Aliza Vellani's guest appearances

Aliza Vellani

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast

Alfred Hitchcock

Pascale Hutton

Andrea Brooks

Viv Leacock

Lea Salonga

David Lewis

Anne Wheeler

Sara Canning

John Emmet Tracy

Cassandra Ebner

Dean Smith

William B. Davis

Victor Garber

Robert Cooper

Keegan Connor Tracy

OwlTail

Aliza Vellani originally joined us in July 2021 to talk about her work in the first season of Netflix’s Sweet Tooth. Sweet Tooth draws its inspiration from Jeff Lemire’s comic book series about a boy who’s half-human and half deer navigating a world that has been devastated by a virus that has killed a lot of people and led to the mysterious emergence of human-animal hybrid babies. Aliza plays Rani Singh. Rani has the virus, but is a rare long-term survivor, thanks to her doctor-husband Aditya’s devotion and mysterious life-saving treatments, which we discover involves slaughtering hybrid children. The series shoots in New Zealand but features two Vancouver actors: Aliza as Rani and Christian Convery as the titular Sweet Tooth himself. Both Aliza and Christian won awards for their Sweet Tooth performances at the 2022 Leo Awards.Earlier this month, Sweet Tooth and Rani were back for another eight-episode journey that somehow managed to at once thrill, chill, entertain, and devastate audiences. Throughout season two, Rani reckons with karma, and the moral quandary of her predicament. As she says early on, “How many lives for mine? Will we reap what we sow?” But as another character observes in that same episode, Rani is one tough cookie. Rani is so very human: vulnerable, loving, conflicted, a little Lady MacBeth, and still feisty as shit. In this wildly fascinating interview, Sabrina Rani Furminger talks Rani and Sweet Tooth with the inimitable Aliza Vellani, and also gets the 4-1-1 on her latest project: a reunion of sorts with the work of Zarqa Nawaz, the brilliant mind behind Little Mosque on the Prairie, in Zarqa. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

Aliza Vellani originally joined us in July 2021 to talk about her work in the first season of Netflix’s Sweet Tooth. Sweet Tooth draws its inspiration from Jeff Lemire’s comic book series about a boy who’s half-human and half deer navigating a world that has been devastated by a virus that has killed a lot of people and led to the mysterious emergence of human-animal hybrid babies. Aliza plays Rani Singh. Rani has the virus, but is a rare long-term survivor, thanks to her doctor-husband Aditya’s devotion and mysterious life-saving treatments, which we discover involves slaughtering hybrid children. The series shoots in New Zealand but features two Vancouver actors: Aliza as Rani and Christian Convery as the titular Sweet Tooth himself. Both Aliza and Christian won awards for their Sweet Tooth performances at the 2022 Leo Awards.Earlier this month, Sweet Tooth and Rani were back for another eight-episode journey that somehow managed to at once thrill, chill, entertain, and devastate audiences. Throughout season two, Rani reckons with karma, and the moral quandary of her predicament. As she says early on, “How many lives for mine? Will we reap what we sow?” But as another character observes in that same episode, Rani is one tough cookie. Rani is so very human: vulnerable, loving, conflicted, a little Lady MacBeth, and still feisty as shit. In this wildly fascinating interview, Sabrina Rani Furminger talks Rani and Sweet Tooth with the inimitable Aliza Vellani, and also gets the 4-1-1 on her latest project: a reunion of sorts with the work of Zarqa Nawaz, the brilliant mind behind Little Mosque on the Prairie, in Zarqa. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

Episode 273: Aliza Vellani Returns

Aliza Vellani portrays Rani in Sweet Tooth, the critically acclaimed eight-part post-apocalyptic fantasy series that hit Netflix in early June. Sweet Tooth draws its inspiration from Jeff Lemire’s comic book series about a boy who’s half-human and half deer navigating a world that has been devastated by a virus that has killed a lot of people and led to the mysterious emergence of human-animal hybrid babies. The Vancouver actress plays Rani Singh. Rani has the virus, but is a rare long-term survivor, thanks to her doctor-husband Aditya’s devotion and mysterious life-saving treatments. As Rani, Aliza is vulnerable, strong, funny, and as hopelessly devoted to her husband as he is to her. It’s a much different role than the other character for which she is widely known: that of the teenaged Layla Siddiqui on CBC’s iconic comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie – a role in which both Aliza and Layla grew up before our very eyes. In this fascinating, funny, and frank episode, Aliza discusses the magic of working on a post-apocalyptic-but-hopeful fantasy series about a pandemic during a pandemic, why representation matters, and how Little Mosque on the Prairie changed the game. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

Aliza Vellani portrays Rani in Sweet Tooth, the critically acclaimed eight-part post-apocalyptic fantasy series that hit Netflix in early June. Sweet Tooth draws its inspiration from Jeff Lemire’s comic book series about a boy who’s half-human and half deer navigating a world that has been devastated by a virus that has killed a lot of people and led to the mysterious emergence of human-animal hybrid babies. The Vancouver actress plays Rani Singh. Rani has the virus, but is a rare long-term survivor, thanks to her doctor-husband Aditya’s devotion and mysterious life-saving treatments. As Rani, Aliza is vulnerable, strong, funny, and as hopelessly devoted to her husband as he is to her. It’s a much different role than the other character for which she is widely known: that of the teenaged Layla Siddiqui on CBC’s iconic comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie – a role in which both Aliza and Layla grew up before our very eyes. In this fascinating, funny, and frank episode, Aliza discusses the magic of working on a post-apocalyptic-but-hopeful fantasy series about a pandemic during a pandemic, why representation matters, and how Little Mosque on the Prairie changed the game. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

Episode 175: Aliza Vellani