Krista Sutton
- Actress
- Writer
- Music Department
2003 Dora Award nominee and co-star of the 2004 Genie nominated The
Dogwalker, Krista Sutton has years of professional acting experience
both in Toronto and in New York. Sutton's career soared to new levels
of industry awareness with a key scene in the much talked about film,
American Psycho. Called the "It Girl" at Sundance, Sutton's role
opposite Christian Bale generated international coverage. Her
performance was a hot topic at Sundance 2006 with the
screening of Kirby Dicks popular documentary This Film is Not Yet
Rated. A very familiar face for not only her widely played hit comedic
commercials for Special K including with Cindy Crawford, Sutton has
played a range of supporting and leading roles. Her much-loved role as
Liz Irwin-Gallo on the nightly improv soap opera Train 48 was seen for
over 340 episodes on Canada's Global TV. Krista has also been seen in
numerous TV appearances, including as herself as quirky sitcom wife
on Comedy Central's Punched up. Past credits include Lorna Luft, in the
ABC mini-series Me and My Shadows, Shauna Bellman on The Associates, on
Ken Finkleman's The Newsroom, and in guest roles on The Neighbors (Jami Gertz) Missing (Justin
Louis) Kevin Hill (opposite Taye Diggs), This is Wonderland, and West
Wing (Jimmy Smits.) Her film work has included roles opposite Richard
Dreyfuss and Judy Davis as Georgia in Coast to Coast, Welcome to
Mooseport, Stir of Echos II (Rob Lowe), Jack and Jill vs the World
(Freddie Prinze Jr), Doomstown, 30 Nights and the renowned short film The
Dogwalker, which was a 2003 Toronto International, Montreal World and
Palm Springs Film Festival selection. It is an award winning film
including a 2004 Genie Award nomination for best short film. Sutton is
the co-star of Fine Living's hit comedic travel series Suite and
Simple. In May 2003, Sutton starred in Brock Simpson's This Could Be
Love under the direction of Steven Morel at The Artword Theatre in
Toronto. It was a triumphant Dora-Nominated return and she received
rave reviews for her performance: Sutton's goofy glamor lights up the
small stage.(Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail) and Sutton can out sing out
act out pratfall Rene Zellweger in her sleep. Her performance is
musical theatre gold ! Eye Weekly. In September 2006 she was back in
this popular role at the prestigious New York Musical Festival where
critics compared her to the 2006 TONY award winning Beth Leavel (The
Drowsy Chaperone). She was co-producer. The theatre is where Sutton
started her career. A graduate and Drama Prefect of Toronto's Havergal
College, Sutton went on to the University of Toronto's theatre program.
Upon graduation, Sutton embarked on a European Tour with the
Berliner-Ensemble directed production of The House of Bernarda Alba.
Returning to Canada, she played in MacBeth directed by Robert Lepage.
Other selected stage credits include the Mary Magdalene role in the
much-heralded revival of Godspell at the Bathurst Street Theatre and
Thaisa in Pericles (Festival of Classics). Sutton's yearlong run in The
Vagina Monologues had her sharing the stage with Sheila MacCarthy, Dana
Reeve, Elvira Kurt, Jann Arden, Carole Pope, Jeanne Beker and Erin
Brockovich In New York Sutton has landed roles Off-Broadway at
Playwrights Horizons, Circle Rep, La MaMa ETC, and The Vital Theatre
Company. Fluent in American Sign Language, Sutton was active in the
Deaf Theatre scene in New York and went on to play Helena in A
Midsummer Night's Dream in ASL. In her off-stage time, she studied with
renowned Broadway performer David Shiner (Cirque Du Soleil, Fool Moon).
She has extensive training in Commedia dell'Arte, Improv and Clowning
and has taught it in Toronto, New York's inner city schools and at
Gotham City Improv, NYC.