Amanda Brugel
(February 27th, 2010 (February 27 2010 - Toronto ON) Pointe Claire is a secluded community in that part of the island of Montreal named"the West Island. It is the West Island, to those not familiar with it, is a vast part that stretches from Lachine all the way west. The West Island is frequently referred to as the birthplace of Amanda Brugel but while that may be true, her time at the island was infrequent. Brugel was raised in Courtice close to Oshawa in Ontario. Early ambitions were to be performing, but she was able to outgrow her dance partners. In an article in the Toronto Star she admitted In heels, I'm 6 feet one inch. After I reached the point of outgrowing male dance partners, I stopped. For Brugel, it was the guidance of an instructor in drama from her high school which inspired her to take up acting. She was a teacher at the time who advised her to take on a part in the annual school production. She was the teacher who suggested that she play a character in the school's annual show. This Fine Arts Talent Scholarship led her to York University, where she completed her studies in Theatre and graduated with an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts in the year 2000. For the last twenty years, Brugel's career has seen her in more than 60 movies and TV productions. The most well-known role was as Rita (shown in the video below) in The Handmaid's Tale. Brugel is the only Canadian actor in the season 1 and appeared only at times.
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