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Ilana Zackon
Multidisciplinary Performer & Creator


Ilana Zackon is a trilingual Canadian actor, singer, writer and director. She has performed on stages across Canada, as well as in Edinburgh and New York City. Ilana was nominated for an Ovation Award in the Outstanding "Online Content" category, for her musical parody "I Just Can't Wait to Be Free".
Raised in Montreal, Ilana began performing at the age of three. She made her stage debut at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts summer program and was consistently involved in the local community theatre scene, throughout her childhood. Ilana went on to train at John Abbott College's Professional Theatre Program in Montreal, as well as at the acclaimed HB Studio in New York City.
On stage, notable productions include Mazel Tov (Infinitheatre), So, How Should I Be? (Presentation House Theatre), The Array (Upintheair Theatre/Theatre Conspiracy), Under Milk Wood (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) and Same Difference (Theatre Conspiracy). Theatre directing credits include Speakeasy Theatre's Pull Fest VII (An Assertive Girl, Teddy Bears) and the Jessie Richardson Award nominated The Great Canadian Porno: The Musical.
On-screen credits include Riverdale (CW Network), Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform), as well as various award-winning independent films, including DYS- directed by Maude Michaud (Quirk Films).
With an extensive portfolio of video games and radio commercials, Ilana's voice can be heard advertising many major brands, including Intact Insurance, Colgate and Videotron, among others. Selected video game credits include Livelock (Tuque Games), Mazaam - The Musical Genius (Mazaam Interactive) and Assassins Creed: Origins (Ubisoft). She is the voice of Naya in the upcoming animated feature Katak The Brave Beluga.
Ilana is passionate about creating art which invokes social change, as well as inspires audiences to confront their humanity and develop empathy towards one another's lived experiences. She is also a freelance writer and certified yoga instructor.
INTERVIEWS
Vancouver is Awesome "an emerging leader in Vancouver's Jewish community"
CiTR Arts Report [The Great Canadian Porno: the Musical - radio interview]
Vancouver Presents" [Teddy Bears & An Assertive Girl] ...one of three directors at this year's Pull Festival"
AWI Exclusive " [Part I] ...dynamic performer and theatre artist"
Canadian Jewish News " [Part I] ...Zackon sheds new light on mental illness with her Off-Fringe Collective Creation"
The Suburban " [Betty's Summer Vacation] ...ambitious young actress"
Westmount Independent " [Glory Dazed]
Breakfast Television Montreal [Part I - video interview]
CJLO 1690AM [Part I - radio interview]
Dylan Thomas News [Under Milk Wood, Edinburgh Fringe]
PRESS
"["I Just Can't Wait to be Free"]...has been getting great reception. I must say I watched it at least half a dozen times"
Jewish Independent
"[Time Machine]...Ariel Martz-Oberlander and Ilana Zackon, teamed up this summer to create an immersive piece based on the Jewish partisan movement"
Montreal Rampage
"[Lear in Limbo]...really good in multiple roles"
Curtains Up
" [Part I]...Performers Mercedeh Baroque, Jacqueline Van de Geer, Lyne Labrie, and Ilana Zackon bring fierce, powerful honesty to their stories"
Montreal Rampage
" [Part I, co-created by Zackon] ...The show stirred me to reflect on people around me who are suffering"
" [Part I, co-created by Zackon] ...A unique piece"
Broadway World
"[Glory Dazed]...Ilana Zackon portrays Leanne, the young barmaid forced to grow up quickly during a tense and violent evening."
Ed Fringe Review
" [Under Milk Wood]...Cast members, notably Ilana [Zackon] in the role of Polly Garter, also demonstrated their musical talent, peppering the proceedings with their lovely voices"