Supinder Wraich
Years of experience (acting):
Supinder has been acting for more than 12 years in the Canadian Film/ TV industry. Playing ‘Sandy Rai’ in the Emmy Award-winning GUIDESTONES earned her a Canadian Screen Award for ‘Best Female Performance (Drama).’ She has appeared in the TEXTUALITY (starring Eric McCormack), guest-starred on ABC’s THE GOOD DOCTOR and recurred on several series including THE EXPANSE (SyFy), PRIVATE EYES (Global), CRAWFORD (CBC), and THE BEAVERTON (Comedy Network).
Upcoming performances/ project (place to talk about Allegiance):
Supinder is starring in CBC’s new series Allegiance (currently streaming on the free CBC Gem streaming platform; as Sabrina Sohal, a rookie police officer in Surrey, British Columbia who is fighting to exonerate her politician father after he is accused of political corruption. Allegiance is a dramatic police procedural centered around a Sikh Punjabi family, starring a South Asian female lead and was shot and is set in Surrey.
Personal & professional philosophy:
Whatever it is that you’re doing, the people that surround you are always more important that the thing itself because anything worth accomplishing likely can’t be done alone. We often believe the mythology that our solo endeavors are so important that we can sometimes lose sight of having grace and compassion for our loved ones, or our colleagues, or even just a stranger standing in line in front of you.
What is the highlight of your work?
Acting in Sort Of for CBC was an unforgettable experience. Having built a career of working on Canadian sets, going to work on Sort Of instead felt like I was coming home. I took so many lessons away from that experience, the main one being how to take up space in an environment where I hadn’t felt safe or valued in the past and I brought those to the set of Allegiance and I’ll continue to take them along with me wherever I end up.
Future goals:
In 2019 I wrote a digital series for CBC Gem titled The 410. Since that project’s release I’ve been working towards the hour-long version and I look forward to going back into the process of writing and pitching that show. I’m also a new mom and am excited to have some time off to spend with my young son.
Photo credit: Courtesy of CBC/Lark Productions/Darko Sikman
