Bio
Anastasia Phillips is a Canadian actress best known for her starring role as Vera Burr, a worker on the Blue Shift who is disfigured in an accident at the factory and develops a close relationship with Archie while they're both in the hospital, in the period drama television series Bomb Girls.
She also had a starring role as Leanne Maxwell, a clever and kind single mom who works the deli counter and is haunted by a mysterious past, in the short-lived drama series Lucky 7.
A Gemini Award nominee for her guest turn on Murdoch Mysteries as a multiple personality killer, Anastasia Phillips studied theatre and philosophy at the University of British Columbia.
During this time, her acting career was launched in the title role of The Diary of Anne Frank, which garnered her a Jessie Award nomination for Best Actress.
From there Phillips worked on stages across Canada, including the Citadel's production of Equus and the Vancouver premiere of Morwyn Brebner's The Optimists. She also toured with the Electric Company's award-winning production of Studies of Motion.
Phillips moved into film and television when she was cast as a lead in the series MVP.
A number of television and feature film projects followed, including the film Nonsense Revolution, produced by Thom Fitzgerald, Murdoch Mysteries, Blue Mountain State and others.
She later joined the cast of Skins for MTV, and voiced the character of Lo on the animated series Stoked.
She later starred in the period drama series Bomb Girls, alongside Meg Tilly. The series was nominated across categories everywhere from the Canadian Screen Awards and Leo Awards to the Banff World Film Festival Awards, culminating in a win at the Gracie Allen Awards.
Her birthday is 8 September.