Nadia Litz
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| Nadia Litz | |
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| Born | December 26, 1976 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Nadia Litz is a Canadian actress born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1976.
A former child actor, she has described herself as somewhat ambitious.[1] She is of Russian, Polish and British descent, and the press has noted her small stature.[2] She took an interest in films at the age of 6, and started living in Toronto at 17 to attend York University, but left to audition for the title role in the 1997 film version of Lolita, which she lost to Dominique Swain.[2]
Litz would go on to achieve a long acting resume, although she often received no money for her parts and instead chose projects she liked.[2] In 1998 and 1999 she appeared in episodes of the Canadian television series Due South and Wind at My Back. She later received the title role in the short film Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (2002) by Brad Peyton. That year, she appeared in the television film Salem Witch Trials as Mary Walcott (here called May Walcott), and has starred in films such as Rhinoceros Eyes (2003) and Monkey Warfare (2006).
Eye Weekly has described her career by saying she was praised for her role in The Five Senses, and that magazine credited her work in Love That Boy with transforming "a potentially irritating character- Phoebe, a 21-year-old overachiever who accidentally falls for a boy seven years her junior- into an oddly endearing figure who's surprised to find herself wracked by the aches that love brings."[1] Her honours have included being named by Maclean's magazine as "25 People Under 25 To Watch" for The Five Senses, and being nominated for a Gemini Award for acting in the television miniseries After the Harvest.[3]
Despite this, Litz has considered law school as a "fallback career possibility," although the law degree would be used for film production and not to leave the film business. She explained to the press that "I work, but I work in independent films. There have been a few years that I have made a living and a few years that I haven't. It's a struggle for anyone trying to have a full-time career in film in Canada. Or anywhere."[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Jason Anderson, "MEET... Nadia Litz," Eye Weekly, November 13, 2003, URL accessed 19 February 2007.
- ^ a b c Rita Zekas, "Warning Powdered coffee creamer is nothing to sniff at," Toronto Star, October 24, 2003, pg. D.06.
- ^ a b J. Kelly Nestruck, "Litz hits glitz blitz," National Post, September 9, 2006, URL accessed 19 February 2007.
