Schitt's Creek went out on top winning Best Comedy Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards handed out this week in an online ceremony. Catherine O'Hara took Best Actress in a Comedy. Emily Hampshire won Best Supporting Actress. Dan Levy won Canadian Screen Awards for Best Writing and Best Directing, the latter with Andrew Cividino. They won Emmys for the same episode, the Schitt's Creek series finale Happy Ending.
Best Wishes, Warm Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series.
Emily Hampshire went 6-for-6 in the Best Supporting Actress category for Schitt's Creek. The last actor to win in that category not named Hampshire was Lauren Ash for Spun Out. Hampshire won a 2020 Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series for Save Me.
Kim's Convenience got the other 3 acting awards: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee for Best Actor, Andrew Phung for Best Supporting Actor, and Amanda Brugel for Best Guest Performance. Phung and Brugel won their second CSA in a row.
Baroness von Sketch Show won Best Sketch Comedy Show & Ensemble Performance and Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy.
Transplant won Best Drama Series and Best Lead Actor, Drama Series for Hamza Haq. Crystle Lightning won Best Lead Actress, Drama Series for Trickster. Cardinal had won Best Drama and 3 of the top 4 acting awards in 2020. Transplant runs on CTV and NBC.
Tamara Podemski won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, Drama for her work on Coroner. Podemski was one of 4 Indigenous nominees in the category along with 3 women from Trickster: Anna Lambe, Georgina Lightning, and Gail Maurice.
The late Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor, Drama for Departure. Not sure who would have given a speech but that would have been intriguing.
Shawn Doyle won Best Guest Performance, Drama Series for his work on Cardinal.
The Best Writing, Drama Series award went to the pilot episode of Transplant. The show crammed in a lot into the pilot episode.
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Thrilled for Tamara Podemski to win for her work on Coroner. You might also be familiar with Tamara's sisters, Jennifer and Sarah, great actors as well. Tamara was the only Podemski sister who wasn't in Empire of Dirt. You might remember Jennifer from Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz.
Crystle Lightning is the daughter of Georgina Lightning; both were nominated and the daughter got the CSA.
Colin Mochrie was nominated for best guest performance in drama (Murdoch Mysteries) and comedy (Workin' Moms) but didn't win either award.
Amanda Brugel steps effortlessly into a kaleidoscope of roles from The Handmaid's Tale to Workin' Moms to Kim's Convenience. Someone give her a leading role.
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The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television did not announce The Golden Screen Award for TV Drama or Comedy for the most-watched Canadian TV series. Not sure if that decision is pandemic related.
Melanie Scrofano became the 3rd cast member in a row from Wynonna Earp to win the Audience Choice Award. Scrofano beat out Giacomo Gianniotti (Grey’s Anatomy) and Graham Wardle (Heartland).
Scrofano's Wynonna Earp co-stars Katherine Barrell (2020) and Dominique Provost-Chalkley (2019) also won the award.
Chantel Riley (Frankie Drake Mysteries) and Priyanka (Canada’s Drag Race) made the Top 5 cut but did not go further. The other 5 nominees were Sangita Patel (Home To Win & ET Canada); Arisa Cox (Big Brother Canada); Bryan & Sarah Baeumler (Island of Bryan); Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever); and Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair, and Franco Nguyen (TallBoyz).
You can catch up with all of the winners going back to Monday night.
Like in 2020, the Canadian Screen Awards had narrators. They were Ginella Massa, Priyanka, Eric Bauza, Donté Colley, Tyrone Edwards, Nahéma Ricci, Karine Vanasse, and Stephan James.
The 2021 Canadian Screen Awards are presented by CBC and CTV with the support of Telefilm Canada and Canada Media Fund.
photos credit: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
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