Aliya Kanani

Aliya Kanani is a Canadian actress and comedian from Toronto, Ontario.[1] She is most noted for her performance as Ms. Hina in the 2021 film Scarborough, for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[2]

In 2022, she premiered the one-woman comedy show Where You From, From? at the Toronto Fringe Festival,[1] and appeared in the film Concrete Valley.[3]

References
  1. Karen Fricker, "With a winning smile, Aliya Kanani drops truth bombs at the Fringe festival about doing comedy as a Muslim woman". Toronto Star, July 12, 2022.
  2. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  3. Pat Mullen, "Concrete Valley Review: Straddling Two Worlds". Point of View, September 12, 2022.


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