Ann-Marie MacDonald
Author of Fall on Your Knees
About the Author
Ann-Marie MacDonald was born in Baden Sölingen, in the former West Germany on October 29, 1958. She attended Carleton University before moving to Montreal to train as an actor at the National Theatre School of Canada, where she graduated in 1980. She has performed in theatres across Canada, and show more continues to act in film, television and theatre. She has appeared in several independent Canadian films including The Wars and Better Than Chocolate. She won a Gemini Award for her role in the film Where the Spirit Lives and was nominated for a Genie for her role in I've Heard the Mermaids Singing. Her play Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) won the Governor General's Award for Drama, the Chalmers Award for Outstanding Play, and the Canadian Authors' Association Award for Drama. Her first novel, Fall on Your Knees, was published in 1996. Her other novels include The Way the Crow Flies and Adult Onset (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The Pill: The Untold Story of the Drug That Changed the World [1999 film] — Narrator — 2 copies
Where the Spirit Lives [1989 film] — Actor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- MacDonald, Ann-Marie
- Birthdate
- 1958-10-29
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
- Places of residence
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Montréal, Québec, Canada - Occupations
- novelist
playwright
actor
broadcast journalist - Relationships
- Palmer, Alisa (spouse)
- Organizations
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Awards and honors
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Order of Canada
Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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