Nabil Rajo

Eritrean-Canadian actor

Nabil Rajo
Born	born in Asmara Eritrea
Occupation	actor
Awards	Canadian Screen Award

Nabil Rajo is an Eritrean-Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance in the film Boost,^[1] for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards,^[2] and received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards.

He was born in Asmara, Eritrea. He emigrated to Canada with his family at the age of six.^[3]

In 2017, he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Performance, Male in the Independent Theatre division for his performance in the Coal Mine Theatre production of Tracy Letts's play Superior Donuts.^[4] He has also appeared in supporting or guest roles in the television series Man Seeking Woman, Remedy, Rookie Blue and Suits.

References

^ "Le Québec brille aux prix Écrans canadiens". Le Devoir, January 17, 2018.
^ "Boost star Nabil Rajo wins Best Actor at Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News Montreal, March 10, 2018.
^ "Meet Eritrean Actor Nabil Rajo". The N2 Project.
^ "COME FROM AWAY and MATILDA Receive 14 Dora Award Nominations - See All The Nominees!". Broadway World, May 30, 2017.

External links

Nabil Rajo at IMDb

Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Film

Actor (1968–2021)

Gerard Parkes (1968)
No award (1969)
Doug McGrath and Paul Bradley (1970)
Jean Duceppe (1971)
Gordon Pinsent (1972)
Jacques Godin (1973)
No award (1974)
Stuart Gillard (1975)
André Melançon (1976)
Len Cariou (1977)
Richard Gabourie (1978)
Christopher Plummer (1980)
Thomas Peacocke (1981)
Nick Mancuso (1982)
Donald Sutherland (1983)
Eric Fryer (1984)
Gabriel Arcand (1985)
John Wildman (1986)
Gordon Pinsent (1987)
Roger Lebel (1988)
Jeremy Irons (1989)
Lothaire Bluteau (1990)
Rémy Girard (1991)
Tony Nardi (1992)
Tom McCamus (1993)
Maury Chaykin (1994)
David La Haye (1995)
William Hutt (1996)
Ian Holm (1997)
Roshan Seth (1998)
Bob Hoskins (1999)
Tony Nardi (2000)
Brendan Fletcher (2001)
Luc Picard (2002)
Rémy Girard (2003)
Roy Dupuis (2004)
Michel Côté (2005)
Roy Dupuis (2006)
Gordon Pinsent (2007)
Natar Ungalaaq (2008)
Joshua Jackson (2009)
Paul Giamatti (2010)
Mohamed Fellag (2011)
James Cromwell (2012)
Gabriel Arcand (2013)
Antoine Olivier Pilon (2014)
Jacob Tremblay (2015)
Stephan James (2016)
Nabil Rajo (2017)
Théodore Pellerin (2018)
Mark O'Brien (2019)
Michael Greyeyes (2020)
Liam Diaz (2021)

Actress (1968–2021)

Geneviève Bujold (1968)
No award (1969)
Geneviève Bujold (1970)
Ann Knox (1971)
Micheline Lanctôt (1972)
Geneviève Bujold (1973)
No award (1974)
Margot Kidder (1975)
Marilyn Lightstone (1976)
Monique Mercure (1977)
Helen Shaver (1978)
Kate Lynch (1980)
Marie Tifo (1981)
Margot Kidder (1982)
Rae Dawn Chong (1983)
Martha Henry (1984)
Louise Marleau (1985)
Margaret Langrick (1986)
Martha Henry (1987)
Sheila McCarthy (1988)
Jackie Burroughs (1989)
Rebecca Jenkins (1990)
Pascale Montpetit (1991)
Janet Wright (1992)
Sheila McCarthy (1993)
Sandra Oh (1994)
Helena Bonham Carter (1995)
Martha Henry (1996)
Molly Parker (1997)
Sandra Oh (1998)
Sylvie Moreau (1999)
Marie-Josée Croze (2000)
Élise Guilbault (2001)
Arsinée Khanjian (2002)
Sarah Polley (2003)
Pascale Bussières (2004)
Seema Biswas (2005)
Julie Le Breton (2006)
Julie Christie (2007)
Ellen Burstyn (2008)
Karine Vanasse (2009)
Lubna Azabal (2010)
Vanessa Paradis (2011)
Rachel Mwanza (2012)
Gabrielle Marion-Rivard (2013)
Anne Dorval (2014)
Brie Larson (2015)
Tatiana Maslany (2016)
Sally Hawkins (2017)
Émilie Bierre (2018)
Nahéma Ricci (2019)
Michelle Pfeiffer (2020)
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (2021)

Lead Performance in a Film
(2022–present)

Lamar Johnson (2022)

Canadian Film Awards 1968–1978, Genie Awards 1980-2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present.
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.