VEENA SOOD is an award-winning actress, known for her versatility in theatre, film/TV, & Improv. Working with Improv master teacher Keith Johnstone for the past 35 years, & a co-founder of Theatresports, Veena has developed effective tools to unlock creativity and spontaneity. Veena been an Improv for Actors instructor at the Motion Picture Arts programme at Capilano University, has been an onset acting coach, & taught Improv workshops to the animators of Lucas Film & Disney. Veena was the Co-Artistic Director of Keith Johnstone’s The Life Game™ Vancouver, which she co-produced 10 podcast episodes for CBC. She works with Women In The Directors’ Chair (WIDC), where she co-designed the Working with Actors module.

 

You can see Veena in numerous television/film productions such as Children Ruin Everything, Allegiance, Wedding Season (Netflix), Twilight Zone, & the indie films Corner Office & With Love & A Major Organ. Veena has been honored by UBCP/ACTRA with The Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award, she is a recipient of The North Shore Fund for the Arts for a Distinguished Artists’ Award, & UBCP/ACTRA also awarded Veena the Sam Payne Award for her contributions in humanity, artistic integrity and encouragement of new talent.

 

She is also a UBCP/ACTRA Awards nominee/winner, a Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards nominee/winner, as well as a Leo Award nominee/winner for her film/television work over the years