THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 83 SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 2019
“Interviewing Bruce Springsteen,
Martin Scorsese and David Geffen
in one day and only causing one of
them to walk out on me!”
THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING
CANADIAN “Our sexy prime minis-
ter, ketchup chips and universal
health care.”Inanna Sarkis • 29
ACTRESS, DIRECTOR
In addition to creating a
WWE character, Miss North,
for a YouTube video, Sarkis
appeared in the teen drama
After, which has grossed nearly
$70 million globally.
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 2019
“Booking After. So many people
read for the role. I went through
the audition process and booked it
without realizing how big of a fan
base the books [it was based on]
had. I also bought my first house.”
TIM HORTONS OR STARBUCKS?
“Absolutely Tim Hortons. I wish I
could open one in Los Angeles.”Tiera Skovbye • 23
ACTRESS
Riverdale star Skovbye, who shut-
tles between auditions and acting
gigs in her native Vancouver
and L.A., also has appeared in
Supernatural, Once Upon a Time
and Arrow.
10 YEARS AGO I WAS ... “A very awk-
ward 14-year-old high school
student.”
ACTOR OR DIRECTOR I’D MOST LIKE TO
WORK WITH “I’m currently obsessed
with Rachel Brosnahan.”Ally Pankiw • 32
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Pankiw got her start directing
and producing music videos for
artists like Ariana Grande, Iggy
Azalea and Janelle Monáe and
works in Los Angeles, Toronto
and London.
ACTOR OR DIRECTOR I’D MOST
LIKE TO WORK WITH “Jennifer
Lawrence because she can do
no wrong. And her face defies
all logic. It’s so smooth yet
so expressive.”
THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING
CANADIAN “I’ll have a passport
and a place to flee when The
Handmaid’s Tale becomes a reality
in the U.S.”Connor Price • 24
ACTOR
Price, who started acting at age 6
in Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man,
next appears on the last season of
USA Network’s Dead Zone.
THE BEST CANADIAN SHOW AMERICANS
ARE MISSING OUT ON “I was going
to say Schitt’s Creek, but judging
by the four Emmy nominations, I
think America is catching on.”
THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING
CANADIAN “Ketchup chips.”Daniel Roher • 25
DIRECTOR
Roher caught the eye of legend-
ary rocker Robbie Robertson and
is set to hit the big time after
directing this year’s Toronto Film
Festival opener, the documen-
tary Once Were Brothers: Robbie
Robertson and the Band.my first days of theater school and
already considering dropping out
and becoming a chef. Thank God I
did not do either of those thing.”
RYAN GOSLING OR RYAN REYNOLDS?
“15-year-old me screams Gosling!”
Tyler MacIntyre • 35
DIRECTOR, EDITOR
MacIntyre and co-writer Chris
Lee Hill are developing a mys-
tery-comedy series at FX called
Red Herrings and recently sold
the script for a thriller called
Nightlight to Sony.
ACTOR OR DIRECTOR I’D MOST LIKE
TO WORK WITH “Jim Carrey, but on
something really, really dark.
Also a fellow Canadian!”
THE MOST CANADIAN THING ABOUT
SCHITT’S CREEK “Haven’t seen it.
But I’m so Canadian, I thought
about lying and saying I had.”
Jessica Matten • 34
ACTRESS
Starring with Jason Momoa on
Netflix’s Frontier, Matten sup-
ports local causes like #n8vgirls,
a social media campaign bringing
awareness to missing Canadian
native women.
ACTOR OR DIRECTOR I’D MOST LIKE
TO WORK WITH “Ava DuVernay.
Everything she represents and
brings to our society through
the power of film and TV is
beautiful.”
THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING
CANADIAN “That we have one of the
best passports in the world and
our health-care system.”Amybeth McNulty • 17
ACTRESS
Born to an Irish father and a
Canadian mother, McNulty was
a natural to take on the iconic
role of Anne Shirley on Netflix’s
Anne With an E, the latest adap-
tation of the Prince Edward
Island-set Anne of Green Gables.
10 YEARS AGO I WAS ... “A b o u t t o t u r n
8 and perform in my first proper
musical. I played Molly in Annie
and thought pretending to be
drunk was ever so funny.”
TIM HORTONS OR STARBUCKS?
“Timmy’s! Their iced cappuccinos
remain unbeaten.”From left: Humberly González, Eve Harlow, Shannon Kook, Rebecca Liddiard, Tyler MacIntyre,
Jessica Matten and Amybeth McNulty.From left: Ally Pankiw, Connor Price, Daniel Roher, Inanna Sarkis and Tiera Skovbye.