Aviva Armour-Ostroff

{{Short description|Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker}}

Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker.[https://thecjn.ca/podcasts/aviva-armour-ostroff-on-her-new-film-and-jewish-identity-onscreen-2/ "Aviva Armour-Ostroff on her new film and Jewish identity onscreen"]. Canadian Jewish News. She is most noted as the star, co-writer and co-director of the 2021 film Lune,Brandon Barrett, [https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-arts/star-of-post-apartheid-film-lune-delivers-unflinching-portrayal-of-bipolar-disorder-4745997 "Star of post-apartheid film Lune delivers unflinching portrayal of bipolar disorder"]. Pique Newsmagazine, November 12, 2021. for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022.

She was formerly the producer of Toronto's Lab Cab theatre festival.Amy Grief, [https://thecjn.ca/arts/toronto-actor-and-playwright-explores-themes-of-identity/ "Toronto actor and playwright explores themes of identity"]. Canadian Jewish News, October 30, 2015. She is a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for her stage performances, receiving a solo nomination for ARC Stage's production of Deirdre Kinahan's play Moment in 2015, and an ensemble nomination alongside Deborah Drakeford, Carlos González-Vío, Ryan Hollyman, Andre Sills and Arlen Aguayo-Stewart, for ARC's production of Stef Smith's play Human Animals in 2019.Karen Fricker, "Human Animals uses creative setting to bring environmental collapse to life"]. Toronto Star, February 27, 2019.

She is married to Arturo Pérez Torres, with whom she codirected both The Drawer Boy and Lune.Aviva Armour-Ostroff, [https://torontoguardian.com/2019/04/writer-director-arturo-perez-torres/ "'A Day in the Life' with writer and director Arturo Pérez Torres"]. Toronto Guardian, April 20, 2019.