Английская Википедия:Bilal Baig
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Pp-pc Шаблон:Infobox person Bilal Baig is a Canadian writer and actor. They are best known for their play Acha Bacha and CBC series Sort Of (2021–2023).[1]
Early life
Baig was raised in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.[2]
Career
Acha Bacha, a play which centers on a non-binary Pakistani-Canadian person struggling to reconcile their gender with their Muslim upbringing,[3] was staged in a joint production by Theatre Passe Muraille and Buddies in Bad Times in 2018, and presented at Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace.[4][5]
Baig is the co-creator, a co-writer, and star of Sort Of, a CBC Television comedy series centering on a genderfluid character.[1] Baig is the first queer South Asian Muslim actor to lead a Canadian primetime television series.[6] The series premiered on CBC in 2021.[6]
Sort Of was the top winner overall in television categories at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 and Baig shared the award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series with writing partner Fab Filippo. Baig had declined to submit their performance for 2022 award consideration due to the gendered categories of Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[7] Subsequently, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced that beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, gender-neutral awards for Best Performance will be presented instead of gendered actor and actress categories[8] Baig was the winner of the inaugural Canadian Screen Award for Best Leading Performance in a Comedy Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, in addition to their second award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series, again shared with Fab Fillipo.[9]
Theatre credits
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Director(s) | Шаблон:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Acha Bacha | Playwright | Theatre Passe Muraille | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Center |
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2023 | Sort Of | Sabi Mehboob | Lead/Creator |
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Шаблон:Ref heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gotham Independent Film Awards | Outstanding Performance in a New Series | Шаблон:Nom | [10] [11] | |
| 2022 | Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Sort Of | Шаблон:Nom | [12] |
| 2022 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Writing, Comedy | Bilal Baig, Fab Filippo | Шаблон:Won | [13] |
| 2023 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Lead Performer, Comedy | Bilal Baig | Шаблон:Won | [14] |
| 2023 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Writing, Comedy | Bilal Baig, Fab Filippo | Шаблон:Won | [15] |
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 "Entertainment news: New CBC comedy will star genderqueer playwright Bilal Baig as a gender-fluid millennial". Toronto Star, 15 October 2020.
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<ref>; для сносокborn-raisedне указан текст - ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Review: With Acha Bacha, there’s no time like the present". The Globe and Mail, 7 February 2018.
- ↑ Jose Teodoro, "Acha Bacha explores queer South Asian-Canadian life with humour and heart" Шаблон:Webarchive. Now, 8 February 2018.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Sadaf Ahsan, "Trans, non-binary actors push for more recognition as awards season approaches". Toronto Star, 20 June 2022.
- ↑ Joseph Pugh, "Canadian Screen Awards switching to gender-neutral performance categories". CBC News, August 25, 2022.
- ↑ "The Porter, Sort Of showered in awards on the CSAs' final night". CBC News, 14 April 2023.
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