Carmen Aguirre

Carmen Aguirre is a Chilean-born Canadian actress and writer. She plays a prominent role in Endgame.^[1]

Early in her life, she lived and worked as a member of the Chilean Resistance. Carmen was raped by the “Paper Bag Killer” which was the alias of John Horace Oughton, a prolific sexual predator who assaulted more than 100 women and children between 1977 and 1985.

Her 2011 book Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter was a memoir of her childhood, which she spent moving around regularly with her parents, who were part of the Chilean Resistance against Augusto Pinochet.^[2][3][4] The book was selected for the 2012 edition of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, defended by musician Shad; it was announced as the winner of the competition on February 9, 2012.^[5]

Aguirre has written over 20 stage plays to date, including In a Land Called I Don't Remember, Chile Con Carne, The Trigger and The Refugee Hotel.^[6] Her comments on "cancel culture" were published in Rungh Magazine.^[7]

• Carmen Aguirre (2010). The Refugee Hotel. Talonbooks. ISBN 9780889226500.
• Carmen Aguirre (2013). Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter. Random House of Canada. ISBN 9780345813831.
• Carmen Aguirre (2013). Blue Box. Talonbooks. ISBN 9780889227576.
• Carmen Aguirre (2016). Mexican Hooker #1: And Other Roles Since the Revolution, Issue 1. Random House Canada. ISBN 9780345813848.
• Carmen Aguirre (2019). Chile Con Carne and Other Early Works. Talonbooks. ISBN 9781772012286.

• Carmen Aguirre at IMDb 
• Bio at talonbooks.com

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