
Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Acting
Biography
Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian stage, film and television actress, director, writer and producer. She was the founder and Artistic Director of The Lab Cab Festival, an annual multi-arts festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is a member of ARC, the Actor’s Repertory Company.
Known For

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
Mayday

A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Orphan Black

Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
Goosebumps

An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out.
Frankie Drake Mysteries

A fun and honest portrayal of two radically different female detectives in their early 40s following Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Narcotics detective Kelly, who by day are true action heroes in their own particular way: skilled, tough, determined, and ruthless. But by night, they’re both grappling with loneliness, dysfunctional families, screwed-up love lives, and a sense that their professional ambitions may not be totally in line with their personal needs.
Pretty Hard Cases

Follow five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy hospital in downtown Toronto, dedicating their lives to helping others, while struggling to help themselves.
Nurses

When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.
The Institute

After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.
Damien

Plan B offers clients the chance to travel back in time to change the past, but each alteration has unintended consequences, revealing the complexity and limitations of personal agency.
Plan B

Two homeschooled 16-year-old intellectuals make a documentary showcasing what home education is really like. The documentary and their friendship take a turn when one enrolls in "real" high school.
Homeschooled

After Nell’s family cancels holiday plans at the last minute, she decides to spend the week of Christmas having fun on her own — and crosses paths with her neighbor, who is “happily unattached.”
Single on the 25th

Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.
The Passion of Ayn Rand

Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.
Darkest Miriam

A short film following one woman's fantasy during a catering shift from hell.
Pigs

Years after a turbulent teenaged love affair, Rose and Rex reconnect as adults. As secrets from the past are revealed, their worlds are thrown into upheaval and a former flame is reignited.
The Shape of Rex

A daughter must navigate the impacts of her mom's bipolar disorder.
Lune

Ontario - 1972. Miles, a young theatre actor from Toronto, arrives in Huron County at the home of Angus and Morgan, two aging bachelor farmers. Miles stays with the two farmers in order to gather stories about rural life and make a play abut it. All three of their lives are irrevocably altered when art attempts to imitate life and the line between truth and fiction is crossed.