{{short description|Canadian actress}} {{BLP primary sources|date=May 2024}} {{use dmy dates |date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Daniela Akerblom | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}}<ref name=TG-M899/> | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec | citizenship = Canadian | alma_mater = Trafalgar School for Girls, 1986<ref name=TE86/><br/>Vanier, 1988<ref name=TVF86-6/><br/>Concordia University, 1990<ref name=TVS95-9/> | occupation = film, television, and stage actress<br/>collage artist<ref name=KM-1711/> | agent = | partner = John L'Ecuyer<ref name=CWW09/> }}
'''Daniela Akerblom''' (born 1969)<ref name=TG-M899>{{cite news |last=Sweet |first=Doug |date=1999-05-08 |title=Pleateau living is so cool rental market is red-hot |newspaper=The Gazette |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/425095761/ |url-access=subscription |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/image/425095666/ A1], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/425095761/ A5]}}</ref> is a Canadian actress who has appeared on television, in films, and on stage. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, and studied at Concordia University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniela Akerblom - Actress - Northernstars.ca |url=http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsabc/akerblom_daniela.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915064944/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsabc/akerblom_daniela.html |archive-date=2014-09-15 |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=www.northernstars.ca}}</ref> She also works as a collage artist.<ref name=KM-1711/> She speaks three languages fluently.<ref name=TG-M899/>
==Early life== Akerblom attended Trafalgar School for Girls, graduating in 1986.<ref name=TE86>{{cite book |date=1986 |title=Trafalgar Echoes (yearbook) |publisher=Trafalgar School for Girls |page=12}}</ref> Of her time at the school, she stated that she learned how to put faith in herself and her abilities.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gillett |first=Margaret |date=2000 |title=Traf: A History of Trafalgar School for Girls |publisher=Trafalgar School for Girls |isbn=0968781500 |location=Montreal |pages=170, 172}}</ref> She was listed as attending the CEGEP at Vanier in 1986.<ref name=TVF86-6>{{cite news |title=Class of '86 |date=Fall 1986 |newspaper=The Victory |publisher=Trafalgar School for Girls |page=6}}</ref>
==Acting career== After attending Concordia University from 1988 - 1990,<ref name=TVS95-9>{{cite news |title=Where They Are and What They're Doing |date=Spring 1995 |newspaper=The Victory |publisher=Trafalgar School for Girls |page=9}}</ref> Akerblom traveled to Paris.<ref name=TVS95-4/> In 1991, Trafalgar reported that she was working in French film and television.<ref>{{cite news |title=Class of 1988 |date=Spring 1991 |newspaper=The Victory |publisher=Trafalgar School for Girls |page=12}}</ref>
She spent several years there before returning to Montreal after being chosen by the students of Trafalgar to speak on 17 November 1994.<ref name=TVS95-4>{{cite news |title=Careers 1994-95 |date=Spring 1995 |newspaper=The Victory |publisher=Trafalgar School for Girls |page=4}}</ref> At the time, she worked for Agence Artistique Pleiades both on screen and as a voice actress.<ref name=TVS95-9/>
She has been a member of the Union des Artistes as a stage actor since at least 1987.<ref>{{cite news |date=1987-02-21 |title=Un Statut Juridique de L'Artiste, Nous y Avons Droit |newspaper=La Presse |page=E16 |via=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |language=fr}}</ref>
