MARIA VACRATSIS

Windsor, Ontario Through the Leaves

In 2012 Maria will be performing in The Happy Woman for Nightwood Theatre and You Can’t Take It with You, Home, The Crucible and Endgame for Soulpepper Theatre.

Such Creatures (Nightswimming/Passe Muraille), The Way of The World (National Arts Centre/Soulpepper), Pericles, A Winter’s Tale, The Boys From Syracuse, Agamemnon, Electra, The Flies, Elephant Song, The Swanne (Stratford Festival), The Old Ladies, The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (Shaw Festival), Tout Comme Elle, The Piper, Hysterica Passio, Mariage Blanc, King Lear, Beating Heart Cadaver (Necessary Angel), A Streetcar Named Desire, Twelfth Night, A Flea in Her Ear (Soulpepper), Counter Service, Slavs (Tarragon Theatre), The House of Bernarda Alba, Saturday Sunday Monday, Glorious (Canstage), Romeo and Juliet, The Fire Raisers, We Can’t Pay We Won’t Pay, Communicating Doors, Noises Off, Papers, Children of a Lesser God (Persephone Theatre)

Recurring roles in Rent-A-Goalie, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Riverdale, Go Girl, Ready or Not, The Mighty Jungle, The Dan Redican Comedy Hour, Mosquito Lake and The Frantics: Four on the Floor. Multiple appearances on The Line, Slings and Arrows, Made in Canada, History Bites, Puppets Who Kill, The Kids in the Hall and Goosebumps. Single appearances on This is Wonderland, Lost Girl, Living in Your Car,Skins and Being Erica. Numerous movies-of-the-week and mini-series including CBC's Major Crime starring Nicholas Campbell. Films include My Big Fat Greek Wedding, TommyBoy, and Shoot-Em-Up.

Dora Awards (Video Caberet’s 2nd Nature, The Lorca Play)
Dora Nomination (Through The Leaves)
Gemini Nominations (Rent-A-Goalie)
National Radio Award Nomination (Those People Across The Street)

JON KAPLAN, NOW magazine A REAL MEATY ROLE Actor gets her hands dirty as a butcher in kitchen-sink drama...