The Theatre Performance Program is thrilled to announce that Oyin Oladejo won the prestigious 2013 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by an Individual in the Theatre for Young Audiences category this past June.

Oyin was born in Nigeria and began her journey as an actor/creator at Humber College`s Theatre Performance Program, where she had the opportunity to hone her acting and devised theatre creation skills through such productions as Swimming for Shore, And the King Dances, Summerfolk, Twelfth Night, Away We Go, Metamorphosis and many others. While at Humber, she was awarded the Edna Khubyar Award for demonstrating the most potential in her field.

After graduating in 2012, she quickly gained attention through her work in Da Kink in My Hair (Harbourfront Centre), and The Power of Harriet T (Young People's Theatre) which lead to her becoming a part of Roseneath Theatre’s production of In This World by Hannah Moscovitch, for which she won the Dora Mavor Moore Award.

Oyin has just joined the acclaimed Soulpepper Academy this summer and we look forward to seeing what she does next over the next two years!