Cara Ricketts

{{Short description|Canadian film, stage and television actor}}

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2005–present

|alma mater = Canadian Film Centre
Stratford Festival
Humber College

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Cara Ricketts is an actress, best known for her roles as Mary Lacroix in Anne with an EHanh Nguyen, [https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/anne-with-an-e-ending-netflix-season-3-1201982427/ "‘Anne With an E’ Ending Sets the Stage for a Feminist and Queer-Friendly Season 3"]. IndieWire, July 9, 2018. and Lilly Rue in the 2019 revival of Street Legal.Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/tv-review-street-legal-reboot-cbc "TV review: Street Legal reboot is slicker, sharper and more focused than the soapy original"]. Now, February 26, 2019.

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRichard Ouzounian, [https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/12/31/people_to_watch_in_2011_cara_ricketts.html?rf "People to watch in 2011: Cara Ricketts"]. Toronto Star, December 31, 2010. she is an alumna of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory,{{Cite web |title=Cara Ricketts |url=https://cfccreates.com/directory/alumni-residents/cara-ricketts/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Canadian Film Centre |language=en-CA}} the Stratford Festival's Birmingham Conservatory {{Cite web | title = The Birmingham Conservatory |url = https://cdscloud.stratfordfestival.ca/uploadedFiles/Birmingham%20Conservatiory%20Alumni.pdf |access-date=2023-10-21 |website= Stratford Festival |language=en-CA}} and the theatre program at Humber College.
She first became known as a stage actress, appearing in 2005 productions of Joseph Jomo Pierre's Born ReadyKamal Al-Solaylee, "A rich ride to compelling places". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2005. and Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.Kamal Al-Solaylee, "Et tu, Judas?"]. The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2005. Her later stage roles included Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream,Robert Cushman, "Shakespearean play is a dream realized: Inventive, disciplined, physical production". National Post, July 1, 2006. Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun,J. Kelly Nestruck, "Still a shining example of American playwrighting". The Globe and Mail, October 18, 2008. Portia in the Stratford Festival production of Julius Caesar,Declan Kelly, "Strong cast makes Festival's 'Caesar' well worth hailing". Stratford Beacon-Herald, June 8, 2009. Queenie in The Wild PartyRichard Ouzounian, "Cast of musical is worth celebrating". Toronto Star, February 25, 2015. Ruth in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, and Hedda in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda GablerCarly Maga, "This Henrik Ibsen classic makes tragedy look beautiful". Toronto Star, January 17, 2016. She received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Leading Actress (Musical Theatre) in 2016 for The Wild Party, and won The 2020 ACTRA Award for her performance as Mary Lacroix in Anne with an E

Her film roles have included Across the Line,Peter Howell, "Hoods, heroes and humbled humanity". Toronto Star, April 15, 2016. Jean of the Joneses and Stanleyville.Barry Hertz, "Absurd satire Stanleyville is Canadian version of Squid Game: fast, cheap and out of control: Audiences who like their boundaries to be teased, tested and sometimes tortured will fall deep into Stanleyville’s warren of weirdness". The Globe and Mail, May 5, 2022. On television, she has had supporting or guest roles in Orphan Black, Titans, The Resident, Whatever, Linda, The Book of Negroes and Revenge of the Black Best Friend.

She won an ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance, Female from the Toronto chapter of ACTRA in 2020 for Anne with an E.Debra Yeo, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2020/02/23/schitts-creek-claims-ensemble-prize-at-toronto-actra-awards-while-individual-acting-awards-go-to-anne-with-an-e-co-stars.html "‘Schitt’s Creek’ claims ensemble prize at Toronto ACTRA Awards while individual acting awards go to ‘Anne With an E’ co-stars"]. Toronto Star, February 23, 2020.