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Eliza Martin is an award-winning Canadian actor (CAEA and ACTRA member), writer, and theatre creator.
Born and raised in the east end of Tkaronto (Toronto), Eliza studied Drama at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts before attending the University of Toronto and Sheridan College. She graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree (Theatre Specialist, English Major), and an Advanced Conservatory Diploma in Professional Actor Training (High Distinction). Throughout her acting career, Eliza has also performed, written, and created theatre. Her original works include O (United Solo Award Best Satire, All About Solo, Critics' Choice), Harvey & The Extraordinary (My Entertainment World — 2018 Critics' Pick Award Nominee, Outstanding Solo Performance) and BLOOM (Bad Hats Theatre, New Bad Ideas 2019 Creator in Residence). Her debut novel, Harvey and the Extraordinary, based on her play of the same name, was published by Annick Press in 2021 and translated into Czech in 2022. Her second and third books will be hitting bookshelves in 2027 and 2028 respectively. As a writer and creator, Eliza is drawn to work that is hopeful, imaginative, and inclusive— dreaming better worlds into being. |
Eliza began working with children and youth early in her career through arts and education. She holds a Master of Arts in Child and Youth Care (M.A. CYC) from Toronto Metropolitan University. Off the stage, screen, and page, she is proud to be an artist working in healthcare; she facilitates arts-based programming and blends creative disciplines in her therapeutic work with children and youth.
Eliza is a Toronto Monologue Slam Champion, and an alumna of the Hangar Theatre Lab Academy in Ithaca, New York.
Eliza’s other interests include yoga, camping, spin-cycling, dance, veggie burgers, and semi-constant coffee drinking. She is, unfortunately, notoriously irresponsible about library book returns. When not performing or writing, she can be found working with Purple Carrots Drama Studio, in Music and Arts at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, and in Creative Arts Therapy at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
Eliza is a Toronto Monologue Slam Champion, and an alumna of the Hangar Theatre Lab Academy in Ithaca, New York.
Eliza’s other interests include yoga, camping, spin-cycling, dance, veggie burgers, and semi-constant coffee drinking. She is, unfortunately, notoriously irresponsible about library book returns. When not performing or writing, she can be found working with Purple Carrots Drama Studio, in Music and Arts at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, and in Creative Arts Therapy at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
