Nancy Kenny

Originally from Bathurst (NB) on the traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq, Nancy Kenny (she/her) is a fluently bilingual (French/English) actor, writer and producer who splits her time between Halifax/Kjipuktuk and Toronto/Tkaronto.

With an academic background in both theatre and political science, Nancy’s focus has always been on telling stories that investigate the role of women in society. As a recovering alcoholic, she is also driven to explore the effects of trauma and addiction through familial generations using a darkly comedic lens. As an Acadian who switches from French to English with ease, she loves to play with language duality and is currently interested in bilingual (or multilingual) productions.

Nancy is best known as the creator and solo performer of the award-winning and critically acclaimed, Roller Derby Saved My Soul (Canadian Comedy Award nominee – Best One Person Show), and Everybody Dies in December (Outstanding Individual Performance – London Fringe Festival; Best Drama – Halifax Fringe Festival).

She is also the creator and executive producer of On the Fringe, a feature-length documentary about touring the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit. On the Fringe received its official theatrical premiere at NorthWest Fest in Edmonton in May 2022, and won the award for Best Documentary Film through the 2023 Nova Scotia Screen Awards.

Acting credits include From, Mont-Rouge, and the indie feature Skite’kmujuekati’kw (Place of Ghosts). TV writing credits include En résidence and Garde partagée for UnisTV, and L’histoire sans faim for TFO. Her short film, Six Feet Over, recently won the Robert Bertrand Award for Comedic Genius and she is currently adapting her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Roller Derby Saved My Soul, into a series.

Current projects include:

• Development of Roller Derby Saved My Soul into a 13 episode series – pilot and pitch deck available
• I Don’t Feel Pretty / Chu pas assez cute, a bilingual absurdist dark comedy play with assistance from Pat the Dog Theatre Creators (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) and Theatre Passe Muraille (Toronto, ON)

• Histoire sans faim (2025) - Writer
• Mont-Rouge (2025) - Actor
• Garde partagée S2 (2025) - Writer
• En Résidence S1 (2024) - Writer/Actor
• Sullivan's Crossing S1 (2023) - Actor
• On the Fringe (2022) - Executive Producer
• Moonshine (Season 2 & 3) (2021-2022) - Stand-in
• Zik (2022) - Actor
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