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Ann-Marie MacDonald
Canadian playwright, novelist, actress and broadcast journalist
For the Irish cricketer, see Anne-Marie McDonald.
Ann-Marie MacDonaldOC (born October 29, 1958) is a Canadianplaywright, author, actress, and broadcast host who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Life and career
MacDonald is the daughter of a member of Canada's military; she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany. She is of partial Lebanese descent through her mother.[1]
MacDonald won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for her first novel, Fall on Your Knees (1996),[2] which was selected for Oprah Winfrey's Book Club in January 2002.[3]
MacDonald received the Governor General's Award for Drama,[4] the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award,[5] and the Canadian Authors Association Drama Award[6] for her play, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).
MacDonald hosted the CBC documentary series Life and Tim Ive heard the mermaids singing!