Priscilla Faia Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 2014 Canadian Screen Award for her supporting role in "Rookie Blue․"
• Shortly after finding an agent, she booked two back-to-back commercials
• Began acting classes at nine years old at the Screen Actors Studio
• Booked a number of parts in student films while studying at the Actor's Foundry
• Quote: "I spent an amazing year at [The Actors Foundry] and learned so much and fell more in love with the craft of acting․"
• Quote: "'Rookie Blue' had already been successful for three years, and it had a cast and crew that had been working together all that time․ You hope that you're going to fit in, that everyone is going to like you, and that you're going to get along․"
• Quote: "[on "Rookie Blue"] "With any job, you book it, you go into wardrobe and then you do your thing ․․․ but this is something else․""
• Began to pursue acting full-time at 21-years-old after joining the Actor's Foundry where she would study drama for several months before booking her first on-screen appearances
• Best known for her roles on "Rookie Blue," "After the Riots" and "Method․"
• Will never forget the first time she put on the gun belt that was part of her "Rookie Blue" police officer costume