TORONTO — ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) announced today Eleanor Noble (above) has been elected by ACTRA’s national council to a two-year term as national president.
The election took place this past weekend during ACTRA’s national council meeting. Noble is replacing David Sparrow, who stepped down as ACTRA’s national president after serving in this role for four years. Sparrow will remain on ACTRA’s national council as past president.
An ACTRA Montreal councillor since 2006, Noble is currently vice-president of ACTRA Montreal and the chair of the ACTRA National Women’s Committee.
“Eleanor is actively committed to creating safe sets across Canada and broadening diversity in all aspects of our industry,” reads the press release announcing her election as national president. “She is the creator of the Casting Standards Committee in Montreal, which works with industry partners to improve the casting process. She also oversaw the adaptation of ACTRA National’s guide for Best Practices for Scenes Involving Nudity, Intimacy, Simulated Sex and Sexual Violence.”
Based in Montreal, Noble’s screen credits include Incendo’s Seasoned with Love, CBC’s Detectives, I.D.’s Fatal Vows, and APTN’s Mohawk Girls. Her voice performance credits include the series Arthur, Disney’s Trulli Tales, Netflix’s Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends and the video games Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, and Prince of Persia.
“I am looking forward to working with everyone and continuing to enhance our industry and keeping Canada on our screens. ACTRA members across this country are committed to protecting performers’ rights, strengthening our working conditions through collective bargaining and advocacy, and taking action to increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging,” said Noble, in the press release.
ACTRA’s national council, composed of 28 national councillors plus the national president and past president, is the principal policy-making council within the union. The national council is elected every two years with elected national councillors serving a two-year term. The national council is responsible to the entire membership and has a moral obligation to ensure its decisions adequately represent the national interests of all nine ACTRA branches, says the release.
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