Oshini Wanigasekera

Oshini Wanigasekera is a Toronto based actor animator dancer illustrator and filmmaker She is the owner of Orpro Studios where she produces 2D character animation and motion graphics Oshini was born is Calgary Alberta She trained as a dancer at the Ailey School and Dance Theatre of Harlem School in New York and in 2011 she was awarded the Queens Golden Jubilee Award in the performing arts by the province of Alberta Following her dance career Oshini studied animation at Seneca College in Toronto She has animated for Disney and Netflix series video games short films and original feature films by HighballTV She wrote and directed the film What I Meant To Say which won Best Short at CineFAM Film Festival in 2021 Her onewoman show Brown People Cant Be Ballerinas will premiere at the Mississauga Multilingual Fringe Festival in Aug 2023 In her spare time she has worked in arts education and directed community theatre productions