Hannah Cheesman

Hannah Cheesman is a CSA-nominated actor, writer and filmmaker based in Toronto and LA. Named one of Playback's "Five to Watch" and a TIFF Emerging Canadian Filmmaker, Hannah's hit digital series "Whatever, Linda" has won 16 awards worldwide, including top prize at Cannes' inaugural 'Canneseries In Development' competition. The series is in development as an hourlong cable series with Bell Media, alongside EP Graeme Manson (showrunner "Orphan Black", TNT's "Snowpiercer"). Most recently, Hannah's short film "Succor" premiered at TIFF 2020, starring Deragh Campbell ("Anne at 13,000 Feet") and Michaela Kurimsky ("Firecrackers"). Her other shorts have shown at such festivals as TIFF, Cannes "Coup de Coeur", Palm Springs Shortsfest, Whistler, Miami, Maryland, selling to Europe, Japan and Canada. Notably, her short film "Cheese" has shown at over 20 film festivals across the globe, winning 3 awards; and "Emmy" won the A&E best short film award. Hannah's first feature film as a co-director, "The Definites", showed at festivals across North America and is now available on Crave in Canada and Amazon worldwide. As a writer, Hannah has worked on such shows as "Workin' Moms" (Netflix) and "Find Me in Paris" (Hulu), as well as in the writers room of "Orphan Black" (BBCA/Bell). In 2019, Hannah debuted on CBS All Access' second season of "Star Trek: Discovery", as Airiam 2.5 to great acclaim. Hannah can also be seen on such shows as "Schitt's Creek", Syfy's "Defiance", "Murdoch Mysteries" and "It" franchise director-producer team's first feature film "Mama" (EP Guillermo del Toro). As of 2021, Hannah is in post-production for feature thriller "The Boathouse" starring Alan Van Sprang and Michaela Kurimsky.