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| birth_place      = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
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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 Vannicola''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] actor.<ref>"Vannicola says role as female jockey good for girls". [[Canadian Press]], 14 June 1995.</ref> They are most noted for their roles as Dr. Naadiah in ''[[Being Erica]]'' on Netflix, Dr. Mia Stone in ''[[PSI Factor]]'', Jerri in ''[[Love and Human Remains]]'', Sam in ''[[Stonewall (2015 film)|Stonewall]]'', Renee in ''[[Slasher (TV series)|Slasher: Guilty Party]]'', and Amber Ciotti in ''[[Slasher (TV series)|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" />
Vannicola came out as [[non-binary]] in their 2019 memoir ''All We Knew But Couldn't Say''.<ref name=wilner>Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/joanne-vannicola-all-we-knew-but-couldnt-say/ "Joanne Vannicola wants to push Canadian film beyond gender binaries"]. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', June 18, 2019.</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/}}</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>
==Background==
Born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]],<ref name=derby>"Montreal native keeps her seat in Derby movie". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', 15 June 1995.</ref> they began their career as a child, and moved to [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] in their teens to attend the Toronto School for the Performing Arts.<ref>"Joanne Vannicola is a winner: The Montreal-born actress, who stars in ABC-TV's Derby, has more than 30 roles to her credit and that ultimate TV calling card, an Emmy Award". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 17 June 1995.</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>
==Career==
Vannicola had their first prominent role in the teen drama series ''[[9B (TV series)|9B]]'', for which they received a [[Gemini Award]] nomination for Best Actress in a Continuing Dramatic Role in 1989.<ref>"Going for Gemini glory". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 26 October 1989.</ref> In 1991, they won an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Performance in a Children's Special in ''[[CBS Schoolbreak Special|Maggie's Secret]]'',<ref>"Daytime winners : Hughes, Bergman are winners Lucci loses again". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', 28 June 1991.</ref> and in 1994 they received a [[Genie Award]] nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for the film ''Love and Human Remains''.<ref>"Exotica dominates Genie nominations". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', 20 October 1994.</ref>