| Raven Dauda | |
| Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Raven Dauda is a Canadian writer and actor. She has appeared in numerous roles in film and television, and wrote and starred in a one-woman show, Addicted.
Dauda was born in Ottawa in 1973 to a Jamaican mother and a father from Sierra Leone. She attended Studio 58, but did not complete the program.[1]
Dauda gained recognition in the Toronto theatre scene for her performance as Esther in Intimate Apparel in 2008.
In 2018, Dauda's one-woman show, Addicted, premiered with Adedo Collective and Watah Theatre. She began creating the work while studying the Anitafrika method at the Watah theatre under d'bi young anitafrika.[2] The play follows Penelope Day, an alcoholic with a family history of addiction, who checks herself into a rehab centre. The play was written to be the first part of a trilogy.[3] In March 2024, Dauda brought Addicted to Halifax's Neptune Theatre.[4]
| 2009 | Dora Mavor Moore Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role in a Play or Musical | [5] | ||||
| Doubt, a parable | [6] | ||||||
| 2018 | Outstanding Performance Female | Addicted | Produced by Adedo Collective and The Watah Theatre | [7] | |||
| 2023 | ACTRA Awards | Outstanding Performance – Gender Non-Conforming or Female | Five Days at Memorial, “Day Five” | For her portrayal of Angela McManus | [8] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2024 | Dr. Tracy Pollard | Recurring role (17 episodes) | ||
| 2023 | Spellbound | Ginger Jones | ||
| 2019–2023 | Hudson & Rex | Jan Renley | ||
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial | Angela McManus | Mini-series | |
| 2022 | The Hardy Boys | Deputy Con Riley | ||
| 2022 | Agent Wagner and Agent Smartlit | Voice | ||
| 2021 | Titans | GCPD Administrator | ||
| 2021 | The Hot Zone | Dr. Halstrom | ||
| 2020–2021 | Nurses | Nurse Nadine | ||
| 2019–2021 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Mrs. Clayton | Voice | |
| 2020 | Utopia Falls | Reia | ||
| 2020 | The Umbrella Academy | Odessa | ||
| 2020 | Grand Army | Nicole Jackson | ||
| 2020 | Spinning Out | Nancy Stevens | ||
| 2018–2020 | Murdoch Mysteries | Sarah Johnston | ||
| 2018 | Condor | Hoyle | ||
| 2018 | The Expanse | Nono Volovodov | ||
| 2017 | Salvation | Harris's Secretary | ||
| 2017 | Top Wing | Rhonda | Voice | |
| 2014–2017 | Annedroids | Maggie Clegg | ||
| 2013 | Nikita | Miriam Hasan | ||
| 2007–2009 | da Kink in my Hair | Lara | ||
| 2007 | Across the River to Motor City | Jessie Preacher | ||
| 2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | Shane | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Paradise Falls | Kelly Fairview | ||
| 2003 | Claire | |||
| 2000 | Janice | TV movie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gloria | |||
| 2019 | Life Support | Jogger[9] | Short | |
| 2022 | Stay the Night | Claire |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | da Kink in my Hair | Sharmaine | Mirvish Productions[10] | |
| 2008 | Intimate Apparel | Esther Mills | Obsidian Theatre | |
| 2008 | Wild Dogs | Rachel | Nightwood Theatre[11] | |
| 2009 | Miss Julie: Freedom Summer | Christine | Canadian Stage Company and Vancouver Playhouse | |
| 2009 | Mrs. Muller | Canadian Stage | ||
| 2010 | Intimate Apparel | Esther Mills | Canadian Stage and Obsidian Theatre[12] | |
| 2012 | The Penelopiad | Antinous / Maid | Nightwood Theatre[13] | |
| 2013 | 4.48 Psychosis | Doctor | Necessary Angel Theatre Company[14] | |
| 2016 | Up The Garden Path | Amelia | Obsidian Theatre[15] | |
| 2018 | Addicted | All characters and playwright | Adedo Collective and The Watah Theatre | |
| 2020 | The Events | Clair | Necessary Angel Theatre Company[16] | |
| 2024 | Addicted | All characters and playwright | Neptune Theatre |