Arya Landers
- Actress
Arya Landers is a UK and Canadian actor, nominated for (Best Actor, Ottawa Awards 2021 & 2022 ), her career has spanned from Canadian Stages to those in Europe, in the United Kingdom, as well as across India. As a television actor, she is best known for her role as Chery Lime on the Chicago Network Series, Undercover Detectives. On stage, Arya has played notable roles such as Polonius in Hamlet (UK), Jocasta in From Antigone To Medea (Greece), and Queen Satyavatia in Grandsire: The Life of Beeshma (India).
Landers is a theatrical Producer and Director and is the founder and Artistic Director of Paper Picture Productions, winner of (Best Theatre Group, Ottawa Awards 2025). She is also key founder and the Administrative Director of The Parthenon Voice Festival, a non-for-profit arts organization that fosters and showcases emerging operatic voices, while honoring Greek cultural heritage.
Arya first became interested in acting during her first year of high school, where she played the dubious character of Rosencrantz in Shakespere's Hamlet. She then competed in the 2014 Ottawa University's Shakespeare Competition, where she performed a monologue of Viola's from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Her breakout stage role as Sabah in Evolution Dance Theatre's 2016 production of "Follow Your Heart", directed by Jabbar Al Jabani, thrust her into the professional world of theater and film.
Landers is a theatrical Producer and Director and is the founder and Artistic Director of Paper Picture Productions, winner of (Best Theatre Group, Ottawa Awards 2025). She is also key founder and the Administrative Director of The Parthenon Voice Festival, a non-for-profit arts organization that fosters and showcases emerging operatic voices, while honoring Greek cultural heritage.
Arya first became interested in acting during her first year of high school, where she played the dubious character of Rosencrantz in Shakespere's Hamlet. She then competed in the 2014 Ottawa University's Shakespeare Competition, where she performed a monologue of Viola's from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Her breakout stage role as Sabah in Evolution Dance Theatre's 2016 production of "Follow Your Heart", directed by Jabbar Al Jabani, thrust her into the professional world of theater and film.
