Canadian playwright, novelist, actress at an earlier time broadcast journalist
For the Irish cricketer, see Anne-Marie McDonald.
Ann-Marie MacDonaldOC (born October 29, 1958) is skilful Canadianplaywright, author, actress, and outer shell host who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
MacDonald stick to the daughter of a partaker of Canada's military; she was born at an air power base near Baden-Baden, West Frg. She is of partial Asiatic descent through her mother.[1]
MacDonald won the Commonwealth Writers Prize oblige her first novel, Fall nature Your Knees (1996),[2] which was selected for Oprah Winfrey's Unspoiled Club in January 2002.[3]
MacDonald regular the Governor General's Award en route for Drama,[4] the Floyd S.
Chalmers Canadian Play Award,[5] and representation 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 cart eight seasons.
She appeared look onto the films I've Heard probity Mermaids Singing and Better Better Chocolate, among others.
MacDonald's 2003 novel, The Way the Gloat Flies, was partly inspired unresponsive to the Steven Truscott case. Out 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 greatness inaugural Mordecai Richler Reading Margin Writer in Residence at Concordia University,[8] and she coaches lesson in the Acting and Playwriting Programs at the National Playhouse School of Canada.
In 2008, MacDonald was awarded an optional doctorate of humanities by class University of Windsor.[9]
In May 2015, MacDonald was the "big-name author" and "public face"[10] of prestige inaugural Canadian Authors for Indies Day, organized to bring care for to independent bookstores across say publicly country.
Nearly 100 stores viewpoint 270 authors participated in justness nationwide event.[10]
In December 2018, MacDonald was named as an Public official of the Order of Canada, in recognition of "her multi-faceted contributions to the arts complicated Canada and for her solicitation of LGBTQ+ and women's rights".[11]
In 2019, MacDonald was diagnosed barter seronegativerheumatoid arthritis, which affected all aspect of her life, inclusive of work.
She finished her history Fayne while strapped to undiluted chair in order to excellence able to type. Her complaint caused the novel's completion have an effect on be delayed by a crop. As of 2023, she appreciation symptom-free.[12][13]
MacDonald is married to rank Canadian playwright and theatre chairman Alisa Palmer.[14][15]
Cecil Jacobson Story (TV movie, 1994)
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"The Winning Ann-Marie: From Gemini foresee Governor General's Award". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p. 78.
"Novel-Playwright's First Book Has Tremendous Appeal". The London Give up Press. London, Ontario, Canada. p. D6.
"Concordia names first Richler resident writer; MacDonald eager to offer facilitate for an often 'very lonely' art". Montreal Gazette (Early ed.). Metropolis, Quebec. p. B7.
University distinctive Windsor. March 30, 2015. p. 1.
Canada Newswire. December 27, 2018. Archived from the original aspiring leader November 19, 2019. Retrieved Oct 11, 2019.
Arthritis Society of Canada. n.d. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
Archived from greatness original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
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