemona Fall on Your Knees The Way the Crow Flies Adult Onset |
Spouse | Alisa Palmer |
Website | |
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MacDonald is the daughter of a member of Canada's military; she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany. She is of partial Lebanese descent through her mother.[1]
MacDonald won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for her first novel, Fall on Your Knees (1996),[2] which was selected for Oprah Winfrey's Book Club in January 2002.[3]
MacDonald received the Governor General's Award for Drama,[4] the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award,[5] and the Canadian Authors Association Drama Award[6] for her play, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).
MacDonald hosted the CBC documentary series Life and Times for seven seasons. MacDonald also hosted CBC's flagship documentary program, Doc Zone for eight seasons.
She appeared in the films I've Heard the Mermaids Singing and Better Than Chocolate, among others.
MacDonald's 2003 novel, The Way the Crow Flies, was partly inspired by the Steven Truscott case. Her third novel Adult Onset was released in 2014 and has been translated into five languages. Her fourth novel Fayne was published in 2022.[7]
She was the inaugural Mordecai Richler Reading Room Writer in Residence at Concordia University,[8] and she coaches students in the Acting and Playwriting Programs at the National Theatre School of Canada.
In 2008, MacDonald was awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities by the University of Windsor.[9]
In May 2015, MacDonald was the "big-name author" and "public face"[10] of the inaugural Canadian Authors for Indies Day, organized to bring attention to independent bookstores across the country. Nearly 100 stores and 270 authors participated in the nationwide event.[10]
In December 2018, MacDonald was named as an Officer of the Order of Canada, in recognition of "her multi-faceted contributions to the arts in Canada and for her advocacy of LGBTQ+ and women's rights".[11]
MacDonald is married to the Canadian playwright and theatre director Alisa Palmer.[12][13]
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