Ana Golja Explained

Ana Golja
Birth Name:Muazana Golja[1]
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Actress, singer-songwriter
Years Active:2005–present

Muazana "Ana" Golja is a Canadian actress and singer. She is known for playing Zoë Rivas in the teen dramas and and Ariana Berlin in the TV movie Full Out.

Career

Golja began her acting career in 2005 as Lucy in the Canadian police series 1-800-Missing. She later had small roles in the series Flashpoint and How to Be Indie, before landing a part in the regular cast of Connor Undercover in 2010.

In 2010 with What's Up Warthogs! she had her first major role as part of the main cast of that sitcom. In 2011, she played Liz in Clue. She then participated in small projects and a web series before landing the role of Zoë Rivas in the Canadian teen drama in 2013.[2]

In 2015, Golja played Ariana Berlin, in the TV movie Full Out: The Ariana Berlin Movie, a role which earned her a nomination for the Canadian Screen Awards.[3]

Golja recorded the song "Feel So Good" for the Full Out soundtrack,[4] produced by Roy "Royalty" Hamilton. As of January 2016, Golja was working on her debut EP.[5] [2] She released the EP, titled Epilogue over the course of several weeks in November and December 2017.[6]

Golja co-hosted the Albanian festival Festivali i Këngës 57, the annual Albanian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, from December 20 to 22, 2018.[7]

Personal life

Golja was born and raised in Toronto to parents from Albania.[8] She later moved to the Streetsville neighbourhood in Mississauga, Ontario.[5] She is of Albanian descent, and also has "some Spanish, some Greek, some German, and Jewish" heritage.[9] [10] Golja has stated that she considers herself Canadian "through and through".[11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014En Vogue ChristmasAmber
2015Full Out: The Ariana Berlin MovieAriana Berlin
Dumb LuckTaylorShort film
2017Love On IceNikki Lee
2018Crazy for the BoysLondon
2019data-sort-value="Cuban, The" The CubanMinaAlso producer
data-sort-value="Fanatic, The" The FanaticLeah
2022Social Industrial MeltdownSuperstarShort film
TBDOff the GridKatrinaPre-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Lucy
2008Penny (10 years old)
2009Franny's FeetPanda
2010What's Up Warthogs!Laney Nielsen
Connor Undercover Lily Bogdakovitch
data-sort-value="Dating Guy, The" The Dating GuyLittle Girl Contestants
Vacation with DerekIsabellaTelevision film
2011How to Be Indie Dotty
Little Mosque on the PrairieBetty Sue
ClueLizMiniseries
2012Super Why!Additional Voices / Girl
2013–2015Zoë RivasMain role (seasons 13–14); 55 episodes
2015Degrassi: Don't Look BackTelevision film
2013Life with BoysCassandra
Unlikely Heroes Ellen
2014Katie ChatsHerself
2015It Goes There: Degrassi's Most Talked About MomentsHerself
2016ConvictionJazmin Peligro
2016–2017Zoë RivasMain role (seasons 1–4); 32 episodes
2018Festivali i Këngës 57HerselfCo-host
data-sort-value="Father's Nightmare, The" A Father's NightmareSashaTelevision film
2020I Do, or Die – A Killer ArrangementSonyaTelevision film

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MUAZANA @TheAnaGolja . Twitter. August 18, 2016.
  2. Web site: Interview with Degrassi: Next Class stars Ana Golja and Ricardo Hoyos. January 12, 2016. Marriska Fernandes. Tribute. July 1, 2016.
  3. Web site: First award nomination for Mississauga actor for portrayal of relentless gymnast. Chris Clay. January 28, 2016. The Mississauga News. July 1, 2016.
  4. Web site: Reana Ashley. August 23, 2016. Star of Emmy Nom'd Series "Degrassi: Next Class" Ana Golja Interview. reanaashley.com.
  5. Web site: Streetsville actor lands lead role in new Family Channel film . Chris Clay. September 7, 2015. The Mississauga News. July 1, 2016.
  6. Ana Golja . TheAnaGolja . 939202616470380544. December 8, 2017. English . https://twitter.com/TheAnaGolja/status/939202616470380544. EPILOGUE CHAPTER 4 IS OUT! . December 8, 2017.
  7. News: Herbert . Emily . Albania: Viktor Zhusti and Ana Golja to Host Festivali i Këngës 57 . December 12, 2018 . Eurovoix . December 11, 2018.
  8. Ana Golja. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129095051/https://lusolife.ca/2020/08/15/ana-golja/. November 29, 2020. Luso Life. August 15, 2020. September 11, 2021. ... both my parents were born and raised in Albania ... I am first generation, born and raised in Toronto..
  9. Ana Golja. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129095051/https://lusolife.ca/2020/08/15/ana-golja/. November 29, 2020. Luso Life. August 15, 2020. September 11, 2021. I have very mixed roots, both my parents were born and raised in Albania, but we have some Spanish, some Greek, some German and Jewish..
  10. Web site: Not many people know but I'm part Spanish. I don't identify with it only because I consider myself Canadian, through and through. And my parents were both born in Albania(and have passed on the language and traditions to me). That said, I have very mixed roots that do in fact, include Spain. . Ana Golja. Instagram. May 31, 2019. May 31, 2019.
  11. Web site: I don't identify with it only because I consider myself Canadian, through and through.. Ana Golja. Instagram. May 31, 2019. May 31, 2019.