Nicole Stamp facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Nicole Stamp
Stamp at Fan Expo Canada in 2017
Born	1978 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress filmmaker television host playwright
Years active	2004-present

Nicole Stamp is a talented Canadian director, actor, filmmaker, writer, and TV host. She has worked on many popular shows and projects.

Nicole Stamp's Career Journey

Nicole Stamp is known for her work as a writer, director, actress, and TV host. Her projects have been nominated for 6 Canadian Screen Awards. These awards are a big deal in Canadian television and film! She has been recognized in four different areas: as a director, writer, host, and even for creating a whole series.

Teaching Kids About Media

Nicole is the creator, co-producer, writer, and host of a show called Media Stamped. This show helps kids learn how to understand and think critically about the media they see every day. Media Stamped was made by Sinking Ship Entertainment for Telus Optik. It has been nominated for several awards, including a Writers Guild of Canada Award for best script for teens, a Youth Media Alliance Award, and three Canadian Screen Awards. These nominations include Best Series and Best Host for Nicole herself!

Early Days in Television

Nicole started her career at TVOntario, a Canadian educational TV channel. She co-hosted The SPACE for six seasons, which was a popular afternoon show. She also hosted the Ontario Championships of Reach For The Top from 2004 to 2009. This was a quiz show where students competed.

Nicole also wrote and starred in EnviroGirl, where she played an educational superhero! TVOntario won an award called the "Best Interactive" Gemini Award for Time Trackers. This was a history show hosted by Nicole, where she also voiced many cartoon characters. She also co-hosted Word Wizard, which was nominated for a Gemini Award too. Overall, shows Nicole hosted or starred in won two Gemini Awards and received six nominations.

Comedy and Voice Acting

Nicole also performed with The Second City's Canadian National Touring Company for two seasons. This group is famous for its funny improv comedy shows.

She has also directed and hosted many interviews with stars on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Nicole has lent her voice to many characters. She was the voice of Police Cadet Sanders in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race. She has also voiced characters for the video game company Ubisoft. In the animated film Interregnum, she voiced characters in a story about Rene Carmille, a brave Frenchman who saved many people during World War II. She also voices two snakes, Laziel and Raziel, in a Cartoon Network pilot called The Wonderful Wingits.

Writing and Acting Highlights

As a writer, Nicole's essays have been published by CNN and in the National Post newspaper. She created a one-person show called BETTER PARTS. Critics loved it, calling it "intoxicatingly written and joyously performed." Nicole has also been invited to join special writing groups at famous theatres like the Tarragon Theatre.

As an actress, Nicole is well-known around the world for playing Melanippe "Mel" Callis in the web series Carmilla. This show has been watched over 70 million times! She also played Stamper in another award-winning web series called Tactical Girls.

In 2016, Nicole directed and co-hosted Inside Between. This was a digital after-show for the Netflix drama Between. In 2017, she returned as Melanippe "Mel" Callis in The Carmilla Movie, which continued the story from the web series. In 2020, Nicole appeared in the Netflix series Locke & Key as Nurse Ruth.

Nicole grew up in Toronto. She went to Richview Collegiate Institute and earned a degree in Theatre and English from the University of Toronto.

Nicole Stamp's Filmography

TV Shows

Awards and Nominations