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| place_birth=Montreal, Quebec, Canada<ref name="lezwatch">{{Cite web |title=Jo Vannicola Actor Bio |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jo-vannicola/}}</ref> | | place_birth=Montreal, Quebec, Canada<ref name="lezwatch">{{Cite web |title=Jo Vannicola Actor Bio |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jo-vannicola/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530171133/https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jo-vannicola/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
| nationality=Canadian | | nationality=Canadian | ||
| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=joannevannicola|number=1172915600655560709|title=I’ll soon be updating my pronouns to They/them on my websites. It’s going to take some time but I want to be part of the change, to reflect the language that fits gender, those of us who are nonbinary & trans. #lgbtq #nonbinary #trans #gender #language|date=14 September 2019}}</ref> | | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=joannevannicola|number=1172915600655560709|title=I’ll soon be updating my pronouns to They/them on my websites. It’s going to take some time but I want to be part of the change, to reflect the language that fits gender, those of us who are nonbinary & trans. #lgbtq #nonbinary #trans #gender #language|date=14 September 2019}}</ref> | ||
| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="website">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola Official Website |author= |work= |date= |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.joannevannicola.com/}}</ref> | | gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="website">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola Official Website |author= |work= |date= |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.joannevannicola.com/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230302075836/http://www.joannevannicola.com/|archive-date= 17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
| occupation=actor, activist, author | | occupation=actor, activist, author | ||
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'''Joanne "Jo" Vannicola''' is a Canadian actor. Some of their roles include Dr. Naadiah in ''Being Erica'', Dr. Mia Stone in ''PSI Factor'', Jerri in ''Love and Human Remains'', Sam in ''Stonewall'', Renee in ''Slasher: Guilty Party'', and Amber Ciotti in ''Slasher: Solstice'', as well as voice roles in ''Crash Canyon'' and ''My Dad the Rock Star''. | '''Joanne "Jo" Vannicola''' is a Canadian actor. Some of their roles include Dr. Naadiah in ''Being Erica'', Dr. Mia Stone in ''PSI Factor'', Jerri in ''Love and Human Remains'', Sam in ''Stonewall'', Renee in ''Slasher: Guilty Party'', and Amber Ciotti in ''Slasher: Solstice'', as well as voice roles in ''Crash Canyon'' and ''My Dad the Rock Star''. | ||
In 2004, they founded the organization [https://www.youthoutloud.ca/ Youth Out Loud] to raise awareness of child sexual abuse.<ref name="lezwatch" /> | In 2004, they founded the organization [https://web.archive.org/web/20200810013653/https://www.youthoutloud.ca/ Youth Out Loud] to raise awareness of child sexual abuse.<ref name="lezwatch" /> | ||
Vannicola has been out as a [[lesbian]] for many years, and [[coming out|came out]] as nonbinary in 2018.<ref name="2018blog">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary, Trans, & Queer. The Film Biz. |author=Vannicola, Joanne |work=Joanne Vannicola Blog |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://joannevannicola.blog/2018/11/14/nonbinary-trans-queer-the-film-biz/}}</ref> As of 2020, they describe themself as "lesbian and or [[butch]] and or nonbinary".<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdvenfAUfh/ Instagram post], 15 June 2020</ref> | Vannicola has been out as a [[lesbian]] for many years, and [[coming out|came out]] as nonbinary in 2018.<ref name="2018blog">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary, Trans, & Queer. The Film Biz. |author=Vannicola, Joanne |work=Joanne Vannicola Blog |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://joannevannicola.blog/2018/11/14/nonbinary-trans-queer-the-film-biz/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120130430/https://joannevannicola.blog/2018/11/14/nonbinary-trans-queer-the-film-biz/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> As of 2020, they describe themself as "lesbian and or [[butch]] and or nonbinary".<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdvenfAUfh/ Instagram post], 15 June 2020</ref> | ||
They wrote about their life's struggles in their 2019 memoir ''All We Knew But Couldn't Say''<ref name="Wilner">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola wants to push Canadian film beyond gender binaries |last=Wilner |first=Norman |work=NOW Magazine |date=18 June 2019 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/joanne-vannicola-all-we-knew-but-couldnt-say/}}</ref>, which was nominated for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2020.<ref name="kobo_Sixt">{{Cite web |title=Sixth Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist Announced |author= |work=Kobo News |date=6 May 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.kobo.com/news/sixth-annual-rakuten-kobo-emerging-writer-prize-shortlist-announced }}</ref> | They wrote about their life's struggles in their 2019 memoir ''All We Knew But Couldn't Say''<ref name="Wilner">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola wants to push Canadian film beyond gender binaries |last=Wilner |first=Norman |work=NOW Magazine |date=18 June 2019 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/joanne-vannicola-all-we-knew-but-couldnt-say/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419000118/https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/joanne-vannicola-all-we-knew-but-couldnt-say/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, which was nominated for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2020.