Briar Knowles

Briar Knowles

  • Height: 5'2"
  • Weight: 105Lbs
  • ACTRA
  • BAEA
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videos(2)
  • Briar Knowles Demo Reel May 202502:22
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  • Briar Knowles Fight Demo 202201:18
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  • Briar Knowles - Commercial Demo Audio.mp401:08
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  • Animation Demo - Briar Knowles 202300:00
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Represented by
KB Artists Management
Karen Bernstein - Toronto
416-302-6632
KB Artists Management
Commercial - Toronto
Film/Television
  • DELIVERY GIRL CATCHES HUSBAND CHEATING
    Lead
    ReidFramed Studios/Claudel Désir
  • BAD NEIGHBOURS (Miniseries)
    Actor
    ReidFramed Studios/Elio Castello
  • EVIL STEPMOM REFUSES TO FEED CHILD
    Principal
    ReidFramed Studios/Janet Lane
  • PRISM (Short)*
    Lead
    Torotomo Lab/Gina Hara
  • THROUGH THE DOORWAY (Short)
    Principal
    Sheridan College/Hannah Roposo
  • THE LAST GOODBYE (Short)**
    Lead
    Humber College/William F . White Int. Inc
  • WIFI (Short)
    Actor
    Travelling Players/Ted Sakowsky
  • HAND OF GOD (Short)
    Principal
    Sheridan College/Adham Kassem
  • DRAIN (Short)
    Lead Principal
    MooMooKaChu/Stanley Walton
  • SAFE SPACE (Short)
    Actor
    Moon Rush Productions/Luna van Velzen
  • VIDERE (Short)
    Actor
    Sheridan College/Davin Dmitruk-Cook
  • SYSTEMIC (Short)
    Lead
    Wreckoning Prod./T. Pardo & E. Hoyle
  • INFESTED! HOSTILE TAKEOVERS (Season 2)
    Principal
    Darlow Smithson Productions/Ben Mole
Theatre
  • YOU***
    Amelia/Lucy
    Stockwell Playhouse/Stanley Walton
  • STILL I SEE MY BABY
    Various
    Wandsworth Arts Fringe/Peter Taylor
  • WELCOME TO THEBES
    Phaeax
    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts/ K. Henry
  • LOVE’S LABOURS LOST
    Don Adriano de Armado
    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts/O. Senton
  • FROZEN
    Agnetha
    Mountview Academy/S. Knowles-Dixon
  • FESTEN
    Little Girl
    Mountview Academy/C. Westenra
  • UNCLE VANYA
    Marina
    Alumnae Theatre/ Kathryn Binnersley
  • THEATRE OF THE FILM NOIR
    Inspector Clair
    CDPTS/University of Toronto/Ésme Coyle
  • AGE OF AROUSAL
    Rhoda Nunn
    CDPTS/ K. Lynch & D. Jansen
  • US & THEM
    B3
    CDPTS/University of Toronto/P. Furgiuele
  • THREE SISTERS (Scenes)
    Olga/Anfisa
    CDPTS/University of Toronto/Steven Bush
  • ALBERTINE IN FIVE TIMES (Scenes)
    Albertine at 30
    CDPTS/University of Toronto/Ken Gass
  • URINETOWN
    Ensemble
    UC Follies/Neil Silcox
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
  • *Official selection of the Dufferin Film Festival 2024,
    Mirror Mountain Film Festival 2025,
    HB Film Festival 2025,
  • Iris Film Festival 2025
  • **Official selection of the Hollywood North International Film Festival,
    Milton Film Festival
    CanadaShorts Film Festival Semi-Finalist
  • Alternative Film Festival Best SciFi Short Nominee
    Toronto Film and Script Awards Nominee
    Couch Film Festival 2024 Winner Best Film
  • Kalakari Film Fest,
    Lift-Off Global Network Sessions 2024
  • ***Winner of both Judges and Audience Choice Wandsworth Arts Fringe London, UK
Training
  • 2015-2016
    MA in Acting - Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (London, UK)
  • 2014-2015
    Manitoulin Conservatory of Creation and Performance
  • 2008-2013
    HBA in Theatre & English - University of Toronto
  • On-Camera:
    Jeb Beach & Sara Kay, Lewis Baumander & Steven Yaffee (On-Camera, LB Studio), Compass Arts (Holly Renaut, Yago Carldalda, based in Spain), Michael Caruana (Certificate Program), Sears and Switzer (Commercial Workshop), Stuart Parkins (Mountview)
  • Acting
    Jacqui Somerville (Mountview), Russell Sams (Actor’s Way In Workshop), Ken Gass, Kate Lynch, David Jansen, Banuta Rubess, Steven Bush, Martha Ross (CDTPS)
  • Accents:
    Holly Renaut (Compass Arts), Sarah Holden-Boyd (Mountview), Joy Juckes (Lewis Baumander)
  • Theatrical Voice:
    Cath Baxter & James Gitsham (Mountview), Cindy Block, Michael Connolly
  • Movement:
    Martin Coles & Ruth Naylor-Smith (Mountview), Sally Lyons, Julia Aplin, Banuta Rubess
  • Stage Combat:
    True Edge (London, UK, BADC), Marcello Marascalchi (Mountview, BADC), Daniel Levinson (Rapier Wit FDC), Casey Hudecki (Rapier Wit and CDTPS, FDC), Simon Fon (CDTPS, FDC)
  • Recorded Voice:
    Harry Myers (Mountview), Holly Renaut (Compass Arts), Yago Carldalda (Compass Arts), Mike Kirby (Voiceworx)
  • Theatrical Clown:
    John Turner and Michael Kennard (Manitoulin Conservatory), Leah Cherniak (CDTPS), Fiona Griffiths
  • Singing:
    Philip Raymond & Sherril Gow (Mountview), Robin Guy, Yago Carldada (Compass Arts)
  • Dance:
    Paul Harris (Mountview: traditional English, Salsa, Waltz, Polka)
  • Improvisation:
    Richard Vincent (Mountview)
  • Commedia:
    Teatro Punto (workshop)
Special Skills
  • Accents: Canadian, General American, RP, Heightened RP, London, Southern American, Scottish, Irish
  • Piano, Singing (Mezzo-Soprano), Dance (Historical, Ballroom & Jazz), Stage Combat, Horse Riding, G License (Standard & Automatic), Yoga, Skiing, Swimming
Special skills
Canoeing, Climbing, Horseback Riding, Ice Skating, Kayak, Skiing, Downhill Racing, Moguls, Recreation, Swimming, Back Stroke, Piano, Mezzo Soprano, Automobile, British, Canadian, South American, American, Northern Ontario, English (US), Arts, Drawing, Painting, Cooking, Pochinko Clowning, Stage-Combat
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