Jamillah Ross

Jamillah Ross is a Canadian comedian, actress, and singer-songwriter. She trained through Toronto's The Second City and has performed in improvisation troupes and on stage, television and film. She was in the cast of Show Stopping Number which won a Canadian Comedy Award (CCA) for best improvisational troupe.
== Career[edit] ==
Ross started working at Toronto's The Second City comedy club as a server[1] then joined the touring company performing in The Ice Cream Man Cometh and The Puck Stops Here. In May 2003 she returned to Toronto[2][3] and performed in The Second City's production Armaget-It-On [4] which was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award (CCA).[5] Ross later wrote and starred in three consecutive headlining shows on the company's main stage.[1]
In 2006, Ross played Sour Kangaroo in a production of Seussical at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People.[6] The following year, she appeared in Show Stopping Number: The Improvised Musical [1] which won the CCA for best improv troupe. She was twice nominated for the CCA for best female improvisor.[7][8] Ross later performed as a member of improv troupe The Dandies.[9][10]
Ross took part in improvised hidden-camera TV shows Scare Tactics, Howie Do It and Fool Canada. She also had small roles on Toronto-based scripted shows including Flashpoint, Lost Girl, Rookie Blue, Orphan Black, Killjoys, and Kim's Convenience. She also appeared in the feature films Picture Day and Pay the Ghost.[1]
In 2018, critic Lin Young praised Ross's energy, comedic timing and singing voice in the comedic musical Rumspringa Break! [11] Ross was also well received in her starring role in the Toronto Fringe Festival production St. Peon Of The People, a walkabout show in which she played a parking enforcement officer leading the audience on Queen Street West, written and directed by Caroline Azar .[12][13] Ross received an honourable mention for her performance in the play at Toronto's 2019 SummerWorks theatre festival.[14]
== Personal life[edit] ==
Ross is married to Sean Fisher[1] a.k.a. Suga Jam, a Toronto-based comedian, music director and actor. Her music projects are collaborations with Fisher who also produced Show Stopping Number.[1][7]
== Works[edit] ==
=== Film[edit] ===
* Picture Day (2012) – Gym teacher[1]
* Pay the Ghost (2015) – Rhonda[1]
* PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021) – Camerawoman
* Firestarter (2022) – Officer Pierce[15]
=== Television[edit] ===
* The Toronto Show (2003) – Sassy Neighbour
* Popcultured (2005) – herself[1]
* Scare Tactics[1]
* Mayday (2008)[1]
* Howie Do It (2009)
* Flashpoint (2009) – Wendy
* Orphan Black (2013) – ND Officer[1]
* Cracked (2013) – Uniform
* Rookie Blue (2014) – Landlady
* Lost Girl (2011) – Gladys
* Killjoys (2015–2016) – Delle Seyah's Guard[1]
* Beauty & the Beast (2016) – Female announcer
* Fool Canada (2015)[1]
* The Expanse (2016) – Belter woman
* Kim's Convenience (2016–2017) – Ranisha
* Baroness von Sketch Show (2017–2020)[15]
* Saving Hope (2017) – Officer Jones
* The Good Doctor (2021) – Mildred St. Marry[16]
* Chucky (2021) – Gladys Kravitz[citation needed]
=== Stage[edit] ===
* Armaget-it-On (2003)[17]
* Invasion Free Since 1812 (2005)[18]
* Seussical (2006) – Sour Kangaroo[6]
* A Freudian Slip of the Jung[1]
* Show Stopping Number: The Improvised Musical (2007)[1]
* Legs Crossed Hands On Your Lap (2015) – various roles[19]
* Falling Angel (2017) – God[19]
* Rumspringa Break! (2018) – Cinnamon, other roles[19]
* St. Peon of the People (2018–2019) – Officer Rita Mae Nelson[19]
=== Discography[edit] ===
* The Very Best of Love and Death (2002) – vocals[1]
* Suga's Last Stand (2008)[1]
* It's All About Christmas Time (2014 single)[1]
Category:Actresses
Category:Canadian actresses
Category:Film actresses