Known for Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1970
Place of Birth
Giamaica
Biography
Yanna McIntosh (born 1970) is a Jamaican-born Canadian stage, film and television actress. Yanna honed her craft at the University of Toronto and the American Repertory Theatre Institute at Harvard University. Her teaching roles at the National Theatre School and Humber College included directing students in acclaimed productions like Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Richard III. Her portrayal of Pat Barrows in the 2006 TV movie "Doomstown" earned her a 2007 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role. Notably, McIntosh made history in 2011 as the inaugural recipient of the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in "Ruined," which also garnered her a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance. She had previously won Doras for her roles in Florence Gibson’s "Belle" and Athol Fugard’s "Valley Song."

Suits

The Expanse

Titans

Private Eyes

Cross

The Listener

Hemlock Grove

Due South

Killjoys

Republic of Doyle

Pretty Hard Cases

Nurses

This Is Wonderland

Three Pines

Diggstown

Remedy

Y: The Last Man

Hell Motel

Work It Out Wombats!

The Line