
Birthdate: Jul 6, 1975
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Camille Sullivan is a much-in-demand Canadian actor in film and television who launched her feature career with a supporting role in director/writer/producer Kyle Davidson’s crime comedy, A Good Burn (2000), starring Francoise Yip, followed by a supporting role in Sullivan’s first U.S. feature, co-directors/writers Scott Alexander’s and Larry Karaszewski’s black comedy, Screwed (2000), co-starring Norm McDonald, Dave Chapelle, Elaine Stritch, Sarah Silverman and Danny DeVito, and released by Universal Pictures.
Sullivan landed a small role in star/director/writer Christopher Guest’s acclaimed mockumentary for Warner Bros. Pictures, Best in Show (2000), with Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, and Parker Posey, earning $21 million after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Sullivan scored her first major role in Canadian director/co-writer Gary Burns’s absurdist comedy, A Problem with Fear (2003), co-starring Paulo Costanzo and Emily Hampshire, and released by Christal Films. And then Sullivan co-starred with Benjamin Ratner in Canadian director/writer Ross Weber’s drama, Mount Pleasant (2006), which was distributed by Odeon Films. Sullivan was part of the ensemble of her first Canadian movie with filmmaker Carl Bessai, Normal (2007), co-starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie, Andrew Airlie, and Tygh Runyan, nominated for the Genie Award for Best Picture and released by Mongrel Media.
Camille Sullivan continued with director/writer/producer/cinematographer Carl Bessai as part of the cast of the Canadian comedy-drama, Mothers and Daughters (2008), with Babz Chula, Gabrielle Ros, and Tantoo Cardinal, launching at the Toronto Film Festival before a Kinosmith release. Sullivan appeared in a major supporting role in her first U.S./Canada co-production, The Traveler (2010), starring Val Kilmer, Dylan Neal and Paul McGillion under Michael Oblowitz’s direction and released by Paramount Pictures, and then Sullivan reunited for a co-starring role in director/writer/producer/cinematographer Carl Bessai’s Family X trilogy finale, Sisters and Brothers (2011), with Cory Monteith, Amanda Crew and Dustin Milligan, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival before a release by Pacific Northwest Pictures.
Sullivan starred in director/writer Jeremy Thomas’s Canadian comedy-thriller, Ally Was Screaming (2014), with Charlie Carrick, Giacomo Baessato and Niall Matter and distributed by Pacific Northwest Pictures, and then Sullivan earned high acclaim for her starring role (including a Leo Award nomination and a UBCP/ACTRA Awards win) in Canadian director/producer Siobhan Devine’s family drama, The Birdwatcher (2015) co-starring Gabrielle Rose, Jakob Davies, Matreya Fedor, Nneka Croal and Xantha Radley.
Sullivan co-starred in director/writer Geoff Redknap’s Canadian psychological horror movie, Unseen (2016), with Aden Young, Julia Sarah Stone and Ben Cotton and launching at the Fantasia Film Festival, and then Sullivan starred in Canadian director/writer/producer Bruce Sweeney’s comedy-drama, Kingsway (2018), co-starring Jeff Gladstone, Gabrielle Rose and Colleen Rennison, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and produced by Carkner Films.
Camille Sullivan co-starred in director/writer/producer Shawn Linden’s Canadian-American horror-thriller co-production, Hunter Hunter (2020), with Devon Sawa, Summer H. Howell and Nick Stahl and released by IFC Midnight, followed by Sullivan co-starring with Adam Beach in director/producer Jason James’s Canadian drama, Exile (2022), with Garry Chalk and Marshall Williams, and which was released by Electric Entertainment (U.S.)/Vortex Media (Canada)/Nicely Entertainment (international) after launching at the Whistler Film Festival.
Sullivan reunited with Canadian director/writer/producer Bruce Sweeney for the comedy-drama, She Talks to Strangers (2023), starring Jeff Gladstone and Gabrielle Rose and premiering at the Whistler Film Festival before receiving two Leo Award nominations, and then Sullivan returned to the horror genre starring in one of her rare U.S.-only movies, debuting director/writer/producer Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks (2024), co-starring Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett and Keith David, premiering at the Fantasia Film Festival and released wide in 2025 by Neon.
Camille Sullivan was born and raised in Toronto, Canada by her parents. sister brother. Sullivan attended a Toronto high school focused on the arts. Sullivan then attended and graduated from the University of British Columbia, where she majored in acting. Sullivan’s height is 5’ 7”.
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Skill Sets: Camille Sullivan has been trained in ice skating, swing dancing, stage combat and kickboxing.
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