Torri Webster
{{Short description|Canadian actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Notability|Bio|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Torri Webster
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|08|12|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = Actress, model
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| education = Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts
| alma_mater = New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Ryerson University (BA)
| yearsactive = 2010–present
| known_for = Tess Foster in Life With Boys (2011).
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{{external media|image1=[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4040878/mediaviewer/rm3375743489 Torri Webster IMDb photo]}}
Torri Webster (born August 12, 1996{{cite tweet |author=Torri Webster |user=TorriWebster |number=234621933218562049 |title=yay!! officially 16!! thanks for all the birthday wishes!! |date=August 12, 2012 |accessdate=2013-03-24}}{{cite tweet |author=Madison Pettis |author-link=Madison Pettis |user=madisonpettis |number=234688014121590785 |title=HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN to one of my BESTEST friends & co-star on #LifeWithBoys, @torriwebster!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!! |date=August 12, 2012 |accessdate=2013-03-24}}) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring role as Tess Foster in the YTV teen sitcom Life with Boys,{{cite web |url=http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/torri-webster-and-madison-pettis-star-in-nelvana-studios-life-with-boys-premiering-september-9-on-ytv-508669671.html |title=Torri Webster And Madison Pettis Star In Nelvana Studio's Life With Boys Premiering September 9 On YTV |publisher=Corus Entertainment Inc. |date=August 18, 2011 |accessdate=2016-05-23 |via=CNW Group Ltd. |archive-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716165558/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/torri-webster-and-madison-pettis-star-in-nelvana-studios-life-with-boys-premiering-september-9-on-ytv-508669671.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.fanlala.com/news/life-boys-starring-madison-pettis-torri-webster-premieres |title=Life With Boys Starring Madison Pettis & Torri Webster Premieres |website=Fanlala.com |date=November 28, 2011 |accessdate=2016-05-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103043028/http://www.fanlala.com/news/life-boys-starring-madison-pettis-torri-webster-premieres |archivedate=November 3, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |author=Nellie Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/nickelodeon-acquires-canadian-comedy-series-life-with-boys-226063/ |title=Nickelodeon Acquires Canadian Comedy Series 'Life With Boys' |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 6, 2012 |accessdate=2016-05-23 |quote=The 22-episode Life With Boys, which premiered on Canada’s YTV in September, stars Torri Webster as 14-year-old Tess Foster...}} which earned her the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a TV Series.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms34.html|title=34th Annual Young Artist Awards|accessdate=2013-03-31|work=YoungArtistAwards.org}} Webster also played the recurring character of PeaseBlossom, an eccentric fairy in the Nickelodeon show The Other Kingdom.
Early life and education
Webster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to parents Steve and Tracy Webster from the Don Mills area. As a child, Webster was always performing. She started out dancing at the age of three and loved performing on stage with her dance teams. She attended a French immersion elementary school but was drawn to the performing arts as a teen. As a teen, she attended high school at the Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario,{{cite web|url=http://metronews.ca/scene/98554/canadian-gleeks-set-to-compete-in-toronto/ |title=Canadian Gleeks set to compete in Toronto |author=Lois Abraham |publisher=The Canadian Press |work=Metro News |date=April 10, 2012 |accessdate=2016-05-23}} where she further enhanced her performing skills on stage playing leads in various musical theatre productions. She then studied musical theatre at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2014, and marketing and film studies at Ryerson University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Industries) with distinction in 2018.{{cite web |title=Torri Webster |url=https://ryersoncreative.ca/student-spotlight/torri-webster |website=Creative Industries at FCAD |accessdate=31 March 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Webster |first1=Torri |title=This past spring, I graduated with distinction from a business & creative program. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BvrnhRPBgw-/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/torriwebster/2011875468613389374_2011875463571727339 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram |accessdate=31 March 2019}}{{cbignore}}
Webster currently lives in her home town of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web |title=Toronto's Coolest Hidden Gems, According to Torri Webster |url=https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/society/torri-websters-favourite-places-in-toronto |website=www.ellecanada.com}}
Filmography
Accolades
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!Year !Award !Category !Work !Result !Refs |
| 2013
|Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress |{{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4040878}}
- {{Twitter}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian actresses
Category:Actresses from Toronto
Category:Canadian child actresses