Nicola Correia-Damude | |
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Correia-Damude in 2015 | |
Born | (1981-06-21) 21 June 1981 (age 43) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse | Carlos Gonzalez-Vio (m. 2013) |
Children | 1 |
Website | www |
Nicola Correia-Damude (born 21 June 1981) is a Canadian actress based in Toronto. Her credits include The Strain (2015), Shadowhunters (2016–2019), Burden of Truth (2018–2021), The Boys (2019–2022), Coroner (2019–2024), Nurses (2020), October Faction (2020), and Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024).
Career
Television and film
Correia-Damude has had recurring roles on Shadowhunters, Annedroids, The Boys and The Strain. Additional television credits include Haven, Degrassi: The Next Generation, and Stargate SG-1. Film credits include Margarita, Havana 57, and Memory. She also had a recurring role (33 episodes from 2017 to 2019) as the mother in the Canadian children's show, Dino Dana.
Theatre
Correia-Damude is a graduate of Etobicoke School of the Arts, Studio 58, and the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Her theatre credits include Coriolanus and Much Ado About Nothing at the Stratford Festival, Serious Money and The Women and Albertine in Five Times at the Shaw Festival, as well as premieres of new Canadian works The Madonna Painter (Factory Theatre), Within the Glass (Tarragon Theatre) and Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom (Canadian Stage).
Voice acting
Correia-Damude has supplied voice overs for CBC's The Passionate Eye, Afghanada, The Fifth Estate, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and David Suzuki Explores.
Personal life
An actress of mixed heritage (her mother is from Guyana and her father is Canadian), Correia-Damude is "an advocate of increased cultural diversity in film, television and theatre; expanding roles for women; and improving conditions for mothers and families in the film and television industry." As well as an actress, she is also a singer-songwriter, plays piano and guitar, and has a dance background in modern, classical, jazz, step and tap. Her father, Brian Damude, is a photographer and film director most noted for the 1975 film Sudden Fury.
She is bisexual. She has been married to actor Carlos Gonzalez-Vio since 2013, with whom she has a son.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Young Blades | Café waitress | Episode: "Secrets" |
Stargate SG-1 | Play Vala | Episode: "The Powers That Be" | |
2005–2006 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Diane | |
2006 | Memory | Nurse | |
2011 | Air Emergency | Col. Lorilys Ramos | TV series documentary |
Furstenau Mysteries | Marie | Short film | |
2012 | Margarita | Margarita | |
Where are the Dolls? | L | Short film co-starring Megan Follows | |
Havana 57 | Carla Leon | ||
2013 | Haven | Rhonda | |
2014 | Republic of Doyle | Renee | Episode: "Frame Job" |
Remedy | Tess Carter | Episode: "Shadow of Doubt" | |
2014–2015 | The Strain | Nikki Taylor | |
2015–2017 | Annedroids | Ada Turing | |
2016–2019 | Shadowhunters | Maryse Lightwood | Recurring role |
2017–present | Dino Dana | Ava | |
2017 | Private Eyes | Sgt. Pamela Blake | Episode "Now You See Her" |
2018 | Hellmington | Samantha Woodhouse | |
2018 | The Holiday Calendar | Mayor Martinez | |
2018–2021 | Burden of Truth | Diane | Main (seasons 1, 3); Recurring (seasons 2, 4) |
2019–2020 | Ghostwriter | Amy Reyna | Main role |
2019–2022 | The Boys | Elena | 8 episodes |
2019–present | Coroner | Kelly Hart | Recurring role |
2020 | Nurses | Dr. Vanessa Banks | Recurring role |
2020 | October Faction | Sheriff Gina Fernandez | Recurring role |
2020 | Endlings | Maria | |
2020 | My Spy | Christina | |
2021 | The Republic of Sarah | Alexis Whitmore | |
2021 | Die in a Gunfight | Nancy Gibbon | |
2021 | A Royal Queens Christmas | Zo | Hallmark TV Movie |
2022 | Pillow Talk | Vicki | |
2022 | Resident Alien | Detective Lena Torres | 3 episodes |
2022 | Titans | Gina | Season 4 |
2024 | Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent | Lucy Da Silva | Series regular |
2024 | My Spy: The Eternal City | Christina |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2021 | Far Cry 6 | Maria Marquessa | ||
2024 | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | Rasi |
Awards and nominations
Correia-Damude has been nominated for Canadian Screen Awards for her guest performances on Remedy in 2015 and Coroner in 2020. She was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her ensemble work in Pillow Talk in 2023. Correia-Damude received the Best Actress in a Feature Film award at the San Diego FilmOut Festival for her work in Margarita.
References
- @NicolaNCD (21 June 2016). "It's My Birthday Today! Happy Summer to all!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- @NicolaNCD (17 June 2018). "I'm 36 yrs old and the happiest I've ever been" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nicola Correia Damude". Principals Talent. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- Coulbourn, John (30 May 2006). "'Coriolanus' falls short of greatness". Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- "Much Ado About Nothing". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- Slotkin, Lynn (12 September 2010). "AGE OF AROUSAL and SERIOUS MONEY". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- Hoile, Christopher (20 July 2009). "Review - Albertine in Five Times". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- Kaplan, Jon (25 November 2009). "The Madonna Painter". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- "Season Press Release". Tarragon Theatre. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- "Canadian Stage Press Release WORLD PREMIERE DOUBLE BILL". Canadian Stage. 2015.
- Nestruck, J. Kelly (May 2016). "Jordan Tannahill on Videofag's closing and two premieres at Canadian Stage".
- "Exclusive Interview With Shadowhunters' Nicola Correia-Damude". 9 February 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- "Home 2". 3 January 2023.
- Nicola Correia-Damude (19 June 2020). "As a young person my journey with Sexual Identity was paved with privilege". Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
- @NicolaNCD (14 August 2015). "@laeti_sabatier I did! My husband @LosVigon was in the Movie!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Nicola Correia-Damude (7 September 2020). "7 years". Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
- Carlos Gonzalez-Vio (8 April 2019). "my 4-year-old is already a better photographer". Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
- Nicola CorreiaDamude @NicolaNCD, "So excited to announce that I’ll be joining the cast of Coroner this Season! So honoured to be a part of such an amazing Drama", Twitter, 07/09/2019
- IMDB
- Kennedy, John R. (13 January 2015). "Shaw Media earns dozens of Canadian Screen Awards nominations". Global News. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- "Nicola Correia-Damude, Adam DiMarco, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Sydney Scotia, Gregory Prest, Paolo Santalucia, Chris Robinson, Kwasi Thomas, Andrew Wheeler, Sharon Crandall, Vanessa Lauren Fox". Academy.ca. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- "2013 FilmOut Festival Awards" (PDF). FilmOut San Diego. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016.