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Nicole Penney Power[2] (born 1989 or 1990)[1] is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Shannon Ross in Kim's Convenience and its spin-off series Strays.[3]
Power was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and grew up in Middle Cove.[2][3] She attended Memorial University of Newfoundland for one year of general studies before moving to Ontario, where she graduated from Sheridan College's Musical Theatre program and Second City's conservatory.[2] Power also became a member of Soulpepper Theatre Academy.
Power has appeared in Canadian stage productions of West Side Story, Bonnie and Clyde, Legally Blonde, La Cage aux Folles, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Evangeline, and The Charlottetown Festival's production of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical.
She is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Shannon in Kim's Convenience, receiving nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018[4] and at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[5]
In 2021 she was announced as the star of Strays, a spinoff of Kim's Convenience which will see Shannon Ross move to Hamilton, Ontario to embark on a new career.[6] In 2023, she starred in the Netflix show Glamorous.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Nocturne Falls | Jema | Short film |
| 2020 | The Toll | Clara | Uncredited |
| 2022 | Pattern | Sam |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Splatalot! | Faetal | 22 episodes |
| 2016–2021 | Kim's Convenience | Shannon Ross | 65 episodes |
| 2020 | Christian & Nat | Episode: "We Got Divorced" | |
| 2020 | Private Eyes | Melissa | Episode: "Gumbo for Hire" |
| 2021–22 | Strays | Shannon Ross | 20 episodes |
| 2021 | Let's Get Married | CJ | Television film |
| 2022 | Designing Christmas | Zoe | Television film |
| 2022–23 | Something Undone | Officer Puddester | 4 episodes |
| 2023 | The Drop | Lisa | Episode: "Monolith" |
| 2023 | Glamorous | Mykynnleigh | 7 episodes |
| 2024 | Strays | Lisa | Episode: "Phirst Love" |
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