Mcintosh, Yanna

MCINTOSH, Yanna

PERSONAL

Education: Graduated from Institute for Advanced Theatre Training, Harvard University.

Career: Actress. Obsidian Theatre Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, actress, director, and founding member; Shakespeare Works, Toronto, Ontario, founding member; National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, faculty member; Humber School for Creative and Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, faculty member in theatre performance.

Awards, Honors: Dora Award, 1998, for Valley Song; Dora Award, 2001, for Skylight.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Slave woman, Down in the Delta, Miramax, 1998.

Nicole, Spooky House, Entertainment Highway, 2000.

Anna, True Blue, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001.

Penny Mills, Full Disclosure, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2001.

State employee, John Q (also known as John Q. ), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Television Appearances; Series:

Jenni Hernandez, Riverdale, CBC, 1997–1999.

Eda Myles, a recurring role, The Eleventh Hour, CTV, 2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Christina Roselli, Atomic Train, NBC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Lab technician, The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story (also known as Seeds of Deception ), Lifetime, 1994.

Traynor's lawyer, A Murder on Shadow Mountain, CBS, 1999.

Jeanette, Strange Justice, Showtime, 1999.

Elaine, Deliberate Intent, Fox, 2000.

Acceptable Risk (also known as Robin Cook's "Acceptable Risk "), TBS, 2001.

Doctor, The Rats, Fox, 2002.

Catherine, The Glow, Fox, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dr. Currie, Side Effects, CBC, 1996.

Candace Madison, "Seeing Is Believing," Due South, syndicated, 1997.

"Love and Death," Night Man, The Disney Channel and syndicated, 1999.

Madame Clare, "The Possession," Poltergeist: The Legacy, 1999.

"John Doe," Blue Murder, 2003.

Stage Appearances:

The Impossible Can Happen, 1988.

Penny Sewell, The Writing Game, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1991.

The Twelfth Night, 1994.

Kyra, Skylight, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1995.

Elmire, Orgon's wife, Tartuffe, Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, MA, 1996.

Taming of the Shrew, du Maurier World Stage Festival, Trinity–St. Paul's United Church, Toronto, 1996.

Sheila, Famous, Tarragon Extra Space, Toronto, 1997.

Guardian angel, Marisol, Theatre Passe Muraille, Canada, 1997.

Veronica, Valley Song, 1997.

Title role, Belle, Toronto, 2000.

Mtubu, Lambton, Kent, Traverse Theatre, 2000.

The Taming of the Shrew, 2000.

Hostess, Shrew, CanStage High Park, Toronto, 2001.

Skylight, Tarragon Mainspace, Toronto, 2001.

Penelope, Danny: King of the Basement, 2001.

Belle, National Arts Centre Studio, Toronto, 2002.

The Piano Lesson, The du Maurier Theatre, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, 2003.

Elena Ivanovna Popova, "The Bear," The "Vaudevilles " of Chekhov, National Arts Centre, Toronto, 2003.

Aricia, Phedre, du Marier Theatre Centre, Toronto, 2003.

Also appeared as Penny Sewell, The Writing Game; Maria, Twelfth Night, Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Lyse, The Illusion, Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Iras, Anthony and Cleopatra, Stratford Shakespeare Festival; First Fairy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Canadian Stage, Toronto; Beatrice, The Servant of Two Masters; Marge and Zee, A Fertile Imagination; Tamara, Savage Finesse.

Radio Appearances:

Poems from Poetry Plus, CBC Radio, 2002.

She, The Blind Assassin, CBC Radio, 2003.

Appeared in The Nightingale, CBC Radio.

RECORDINGS

Taped Readings:

(With others) SightLines 7 Audio Pack, Prentiss Hall Literature.