Nicole Stamp
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Career
Stamp works as a writer, director, actress, and TV host.[5] Her work has been nominated for 3 Canadian Screen Awards - twice for writing, and once for directing, all on episodes of the pandemic youth series Lockdown, which discussed the major social issues of 2020 in a child-appropriate way: COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, anti-Asian racism, community building, masking, and mental health for young people. Nicole's work was nominated for all three of her episodes.
Stamp started her career at TVOntario, where she co-hosted 6 seasons of TVOntario's afternoon block, The SPACE. Stamp also hosted the Ontario Championships of Reach For The Top from 2004 until 2009. She also wrote the series EnviroGirl, in which she played the title character,[6] an educational superhero. TVOntario won the "Best Interactive" Gemini Award for the series Time Trackers, a historical series hosted by Stamp in which she also voiced several animated characters.[7] Stamp also co-hosted TVOntario's Word Wizard,[8] which was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Interactive show. In total TVOntario has won 2 Geminis among 6 nominations for series in which Stamp hosted or performed lead roles.
Stamp improvised for two seasons with The Second City's Canadian National Touring Company.[9] Stamp has directed and hosted hundreds of red carpet talent interviews at the Toronto International Film Festival for Alliance Films[10] and Tribute Media.[11]
Stamp's voice work includes portraying Police Cadet Sanders[12] in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race. She has also voiced characters for videogame giant Ubisoft,[13] and she voiced several characters in the TIFF short animated film Interregnum,[14][15][16] about Rene Carmille, a Frenchman who bravely saved thousands of people from the Nazis. She voices the conjoined snakes Laziel and Raziel in the Cartoon Network pilot The Wonderful Wingits.[17]
As a writer, Stamp's essays have been published by CNN [18] and in the National Post. She created a critically acclaimed solo show, BETTER PARTS,[3][19] which garnered 5 N's from NOW Magazine[5] and was called "intoxicatingly written and joyously performed" by The Globe and Mail.[4] Stamp has also been an invited member of the prestigious Playwrights' Unit at the Tarragon Theatre [11] and the Theatre Passe Muraille Playwrights' Collective.[20]
As an actress, Stamp is internationally known for her portrayal of Melanippe "Mel" Callis in the Canadian Screen Award-winning[21] webseries Carmilla, which has over 70 million views worldwide, as well as for her portrayal of Stamper on the Canadian Screen Award-winning[22] webseries Tactical Girls.
In 2016, Nicole Stamp directed and co-hosted Inside Between, the digital aftershow for the City Canada and Netflix Drama, Between.[23] In 2017, Nicole Stamp reprised her role as Melanippe "Mel" Callis in the feature film The Carmilla Movie, set 5 years after the end of the acclaimed webseries. In 2020, Stamp appeared in several episodes of the Netflix series Locke & Key as Nurse Ruth.
Stamp is a Toronto native who attended Richview Collegiate Institute and holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and English from the University of Toronto.[24]
Filmography
Shows
| Show | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Reach for the Top | Host | 2004–2009 |
| Razzberry Jazzberry Jam | Billie the Guitar | 2008–2011 |
| Dan for Mayor | Karen | 2011 |
| The Next Step | Lisa Thompson | 2013 |
| Remedy | Scrub Nurse / O.R. Nurse | 2014 |
| Odd Squad | Phyllis / Anne the Crossing Guard | 2014–2016 |
| Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race | Cadet Sanders | 2015 |
| Carmilla | Melanippe "Mel" Callis | 2015–2016 |
| Tactical Girls | Stamper | 2016–2018 |
| The ZhuZhus | Whendy Sails | 2016–2017 |
| In Contempt | Lisa | 2018 |
| The Expanse | Medical Tech | 2018 |
| Rusty Rivets | Teacher Betty | 2018–2020 |
| Doomsday Brothers | Ana / Humunga | 2020 |
| Elinor Wonders Why | Ms. Llama | 2020–present |
| Locke & Key | Nurse Ruth | 2020–2021 |
| See | Onica | 2021 |
| Media Stamped | Series Creator, Writer, Host | 2024 |
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Template:Refh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13th Canadian Screen Awards | BEST HOST, Factual / Reality / Competition | ‘’Media Stamped’’ | [25] | ||
| 2025 | 13th Canadian Screen Awards | BEST SERIES, Non-Fiction Children’s or Youth | ‘’Media Stamped’’ | [26] | ||
| 2025 | Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards | BEST WRITING, Teens & Tweens | ‘’Media Stamped’’ | [27] | ||
| 2022 | 10th Canadian Screen Awards | BEST DIRECTION, Children’s or Youth | ‘’Lockdown 110: The Confession’’ | Nominated | [28] | |
| 2022 | 10th Canadian Screen Awards | BEST WRITING, Children’s or Youth | ‘’Lockdown 111: Guilty Until Proven Innocent’’ | Nominated | [29] | |
| 2021 | 9th Canadian Screen Awards | BEST WRITING, Web Program or Series (shared with J. J. Johnson and Christin Simms)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ‘’Lockdown 109: Social Togetherness’’ | Nominated | [30] | |
| 2021 | Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards | BEST WRITING, Teens & Tweens (shared with J. J. Johnson and Christin Simms)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ‘’Lockdown 109: Social Togetherness’’ | Nominated | [31] |
References
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External links
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- Nicole Stamp's official website
- Nicole Stamp on YouTube
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- Living people
- Actresses from Toronto
- Black Canadian actresses
- Black Canadian filmmakers
- Canadian stage actresses
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian television directors
- Canadian television hosts
- Canadian television producers
- Canadian voice actresses
- Canadian women television directors
- Canadian women television hosts
- Canadian women television producers
- Film directors from Toronto
- People from Etobicoke
- Black Canadian screenwriters
- 1978 births