The best in Canadian film and television was honoured again on Sunday (March 31) evening with the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards. This year’s big winners included Anne with an E, which took home seven awards, and Schitt’s Creek. Meanwhile, A Colony | Une colonie won for Best Motion Picture.
Anne with an E was named Best Drama Series, and its star, 17-year-old Amybeth McNulty, also won the Best Lead Actress, Drama award. But she wasn’t the only teenager to win! Émilie Bierre, who is just 14, was awarded a trophy for Best Lead Actress, Film for her work on A Colony | Une colonie.
Amybeth McNulty won big for her role on Anne with an E. Photo: © George Pimentel/Getty Images
Schitt’s Creek’s cast was presented with the Best Comedy Series award, while its star Catherine O’Hara took home her fourth consecutive Canadian Screen Award. That achievement ties her with Schitt’s Creek co-star Emily Hampshire, making them the first Canadian comedic actresses to win four awards.
Canadian comedy legends Mary Walsh and Kids in the Hall were honoured with the Earle Grey Award and Academy Icon Award, respectively. Mary made an appropriately hilarious acceptance speech, and she spoke about the happiness she experiences in growing older: “It’s been wonderful to be an older woman because as an older woman, you get the opportunity to stop always straining to be the object of someone else’s desire and you finally get the chance to be the subject of your own life, and that’s when you can really, really start to live.”
Academy Icon award winners Kids in the Hall. Photo: © George Pimentel/Getty Images
Kids in the Hall brought an unidentified older woman on stage, who pretended to be Mark McKinney in costume. The funny sketch ended with the other Kids discovering she wasn’t actually Mark, and her riding a mobility scooter off the stage in mock “shame.”
Director Deepa Mehta won the Lifetime Achievement Award for her impressive body of work, which includes the Oscar-nominated Water.
Stephan James picked up the inaugural Radius Award for his achievements outside Canada. Just in the last year, Stephan has starred in If Beale Street Could Talk and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in Homecoming.
Scroll down to see some of the key winners of this year's Canadian Screen Awards...
FILMLifetime Achievement Award: Deepa Mehta
Radius Award: Stephan James
Best Motion Picture | Meilleur filmFamily First | Chien de gardeWINNER: A Colony | Une colonieThe Great Darkened Days | La grande noirceurGenesis | GenèseJust a Breath Away | Dans la brume
Best Lead Actress, FilmBrigitte Poupart, Les Salopes or The Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin | Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peauWINNER: Émilie Bierre, A Colony | Une colonieCarla Turcotte, SashinkaValeria Henríquez, The PadreRose-Marie Perreault, Fake Tattoos | Les faux tatouages
Best Lead Actor, FilmWINNER: Théodore Pellerin, Family First | Chien de gardeMichael Rowe, Crown and AnchorPaul Nutarariaq, The GrizzliesMartin Dubreuil, The Great Darkened Days | La grande noirceurBrandon Oakes, Through Black Spruce
Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur long métrage documentaire Ted RogersLetter from MasanjiaImmaculate Memories [The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt]What Walaa WantsThe Devil’s Share | La part du diableWINNER: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
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Earle Grey Award: Mary Walsh
Academy Icon Award: Kids in the Hall
Best Drama SeriesFrankie Drake MysteriesVikingsBad Blood WINNER: Anne with an EBlood and Water
Best Comedy SeriesWINNER: Schitt’s CreekWorkin’ MomsSecond JenMr. DLetterkenny
Best Lead Actress, Drama or Limited SeriesAllan Hawco, CaughtFab Filippo, Save MeWINNER: Billy Campbell, Cardinal: Blackfly SeasonMark McKinney, A Christmas Fury
Best Lead Actress, Drama or Limited SeriesTori Anderson, CaughtWINNER: Karine Vanasse, Cardinal: Blackfly SeasonMary Walsh, A Christmas FuryAmy Matysio, Save Me
Best Lead Actor, Drama SeriesJerry O’Connell, CarterYannick Bisson, Murdoch MysteriesEric McCormack, TravelersWINNER: Kim Coates, Bad BloodAaron Ashmore, Killjoys
Best Lead Actress, DramaMelanie Scrofano, Wynonna EarpKristin Kreuk, Burden of TruthCaroline Dhavernas, Mary Kills PeopleWendy Crewson, The DetailWINNER: Amybeth McNulty, Anne with an E
Best Lead Actor, ComedyDaniel Levy, Schitt’s CreekEugene Levy, Schitt’s CreekGerry Dee, Mr. DWINNER: Jared Keeso, LetterkennyJason Priestley, Private Eyes
Best Lead Actress, ComedyCatherine Reitman, Workin’ MomsAnnie Murphy, Schitt’s CreekWINNER: Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s CreekDani Kind, Workin’ MomsCindy Sampson, Private Eyes
Best Reality Competition Program/SeriesMasterChef CanadaThe Amazing Race Canada WINNER: Big Brother CanadaKnock Knock GhostCanada’s Smartest Person Junior
Best Writing, ComedyDaniel Levy, Schitt’s CreekWINNER: Jared Keeso, Jacob Tierney, LetterkennyJP Tremblay, Mike Smith, Robb Wells, Trailer Park BoysCynthia Knight, Mohawk GirlsAndrew Appelle, Robert Hyland, Curt Lobb, Jay McCarrol, Matthew Miller, Jared Raab, Nirvanna the Band the Show