Ali Liebert

Alison Dyan Liebert (born August 20, 1981)^{[citation needed]} is a Canadian actress, director, model and producer. She was a recipient of a Canadian Screen Award for work in the wartime series Bomb Girls.^[1]

Life and career

Liebert is a British Columbia native, born in Surrey^{[citation needed]} and raised in Duncan.^{[citation needed]} She has had a keen interest in performing from a young age.^{[citation needed]} After graduating from high school, Liebert attended the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria for two years^{[citation needed]} before moving to Vancouver to pursue her dream of becoming a successful television and film actress.^{[citation needed]} Her first major stage role was in the musical A Flask of Bourbon, playing the role of Veronica.^{[citation needed]}

Her television credits include roles on Fringe, The L Word, Kyle XY, Mech-X4 and a recurring role on Intelligence. In 2008, Liebert was cast as a lead in Sook-Yin Lee's film debut, Year of the Carnivore, the Cuba Gooding Jr. feature Hardwired as well as Blaine Thurier's A Gun to the Head. She also subsequently appeared in the second of three Molson Canadian commercials titled "It's an unwritten code in Canada...".^{[citation needed]} In 2012, Liebert's recent role as Betty, in the wartime miniseries Bomb Girls, received much critical acclaim including a Canadian Screen Award in 2015. Liebert is queer and has discussed using her work to support queer representation.^[2]

In 2011, Liebert founded Sociable Films, a boutique film production company based in Vancouver with Nicholas Carella and Michelle Ouellet.^{[citation needed]} Through her company, she has produced projects such as Afterparty,^[3] A Heart Unbroken, Salvator and This Feels Nice, currently^[when?] in post-production.^{[citation needed]}

She directed the 2022 television film The Holiday Sitter.^[4]

In 2023, Liebert acted opposite Humberly González in Friends and Family Christmas, The Hallmark Channel's first Christmas romantic comedy featuring a lesbian couple.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ "Academy of Canadian Screen and Television". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
2. ^ Werder, Corinne (23 February 2017). "Ali Liebert on Representing Herself and Other Queer Women on TV". Gomag.com. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
3. ^ Liebert, Ali (29 May 2014). "I HEART BRITISH COLUMBIA #WECREATEBC". Sociable Films. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
4. ^ V.S. Wells, "“About damn time”: Vancouver comedian Amy Goodmurphy on her role in Hallmark’s first queer Christmas movie". The Georgia Straight, December 8, 2022.
5. ^ "2012 nominees". leoawards.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
6. ^ "2013 nominees". leoawards.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
7. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards '15: Performance categories" at playbackonline.ca
8. ^ "2016 nominees". leoawards.com. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Ali Liebert at IMDb
• Sociable Films official website
• Ali Liebert on Star Biography