<ref name="kobo_Sixt">{{Cite web |title=Sixth Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist Announced |author= |work=Kobo News |date=6 May 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.kobo.com/news/sixth-annual-rakuten-kobo-emerging-writer-prize-shortlist-announced |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128082030/https://www.kobo.com/news/sixth-annual-rakuten-kobo-emerging-writer-prize-shortlist-announced |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"It was so hard for me my entire life to explain what that was. People would say 'Well just because you're a [[lesbian]] doesn't mean that you can't be [[feminine]]' [...] I didn't have the language growing up, and if I'd had the word nonbinary, I would have been able to say 'But I'm nonbinary.'"<ref name="WhatSheSaid">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola talks memoir 'All We Knew But Couldn’t Say' |author=WhatSheSaid Talk |work=YouTube |date=19 August 2019 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzgiGCSI0M}}</ref> | "It was so hard for me my entire life to explain what that was. People would say 'Well just because you're a [[lesbian]] doesn't mean that you can't be [[feminine]]' [...] I didn't have the language growing up, and if I'd had the word nonbinary, I would have been able to say 'But I'm nonbinary.'"<ref name="WhatSheSaid">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola talks memoir 'All We Knew But Couldn’t Say' |author=WhatSheSaid Talk |work=YouTube |date=19 August 2019 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzgiGCSI0M|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324002651/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzgiGCSI0M |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
"I must write about [[LGBTQ]] people and I must never stop being authentically me. Hiding, [[passing]], even acting or pretending to be anything other than queer and non-binary, is a road I never want to walk. Be brave lgbtq people. We are reflecting who we are for the next generation who need us to step up and take space, be visible."<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B6UYCzygS-k/ Instagram post], 20 December 2019</ref> | "I must write about [[LGBTQ]] people and I must never stop being authentically me. Hiding, [[passing]], even acting or pretending to be anything other than queer and non-binary, is a road I never want to walk. Be brave lgbtq people. We are reflecting who we are for the next generation who need us to step up and take space, be visible."<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B6UYCzygS-k/ Instagram post], 20 December 2019</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 01:28, 28 July 2023
| Date of birth | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Pronouns | they/them[2] |
| Gender identity | nonbinary[3] |
| Occupation | actor, activist, author |
Joanne "Jo" Vannicola is a Canadian actor. Some of their roles include Dr. Naadiah in Being Erica, Dr. Mia Stone in PSI Factor, Jerri in Love and Human Remains, Sam in Stonewall, Renee in Slasher: Guilty Party, and Amber Ciotti in Slasher: Solstice, as well as voice roles in Crash Canyon and My Dad the Rock Star.
In 2004, they founded the organization Youth Out Loud to raise awareness of child sexual abuse.[1]
Vannicola has been out as a lesbian for many years, and came out as nonbinary in 2018.[4] As of 2020, they describe themself as "lesbian and or butch and or nonbinary".[5]
They wrote about their life's struggles in their 2019 memoir All We Knew But Couldn't Say[6], which was nominated for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2020.[7]
Quotes[edit | edit source]
"It was so hard for me my entire life to explain what that was. People would say 'Well just because you're a lesbian doesn't mean that you can't be feminine' [...] I didn't have the language growing up, and if I'd had the word nonbinary, I would have been able to say 'But I'm nonbinary.'"[8]
"I must write about LGBTQ people and I must never stop being authentically me. Hiding, passing, even acting or pretending to be anything other than queer and non-binary, is a road I never want to walk. Be brave lgbtq people. We are reflecting who we are for the next generation who need us to step up and take space, be visible."[9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jo Vannicola Actor Bio". LezWatch.TV. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ @joannevannicola (14 September 2019). "I'll soon be updating my pronouns to They/them on my websites. It's going to take some time but I want to be part of the change, to reflect the language that fits gender, those of us who are nonbinary & trans. #lgbtq #nonbinary #trans #gender #language" – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Joanne Vannicola Official Website". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ Vannicola, Joanne (14 November 2018). "Nonbinary, Trans, & Queer. The Film Biz". Joanne Vannicola Blog. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ Instagram post, 15 June 2020
- ↑ Wilner, Norman (18 June 2019). "Joanne Vannicola wants to push Canadian film beyond gender binaries". NOW Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ "Sixth Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist Announced". Kobo News. 6 May 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ WhatSheSaid Talk (19 August 2019). "Joanne Vannicola talks memoir 'All We Knew But Couldn't Say'". YouTube. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ Instagram post, 20 December 2019
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