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YOSHIE BANCROFT is an award winning actor and theatre creator based in Vancouver, Canada. Select Film/TV: Superman & Lois, Emily Owens M.D. (CW); Bones of Crows (CBC); Alaska, A Million Little Things (ABC); Color My World, Christmas Under the Stars (Hallmark).
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Yoshie Bancroft is an Artistic Producer & Collaborator for...
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Yoshié Bancroft is known for Superman & Lois (2021), Christmas Under the Stars (2019) and Emily Owens M.D. (2012).
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Jun 1, 2023 · Vancouver actor Yoshie Bancroft gives a great deal of thought about her place in the world. As the Canadian-born daughter of a Japanese immigrant woman and a white father from the U.K., Bancroft appreciates the complexity of identity.
- She Has Japanese Roots
- She Is Very Passionate About Story Telling
- She Is Not Really Into Social Media
- She Is Heavily Involved in Theater
- She Was in An Episode of Bates Motel
- She Is An Award Winner
- She Is Studying American Sign Language
- She Is Interested in Social Justice
- Her Name Isn’T Pronounced The Way You Might Think
- She Doesn’T Act For The Fame
There isn’t a lot of information online about Yoshie’s upbringing or her family, but we do know that she was born and raised in Canada although she does have Japanese ancestry. As far as we can tell, Yoshie still lives in Canada and doesn’t appear to have plans to relocate.
At the root of every successful movie, show, or play is a good story. For Yoshie, the art of storytelling is something that has always been important to her. This aspect is one of her favorite things about acting. She hopes to use her talent and her platform to help tell interesting and important stories.
In 2021, being on social media has become an expectation, especially for people who work in the entertainment industry. Yoshie, however, doesn’t have much interest in reaching social media influencer status. She hasn’t tweeted in over a year and her Instagram account is currently private.
While her on screen resume may not be the longest, Yoshie has put in a lot of work in the local theater scene where she’s from. She has been a part of several productions and she has also created her own plays. No matter how successful her on screen career gets, something tells me that Yoshie will never stray too far from theater.
Just because Yoshie’s roles haven’t always been the biggest doesn’t mean she hasn’t had a lot of great opportunities in her career. She has been a part of several successful TV shows. In 2013, she appeared in an episode of Bates Motel. She has also been in an episode of Supernatural.
Any time a creative puts something out into the world, they are sharing a part of themselves that they hold dear. As a result, it’s always a great feeling when that work is well-received. So far, Yoshie has been nominated for three awardsincluding winning a Jessie Award for Best Supporting Actress in Small Theatre.
Yoshie isn’t just an actor, she’s a student as well. According to her Instagram bio, she is currently studying American Sign Language and deaf studies. She didn’t provide any additional information on where she is studying or what she plans to do with her knowledge.
As an Asian woman, Yoshie knows first hand how it feels to be perceived differently due to race. She is passionate about working towards ending racism and she also wants to use her platform to help educate others. In her Instagram bio, she has a link to anti-racist reading materials that are available at the Vancouver Public Library.
When most people see the name Yoshie, they probably assume that it’s announced like the famous Nintendo character. Apparently, that isn’t the case, however. Her Instagram bio notes that her name is actually pronounced as yo-she-eh. Even with that disclaimer, she probably runs into a lot of people who say her name incorrectly.
Being a professional actor, especially one who does movies and/or TV, typically comes with lots of notoriety. Yoshie doesn’t seem to have any interest in being famous, though. From what we can tell, she simple loves the art of acting and story telling, and telling good stories seems more important to her than anything else. Not having a huge need f...
Yoshié Bancroft is known for Superman & Lois (2021), Christmas Under the Stars (2019) and Emily Owens M.D. (2012).
Yoshie Bancroft is an Artistic Producer & Collaborator for Universal Limited Theatre, an award winning theatre company based in Vancouver, that creates and produces original work, prioritizing collaboration, rigorous research, and the use of their platform to uncover hidden stories in unusual locations.
SJCTM - Stories From the Stage 8: Yoshie Bancroft Kunji speaks with performer and theatre creator Yoshie Bancroft of Universal Limited Theatre about representation, being a half-white BIPOC in the age of Black Lives Matter, and how to stand up and make things better for performers of colour.
