Voted one of Hello! Canada magazines 50 Most Beautiful, Actor Amanda Brugel broke onto the world stage, playing the highly acclaimed role of Officer Parker in the Academy Award winning feature film, Room. She currently stars in the summer box office hit, Becky, opposite Kevin James. Upcoming features include, Like a House On Fire and Darren.
On the small screen, Brugel has forged an uncommon path, balancing award-winning roles in both comedic and dramatic series, including Orphan Black, for which Brugel won the 2015 Black Canadian Award for Best Actress. Since 2016, Brugel has dominated television screens in a number of critically acclaimed series, including her Canadian Screen Award winning turn in Workin’ Moms, the CBC’s hit comedy, Kim’s Convenience, and Hulu’s worldwide sensation, The Handmaid’s Tale, which she has been nominated for a 2020 Screen Actors Guild Ensemble Award. Most recently, Brugel has joined two new casts; TNT’s dystopian drama , Snowpiercer, and USA Network’s YA thriller Dare Me. She just made history on CBC’s Canada Reads, becoming the first female defender to champion a female-authored winning book.
Amanda is represented by Samantha Haywood and Chelene Knight.