Mouna Traoré

Traore was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her mother is from Haiti and her father is from Mali.[1]

Traoré began acting at a young age. She attended classes at the Young People's Theatre.[2] She later graduated from the Etobicoke School of the Arts,[2] and completed a Bachelor of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto.[3]

In 2017, Traoré starred in the short film The Drop In, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[4][5] She leads the film as Joelle, a hairdresser at a Black Canadian hair salon who faces an unexpected challenge when Grace (Oluniké Adeliyi), a woman she knew in her prior life, drops in ostensibly for a haircut, but in fact with ulterior motives involving Joelle's immigration status.[5] The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in December 2017.[6] Also that year, she starred in the Afro-futurist feature film Brown Girl Begins,[7] opposite Emmanuel Kabongo.[8] The film was released theatrically in 2018 and screened at several film festivals.[9][10]

Traoré has featured in more than a dozen television series, beginning with a recurring role in the Teletoon children's comedy series, Majority Rules!. Her notable television roles include Crystal Markes on Global TV's Rookie Blue(2012),[11] and Rebecca James on CBC's long-running detective series Murdoch Mysteries (2015–2018).[12] She auditioned several times for a part on Murdoch Mysteries, before finally landing a recurring role on the series.[13]

In 2020, she starred in the Netflix series Self Made as Esther,[14] and The Umbrella Academy as Jill.[15]

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