Michelle Rambharose is a multidisciplinary artist from Scarborough, Canada, of Guyanese descent (Indo-Caribbean & Arawak). She is based in Toronto and works as an actor in video game, film, TV, theatre, as a director in theatre, and as a facilitator.
Michelle’s recent work consists of learning analogue filmmaking techniques at the Liaison of Independent Filmmaking of Toronto, directing a staged reading of Shaharah Gaznabbi’s new play Protectors of the Lost Scribe at Tarragon Theatre, commercial work for Remax and Morton Salt, dance creation as an artist-in-residence with Arrivals Legacy Project’s Seed Pool Residency in 2023, and working as a creative writing mentor for Many Waters - a community arts project for LGBTQ+ Guyanese youth, led by Undercurrent Creations - culminating in a photography and poetry exhibit at Tarragon Theatre.
Her work as a director and facilitator investigates highly collaborative processes, distinctly physical performances, and often explores feminist and queer theory. She draws on traditions of ensemble, various physical theatre practices, and her training in various styles of dance (hip-hop, vogue, heels, afro-beat) for her creation and facilitation of performance.
She is currently studying to become a Registered Massage Therapist — deepening her knowledge and passion regarding the human body, and bridging her interest in physicality with her interest in healing modalities.
Past work includes:
Full performance capture for the lead role of Anu in New Tales from the Borderlands (Gearbox & 2K) released in 2022, voicing Junlei Tennyson (and others) in The Outerworlds (Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division) which won the 2020 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Video Game, Kate Winthrop in Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace (Asmodee Digital), and returning to voice Dr. Blossom, Isabella Essary, and others in The Outerworlds DLC Murder on Eridanos.
TV & film appearances in Death She Wrote (Lifetime/CTV), Lethal Love (Marvista Entertainment/Netflix US), The Parker-Andersons/Amelia Parker (Marble Media/Amazon Prime) (See IMBD).
Acting for the Centaur Theatre/Stratford Theatre production of Paradise Lost (2020), movement direction for Chattermarks at Lachapelle Scène Contemporaines (Cabal Theatre, 2020); playing a trilingual Hermia in The Dream Project 3.0 with NYC’s Yonder Window Theatre Company (2019).
She has trained as a dancer with various teachers — most notably VMA-nominated choreographer & dancer, Galen Hooks, in both 2020 and 2022. She has studied many physical theatre techniques (varying from Suzuki Method, to Authentic Movement, to staged combat and fencing). And in 2019, under the funding of Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec & Canada Council for the Arts, she intensively trained in rigorous stage performance techniques under theatre practitioners of Belgium’s Troubleyn/Jan Fabre & New York’s SITI Company in Rijeka, Croatia.
She holds a BFA Specialization in Theatre Performance from Concordia University, and is an alumni of Black Theatre Workshop’s Artistic Mentorship Program.
