Amanda Brugel
Pointe Claire, a quiet neighborhood in The West Island of Montreal is something you could call a "sleepy" area. This West Island, to those who have never heard of it, is a vast part that stretches from Lachine until the west. Amanda Brugel is said to have been born on the West Island, although this is not true. Brugel was raised in Courtice near Oshawa the city of Ontario. The first goal she had was to be a dancer but a growth spurt led to her growing beyond her dance partner. In a recent interview with the Toronto Star, she confessed that "In heels I'm 6 feet 1 inches." As I got bigger than my male counterparts, I gave up. Dancers who have been in the past often switch to acting, and in the case of Brugel, it was an urging by her drama teacher. The teacher was the one who suggested she audition as Anne in the school's annual production. She auditioned and eventually got the role of the main character in Anne of Green Gables. The show led her to receive th...