==Filmography== * 1986: ''Sword of Gideon'': Girl * 1986: ''He Shoots, He Scores (Lance et compte)'' : Geneviève * 1987: ''La Maison Deschênes'' [[:fr:La Maison Deschênes|[''fr'']]]: Élise Laurin<ref>{{cite news |date=1988-04-17 |title=Lundi |newspaper=Progrès-dimanche |page=11 |via=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |language=fr}}</ref> * 1989: ''Cruising Bar'': Monique * 1989: ''Le Destin du docteur Calvet'' : Sandy Leclerc<ref>{{cite web |title=Le destin du docteur Calvet avec Daniela Akerblom 1989 |url=https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/noartistknown/le-destin-du-docteur-calvet-avec-daniela-akerblom-1989/photograph/asset/1697994 |website=Bridgeman Images |access-date=2024-05-03}}</ref> * 1991: ''Salut les musclés'' * 1991: ''Sous le signe du poisson'': Olsa<ref>{{cite book |date=2001 |title=Guide Vidéo + DVD 2001 |publisher=Fides |edition=5th |isbn=2762122317 |page=507}}</ref> * 1992: ''Primary Motive'': Announcer * 1995: ''Vanished'': Brigitte Saunders<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Tony |date=1995-04-03 |title=Danielle Steel’s Vanished |url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/danielle-steel-s-vanished-1200441484/ |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1997: ''Snowboard Academy'' : Jessica<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Grant |editor-first1=Edmond |editor-last2=Fox |editor-first2=Ken |editor-last3=Joseph |editor-first3=Andrew |date=1998 |title=The Motion Picture Guide: 1998 Annual (The Films of 1997) |publisher=CineBooks |location=New York |isbn=0933997418 |page=382}}</ref> * 1997: ''An American Affair'' : Phyllis * 1997: ''Omertà II - La loi du silence'' : Lyne Levert * 1999: ''Kayla'': Miss Washburn * 1999: ''Babel'' : Receptionist * 2000: ''Saint Jude'' : Drunk Girl in Club * 22 February 2000: ''Les Prédateurs'', episode: "Double": Danielle<ref>{{cite book |last=Owens |first=Andrew J. |date=2021 |title=Desire After Dark: Contemporary Queer Cultures and Occultly Marvelous Media |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |isbn=9780253053800 |page=177}}</ref> * 2001: ''km/h'' : Femme allemande * 2004: ''On the Verge of a Fever (Le Goût des jeunes filles)'': reporter<ref>{{cite news |last=Cloutier |first=Pascal |date=2005-06-15 |title=À Haïti, entre l'enfance et l'adolescence |trans-title=In Haiti, between childhood and adolescence |newspaper=La Canada Français |page=C7 |via=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |language=fr}}</ref> * 2010: ''Mirador'' : Femme de Ralf
==Stage performances== June<ref>{{cite news |date=1997-05-17 |title=Théâtre St-Saveur à partir du 6 juin '97: Le vol de bourdon |newspaper=Le Devoir |page=E4 |via=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |language=fr}}</ref> – August<ref>{{cite news |last=Lévesque |first=Solange |date=1997-08-15 |title=Le foire des quiproquos |trans-title=The show of misunderstandings |newspaper=Le Devoir |page=B9 |via=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |language=fr}}</ref> 1997: ''Flight of the Bumblebee'' at the Théâtre Saint-Saveur
==Non-performance artwork== Akerblom has also created collages that have been featured in See Magazine (August 1996)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1996-08-22 |title=(untitled) |magazine=See Magazine |volume=4 |issue=145 |page=3}}</ref> as well as at the Reel Film Festival (November 2001).<ref>{{cite news |date=Spring 2002 |title=Where They Are and What They're Doing |newspaper=The Victory |page=10}}</ref> Several of her works were featured in a profile article in Kolaj (November 2017).<ref name=KM-1711>{{cite magazine |date=November 2017 |title=Profile: Daniela Akerblom, Canada |magazine=Kolaj Magazine |url=https://kolajmagazine.com/content/content/articles/daniela-akerblom/ |publisher=Kasini House |access-date=2024-05-03}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2009, she was listed as the life partner of John L'Ecuyer in the Canadian Who's Who.<ref name=CWW09>{{cite book |editor-last=Lumley |editor-first=Elizabeth |date=2009 |title=Canadian Who's Who |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |volume=94 |page=759}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0003509|name=Daniela Akerblom}}
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