Amanda Cordner

Amanda Cordner is a Canadian actor, most noted for their regular role as 7ven in the television series Sort Of.Sherlyn Assam, [https://xtramagazine.com/culture/amanda-cordner-sort-of-interview-240624 "‘Sort Of’ star Amanda Cordner on Season 2 and Black non-binary representation on TV"]. Xtra!, November 17, 2022.

Originally from Schomberg, Ontario,Glenn Sumi, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/canadas-rising-screen-stars-amanda-cordner/ "Canada’s Rising Screen Stars: Amanda Cordner"]. Now, April 5, 2022. Cordner is a graduate of the theatre program at York University.Ann Marie Collymore, [https://byblacks.com/entertainment/film-tv/item/3308-inside-the-world-of-sort-of-with-actress-amanda-cordner "Inside The World Of Sort Of With Actress Amanda Cordner"]. ByBlacks, November 27, 2022. They first became widely known for stage shows, including Body So FluorescentAndrea Warner, [https://www.straight.com/arts/1248871/body-so-fluorescent-takes-poetic-heartbreaking-funny-look-two-sides-were-done-text "Body So Fluorescent takes a poetic, heartbreaking, but funny look at the two sides of a "We're done" text message"]. The Georgia Straight, June 3, 2019. and Wring the Roses,Glenn Sumi, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/theatre/riser-project-review-wring-the-roses/ "RISER Project review: Wring The Roses"]. Now, May 10, 2019. co-created with David Di Giovanni through the RISER Project.

They have also had supporting or guest roles in Baroness von Sketch Show, TallBoyz, The Expanse and Station Eleven, a starring role in the web series Slo Pitch,Liz Braun, "Slo Pitch a hit right off the bat". Toronto Sun, July 19, 2020. and played the lead role in "The Sender", Cheryl Foggo's contribution to the 21 Black Futures project.Karen Fricker and Carly Maga, "Putting Black futures on centre stage: Black theatre students offer their responses to theatre project". Toronto Star, February 28, 2021.

They have received two Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series for Sort Of, at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023Noel Ransome, [https://globalnews.ca/news/9502980/2023-canadian-screen-awards-nominations-tv-movies/ "2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: TV drama ‘The Porter’ leads with 19 nods"]. Global News, February 22, 2023. and the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.

After Body So Fluorescent was published in book form in 2023, it received a nomination for that year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT literature.Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/memoir-short-story-collection-and-play-named-2023-dayne-ogilvie-prize-finalists/ "Memoir, short story collection, and play named 2023 Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists"]. Quill & Quire, September 13, 2023.