Baraka Rahmani is an Arab-Canadian artist living in Vancouver. Born in Jordan to Iraqi parents, Baraka moved to Canada to pursue her BFA in performance at Simon Fraser University. She went on to perform in leading roles on renowned stages across Canada. In film & Television, Baraka has had the privilege of playing many leading and supporting roles on Netflix, Disney+ and ABC (to name a few). Baraka is a 2 time Jessie Award nominee and the recipient of the Artistic Risk Award from the Vancouver Fringe Festival (2015). She has had the opportunity to shadow directors Adam Macdonald, Bassel Ghandour, and most recently she was the official Shadow on Skymed (Paramount+), learning from director Shamim Sarif who would go on to become the executive producer of Baraka's first short film "Before We Were Told''.
Recent acting credits include:
The Watchful Eye (2023), "Alex Toubassy", recurring guest, 9 episodes
Polarized (2023), "Zein", supporting
Love Classified (2022), Hannah, supporting
A Million Little Things (2022), Carly, 4 episodes
The Alleys (2021), "Lana", Lead
Slasher (2019), "Saadia Jalalzai", Lead, 8 episodes