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'{{Multiple issues| {{COI|date=January 2008}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2007}} }} '''Miranda Kwok''' is [[screenwriter]], [[actress]], and [[film producer]] born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. ==Biography/Education== Miranda, began her studies in the arts at the age of ten when she attended the [[Claude Watson School for the Arts]], Canada's premiere multidisciplinary school for the performance and visual arts. While at Claude Watson, Miranda majored in Visual Arts and minored in Drama and Dance. Miranda made her television debut at the age of thirteen, and since then, has performed in several leading, supporting and guest starring roles in film, television and theatre. Miranda continued her education at [[Earl Haig Secondary School]], where she completed the [[Claude Watson School for the Arts|Claude Watson Arts Program]] as well as the Academy Program for the [[Intellectual giftedness|intellectually gifted]]. Miranda completed an [[Bachelor's degree|Honors]] [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Philosophy and Psychology at the [[University of Toronto]]. At the same time, Miranda provided her services as a counselor for crisis intervention at a number of community shelters and crisis centers. Miranda was a participant in "Project: Involve," a mentorship program at the [[Independent Feature Project|IFP]] in Los Angeles. Through the directors of "Project: Involve," Miranda was recommended for and subsequently won a full scholarship award at [[Los Angeles Film School|The Los Angeles Film School]] for their Feature Development Program – which she completed with Honors. Miranda was on the front cover of the February 2008 edition of [[Post City Magazines|The North York Post]] magazine.<ref>[http://www.postcitymagazines.com/2008-02/story_200802_MirandaKwok.php] {{wayback|url=http://www.postcitymagazines.com/2008-02/story_200802_MirandaKwok.php |date=20080429222549 }}</ref> Miranda is a [[Black Belt (martial arts)|Black Belt]] in the [[Chinese Martial Arts|Martial Art]] of [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]]. ==Screenwriting== Miranda won the grand prize in the [[Slamdance Film Festival|Slamdance Screenplay Competition]] for a historical drama that she wrote entitled ''Song of Silence''.<ref>[http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?debug=&channelbar=&fest=sundance2004&year=2004&lang=en&page=daily&partner=&date=2004/1/24 Film Festivals]</ref> In addition to Slamdance, Miranda was a finalist in several screenwriting competitions and won a nomination by APA Film for the ABC New Talent Development Scholarship Grant Program.<ref>[http://www.apafilm.org/Press2003-03-04-ABCwinners.html APA Film]</ref> Miranda's first television spec script ''House: The Transplant'' earned her a placement in the 2008-2009 [[CBS|CBS Diversity Initiative Writers Mentoring Program]]. She was also a Finalist in the [[NBC]] Writers on the Verge Program. In 2010, Miranda won a placement as an Honoree in the WGA Writer Access Project for professional screenwriters.[http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4080] Miranda worked as a [[Screenwriting|writers]] on the first season of ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'', an original television drama on [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]] Network. [[Steven S. DeKnight]] served as the [[Head Writer]] and [[Showrunner]] of the series, and the series was produced by [[Sam Raimi]], [[Rob Tapert]] and [[Joshua Donen]].[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=10/27/08&id=20081027starz01 Futon Critic] Miranda wrote episode Episode 105 "Shadow Games" [http://www.popoptiq.com/spartacus-blood-and-sand-ep-1-05-shadow-games/] and co-wrote Episode 110 "Party Favors". In 2014, [[Entertainment One Television]] acquired format rights to the racy Finnish fantasy drama series [[Nymphs (Finnish TV series)|Nymphs]] and will develop and produce a U.S. version of the TV series to be written by Miranda Kwok. [http://deadline.com/2014/09/nymphs-video-entertainment-one-television-finland-fantasy-series-838637/] ==Awards== *2004 [[Slamdance Film Festival]] Sparky Award for Best Screenplay ==Selected filmography== *''[[Killing Moon (film)|Killing Moon]]'' (2000) – Pam *''[[Jane Doe (2001 film)|Jane Doe]]'' (2001) – Kwan *''[[Ride or Die (film)|Ride or Die]]'' (2003) – Tommy Wong *''[[F*Stop]]'' (2004) – Cornelia *''[[Mr. Fix It (2006 film)|Mr. Fix It]]'' (2006) – Melanie *''[[The Eden Formula]]'' (2006) – Kate Lo *''[[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (film)|The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (2006) – Stacy Li *''[[Saurian (film)|Saurian]]'' (2006) – Chi *''[[Richard III (2008 film)|Richard III]]'' (2008) – Portia *''[[iMurders]]'' (2009) – Janet Ling *''[[Fear Chamber]]'' (2009) – Kathryn Rose *''[[Immortally Yours]]'' (2009) – Sylvia *''[[Taken by Force (film)|Taken by Force]]'' (2009) – Lim Jing *''[[Letting Go (2010 film)|Letting Go]]'' (2010) – Dana *''[[Bare Knuckles (2013 film)|Bare Knuckles]]'' (2013) – Kim Sue ==Recurring television credits== *''[[Sanctuary (TV series)|Sanctuary]]'' (2011) – Story Editor *''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'' (2010) – Staff Writer *''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' (2002) – Kristen Shoop *''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' (1997–1998) – Kwai Ling Hong ==Selected television credits== *"[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]" (2010) – episode "Shadow Games" – Written By *"[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]" (2010) – episode "Party Favors" – Written By *"[[Charmed]]" – episode "Payback's a Witch" (2006) – Dominax *"[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]" – episode "The One Thing" (2003) – Julie Liu *"[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]" – episode "Dirty Girls" (2003) – Fighting Potential *"[[The Invisible Man]]" – episode "Money For Nothing: Part 2" (2001) – Nurse *"[[Once a Thief (TV series)|Once A Thief]]" – episode "Family Reunion" (1998) *"[[PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal]]" – episode "Kiss Of The Tiger" (1998) – Sing ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== *[http://mirandakwok.com/ Official Website] *{{IMDb name|0477230|Miranda Kwok}} *[http://takenbyforcemovie.com/ Miranda Kwok at Taken By Force] *[http://www.apafilm.org/Bio2003-03-04-MKwok.html Miranda Kwok at APA Film] *[http://deadline.com/2014/09/nymphs-video-entertainment-one-television-finland-fantasy-series-838637/ Miranda Kwok at Deadline] *[http://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/entertainment-planning-racy-fantasy-nymphs-based-finnish-series/ Miranda Kwok at We Got This Covered] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwok, Miranda}} [[Category:Canadian television actresses]] [[Category:Canadian film actresses]] [[Category:Canadian actresses of Chinese descent]] [[Category:Canadian people of Chinese descent]] [[Category:Actresses from Toronto]] [[Category:University of Toronto alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian wushu practitioners]] [[Category:Canadian television writers]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian actresses]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian actresses]] [[Category:Canadian film producers]] [[Category:Canadian screenwriters]]'