{{short description|Croatian-Canadian actress}} '''Cintija Ašperger''' (born May 4, 1963), credited as '''Cynthia Ashperger''' in English-language roles, is a Croatian-Canadian film, television and stage actress.
==Early years== Born in Zagreb in 1963, she worked as an actor in Yugoslavia, including in the film ''S.P.U.K.'', before meeting Canadian director Allan Eastman when she was cast in the 1987 television film ''Race for the Bomb''. She subsequently married Eastman, and spent the next number of years working in both Canada and Yugoslavia until the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars in 1991.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2012/09/05/jordan_tannahills_feral_child_bosnian_genocide_trauma_plays_out_in_oshawa.html "Jordan Tannahill’s Feral Child: Bosnian genocide trauma plays out in Oshawa"]. ''Toronto Star'', September 5, 2012.</ref> She moved permanently to Canada in 1995,<ref name=now>[https://nowtoronto.com/news/chaos-theory_1/ "Can television improve Arab-Jewish relations?"]. ''Now'', December 9, 2015.</ref> taking a job as a drama teacher at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario.<ref name=now />
==Career== On stage, her roles have included ''Out of Spite'', a one-woman show based on the writing of Elma Softic;<ref>"Bosnian black humor goes from page to stage". ''Toronto Star'', November 25, 1995.</ref> Richard Sanger's ''Not Spain'';<ref>"Not Spain reinvented for new engagement". ''Toronto Star'', January 18, 1996.</ref> and Jordan Tannahill's ''Feral Child''.<ref>"Feral Child leaps into the spotlight: A new work from one of Canada's most promising theatre artists opens this week". ''Toronto Star'', September 6, 2012.</ref> She has also had television roles in ''Degrassi'' and ''ZOS: Zone of Separation''.
==Awards and honors== She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for ''The Waiting Room'',<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/television/room-schitts-creek-lead-2016-canadian-screen-award-nominations "Room, Schitt’s Creek lead 2016 Canadian Screen Award nominations"]. ''National Post'', January 20, 2016.</ref> and a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress, Independent Theatre Division, for ''Feral Child''.<ref>[http://www.theatromania.ca/news/2013-dora-mavor-moore-awards-nominees "2013 Dora Mavor Moore Awards Nominees"]. ''Theatromania'', June 3, 2013.</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://cynthiaashperger.com/}} *{{IMDb name|0039171}}
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