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Meet
Celeste
why·lee
/ˈ(h)wī' lē/
noun
· troublemaker, clever or crafty
Celeste is an emerging independent filmmaker and actress.
In 2023, Celeste became a 50th Annual Rosie Awards "Best Performance - Female" finalist. The Alberta Film & Television Awards, aka The Rosies, is the oldest live film and television awards event in Canada.
She is also a "Best Short Form Performance" finalist for the 2023 Calgary Stinger Awards.
Other accomplishments include being awarded Alberta Media Fund Production Grant (2022), ACTRA MIP Grant (2022) and Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers Fish Fund (2022) to produce her short film titled 'New Nina' which she also wrote, directed and received both 2023 nominations for.
She is an ACTRA Apprentice, a member of the Canadian Media Producer's Association and registered permittee of the Director's Guild of Canada.
Celeste is currently working on three original concept feature film screenplays. Two are period-piece, action-adventures. The third is a sci-fi, action-adventure with a proof of concept.
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