Miriam McDonald
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| Miriam MacDonald | |
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.jpg/220px-Emma_Nelson_(Season_5).jpg) Miriam MacDonald as Emmaline Nelson in season 5 of Degrassi |
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| Born | Miriam Kataerine MacDonald July 26, 1987  Oakville, Ontario |
Miriam Katharine MacDonald (born July 26, 1987 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, best known as Emmaline Nelson of the hit television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.
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[edit] Biography
Miriam MacDonald was born in the Canadian town of Oakville, Ontario. In addition to acting, she is also an accomplished dancer who practices ballet, hip hop, tap and jazz dancing. She was awarded a dancing scholarship at the prestigious Canadian Children's Dance Theatre located in Toronto.
She has taken acting classes with renowned television actor Dean Armstrong.
[edit] Career
Despite her abilities as a dancer, McDonald focused on acting, landing a short-time period job in the hit series, System Crash, in 1999. McDonald found a niche as a voice-over actress, after she was cast in 2001 to participate in a cartoon series named Ripping Friends. She has done a total of 39 voice-over jobs.
In 2001, she was cast as Emma Nelson, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation, a spin-off of the successful Degrassi series. It is currently in its seventh season on CTV in Canada. In 2002, American youth television giant Nickelodeon bought the rights to air Degrassi: The Next Generation in the United States. The show was one of the first to be placed on The N, Nickelodeon's television network geared toward teenagers. The show became an overnight success, giving McDonald fame in Canada as well as the U.S.
In 2004, she played Dawn Gensler in the made-for-television movie She's Too Young. She also has a guest role on the Disney channel show Naturally, Sadie as Heidi.
She also recently appeared in Katy Perry's music video for 'I Kissed A Girl'.
[edit] Selected filmography
| Year | Film/television | Role |
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| 1999 | System Crash | Unknown |
| 2001 | Pecola | Unknown episodes |
| 2001 | Ripping Friends | Voice |
| 2001–present | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Emma Nelson |
| 2004 | She's Too Young | Dawn Gensler |
| 2004 | Blue Murder | Lucy Wentworth |
| 2007 | Naturally, Sadie | Heidi (guest star) |
| 2007 | The Poet | Willa |
| 2007 | Devil's Diary | Heather Gray |
| 2008 | Poison Ivy 4: The Secret Society | Daisy |
