Ramona Milano
{{short description|Canadian actress}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
Ramona Milano is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Francesca Vecchio in Due South and more recently as Teresa in Cra$h & Burn and as Audra Torres in Degrassi: The Next Generation. She has also appeared in numerous commercials, for companies such as Rogers, The Co-operators, Colour Catcher and Sleep Country Canada. Milano also co-hosted Living Romance on the W Network.
Personal life
Milano graduated from the Etobicoke School of the Arts in 1987 and performed as a vocalist at Canada's Wonderland before entering the theatre arts program at Humber College.{{cite book|title=Canadian Who's Who 2004|year=2004|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=0-8020-4973-7|pages=1504|editor=Elizabeth Lumley}}
Stage work
- Game Show (2004) An audience participation production mimicking a TV gameshow set{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/G/Gameshow/2004/07/09/741990.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115072528/http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/G/Gameshow/2004/07/09/741990.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 January 2013 |title=Lame Game – Interactive Game Show play sinks to a new reality-TV low |author=John Coulbourn|date=9 July 2004 |publisher=jam!Showbiz}}
- God of Carnage (2014) – role: Veronica Novak at the Sudbury Theatre Centre in Sudbury, ON. (Directed by Rod Ceballos)
- Storm Warning by Norm Foster (2018) Bruce County Playhouse
- The Christmas Tree by Norm Foster (2015) Hamilton & Toronto, ON (Directed by Darren Stewart-Jones)
- The Numbers Game (2019) Globus Theatre
Awards
Milano has been nominated twice for Gemini Awards, in 1997 and 1999. Both nominations were for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series" for her role as Francesca Vecchio in Due South.{{cite web|url=http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=Milano&winonly=0&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4&submit.x=0&submit.y=0|title=Canada's Awards Database|last=Ramona|first=Milano|publisher=Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television |accessdate=1 November 2010}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Media | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–1999 | Due South | Francesca Vecchio | TV series (29 episodes) |
| 1996, 2000 | Traders | Jennifer Shapiro | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1997 | data-sort-value="Last Don, The" | The Last Don | Ceil Ballazzo | TV mini series |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | TV reporter | Movie |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter | Anna | TV series (1 episode "The Book of Love") |
| 1999 | Earth: Final Conflict | Vera Rizzori | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2000 | In a Heartbeat | Dr. Jennifer Perino | TV series (2 episodes – Pilot 1 & 2) |
| 2001, 2004 | Doc | Brooke Fulton/Laura Hill | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2007 | Love You To Death | Marcia | TV series (1 episode "The Bog Murder") |
| 2009–2010 | Cra$h & Burn | Teresa | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 2010 | data-sort-value="Conversation, The" | The Conversation | Director | Short film by Laura Cassis{{cite web|title=Pull The Chute |url=http://plancast.com/p/2hnm|publisher=Plancast|accessdate=1 November 2010|date=4 October 2010}} |
| 2010–2014 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Audra Torres | TV series |
| 2012 | data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | The L.A. Complex | Tyson's mom | TV series (1 episode "Be a Man") |
| 2014 | Hemlock Grove | Brenda | TV series (Season 2, episode 4, "Bodily Fluids") |
| 2015 | Full Out | Susan Berlin | TV movie |
| 2017 | data-sort-value="Kennedys: After Camelot, The" | The Kennedys: After Camelot | Maria | TV miniseries |
| 2017 | data-sort-value="Good Witch, The" | The Good Witch | Mrs. Diaz | TV series (Season 3, episode 7, In Sickness and in Health |
| 2018 | Zombies | Cheer announcer #2 | |
| 2022 | Something You Said Last Night | Mona | |
| 2023 | Sparks Over Brooklyn | Zia Elena | TV Movie |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name |0586867}}
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Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Toronto
Category:Canadian people of Italian descent
Category:Canadian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Etobicoke School of the Arts alumni
Category:Canadian stage actresses
Category:20th-century Canadian actresses
Category:21st-century Canadian actresses
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