Dani Pagliarello
Director and actor
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Dani Pagliarello is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer and two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee. She is the co-show runner and co-creator [1] of The Drop, on Tubi and Amazon Prime. The Drop was created for True West Films[2] and premiered on Narcity Media's YouTube Channel in 2023.[3] She received Best Comedy Director at Rio Webfest[4] alongside collaborator Jordan Canning.
Education
Pagliarello graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University's Acting Conservatory.[5]
Career
She has featured in a number of plays, including Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in which she portrayed Ui.,[6] a role which landed her a My Theatre Awards nomination for Best Actress.[7] Pagliarello has had acting roles in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, and Paramount+'s upcoming Cross, CBC Gem's Sort Of, and Netflix film Luckiest Girl Alive.[8]
Through The Drop, Pagliarello earned Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Series and Best Lead Performance in Web Program or Series[9] and she won Best Comedy Director at Rio Webfest alongside collaborator Jordan Canning.[citation needed] The Drop also won Best Toronto Series at T.O. WebFest.[10]
