# Amanda Arcuri
**Amanda Arcuri** (born 1997) is a Canadian actress from Toronto, Ontario, best known for playing Lola Pacini in the teen dramas *Degrassi: The Next Generation* and *Degrassi: Next Class* and for roles in the films *Fingernails* (2023) and *Do Not Reply* (2019).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/) • [2](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D763675.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1997, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; of Argentine and Italian descent[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/) • [2](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D763675.html) • [3](https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/12/02/fingernails-actress-amanda-arcuri-talks-graduating-from-degrassi-to-indie-films/) |
| Breakthrough role | Lola Pacini on *Degrassi: The Next Generation* (2014), then 37 episodes of *Degrassi: Next Class* (2016–2017)[4](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2168956/amanda-arcuri/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/) |
| Awards | Canadian Screen Award nomination, Best Performance, Children's or Youth (2018, *Degrassi: Next Class*); three career nominations in total[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/awards/) |
| Film work | Sally in *Fingernails* (2023), lead role of Chelsea in the horror film *Do Not Reply* (2019)[3](https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/12/02/fingernails-actress-amanda-arcuri-talks-graduating-from-degrassi-to-indie-films/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/) |
| Current series role | Skye Fraley, the troubled daughter of Morena Baccarin's Sheriff Mickey Fox, in CBS's *Sheriff Country* (2025– )[6](https://gazettely.com/2025/10/entertainment/sheriff-country-review/) |
| Other television | Vanessa in *Party of Five* (2020, 4 episodes); Cadet Val Sasha in *Star Trek: Discovery* (2021); Young Ingrid Derian in *Watson* (2025)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/) |
## Degrassi and early career
Arcuri's first acting role came through an open-call audition while she was in high school. After attending the call, she was cast as Lola Pacini on *Degrassi: The Next Generation* in 2014, and she continued in the spin-off *Degrassi: Next Class* from 2016 to 2017.[4](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2168956/amanda-arcuri/) • [3](https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/12/02/fingernails-actress-amanda-arcuri-talks-graduating-from-degrassi-to-indie-films/) In interviews she has said the role arrived at a low point, when she was failing her classes and unsure of her path, and that the show "gave me a place to go."[3](https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/12/02/fingernails-actress-amanda-arcuri-talks-graduating-from-degrassi-to-indie-films/) She auditioned for the character Arlene before the writers created Lola for her after a missed voicemail from a casting director.[3](https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/12/02/fingernails-actress-amanda-arcuri-talks-graduating-from-degrassi-to-indie-films/)
In 2018 she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance, Children's or Youth, for her work on *Degrassi: Next Class*.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/awards/) During the series she also began several years of training at the Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto.[4](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2168956/amanda-arcuri/)
## Film and television roles
Arcuri's screen credits beyond Degrassi include Rebecca in the teen drama *[Every Day](https://www.edgepedia.org/every-day-2018-film)* (2018), Lorrie in the television movie *[Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey](https://www.edgepedia.org/believe-me-the-abduction-of-lisa-mcvey)* (2018), and the lead role of Chelsea in the horror film *Do Not Reply* (2019).[4](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2168956/amanda-arcuri/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/) *Do Not Reply* brought her a Best Lead Actress nomination at the Orlando Film Festival in 2019 and a Crimmy nomination for Best Actress, Feature Film, at the Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest in 2020.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/awards/)
On television she played Vanessa in Freeform's *Party of Five* reboot in 2020, appearing in four episodes; she has said she originally auditioned for the lead role and was offered Vanessa after the production liked her audition.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/) • [3](https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/12/02/fingernails-actress-amanda-arcuri-talks-graduating-from-degrassi-to-indie-films/) She appeared as Cadet Val Sasha in *Star Trek: Discovery* (2021) and as Camilla Donovan in four episodes of *Hudson & Rex* (2019–2022), and played Young Ingrid Derian in an episode of *Watson* in 2025.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/)
In Christos Nikou's science-fiction film *Fingernails* (2023), starring [Jessie Buckley](https://www.edgepedia.org/jessie-buckley), Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, and [Luke Wilson](https://www.edgepedia.org/luke-wilson), she played Sally; the film premiered at the [Telluride Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/telluride-film-festival) and streamed on Apple TV+.[3](https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/12/02/fingernails-actress-amanda-arcuri-talks-graduating-from-degrassi-to-indie-films/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/)
## Sheriff Country
In 2025 Arcuri joined the cast of *Sheriff Country*, a CBS police procedural and the first spin-off of *Fire Country*, which premiered on October 17, 2025.[6](https://gazettely.com/2025/10/entertainment/sheriff-country-review/) She plays Skye Fraley, the recovering-addict daughter of Sheriff Mickey Fox, played by [Morena Baccarin](https://www.edgepedia.org/morena-baccarin), a role she has described as a deliberate step away from the sunny Lola toward a darker, more layered character.[7](https://www.televisionacademy.com/news/sheriff-country-amanda-arcuri-morena) The series is filmed in her native Toronto.[7](https://www.televisionacademy.com/news/sheriff-country-amanda-arcuri-morena) In the premiere, Skye discovers her boyfriend dead with a knife in his back and becomes a person of interest, forcing her mother to choose between her duty as a sheriff and her role as a parent.[7](https://www.televisionacademy.com/news/sheriff-country-amanda-arcuri-morena) • [6](https://gazettely.com/2025/10/entertainment/sheriff-country-review/) Arcuri returned for the show's second season, which premiered on October 9, 2026.[8](https://gazettely.com/2026/10/entertainment/sheriff-country-season-2-review/)
## Other people of the same name
A separate Amanda Arcuri is a Toronto-based photography artist who completed a BFA in [Photography](https://www.edgepedia.org/photography) at Ryerson University in 2009 and a Master of Applied Arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design; her exhibition and installation work includes commissions from the cities of Vancouver and Vaughan.[9](https://www.amandaarcuri.com/statement) • [10](https://www.amandaarcuri.com/portfolio)
## References
1. [Amanda Arcuri, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/)
2. [Amanda Arcuri, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D763675.html)
3. ["'Fingernails' Actress Amanda Arcuri Talks Graduating From 'Degrassi' to Indie Films", The Nerds of Color (2023)](https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/12/02/fingernails-actress-amanda-arcuri-talks-graduating-from-degrassi-to-indie-films/)
4. [Amanda Arcuri, Penguin Random House author page](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2168956/amanda-arcuri/)
5. [Amanda Arcuri, Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847929/awards/)
6. ["Sheriff Country Review: Policing the Geography of Self", Gazettely (2025)](https://gazettely.com/2025/10/entertainment/sheriff-country-review/)
7. ["Sheriff Country's Amanda Arcuri on Joining the Fire Country Universe With Morena Baccarin", Television Academy (2025)](https://www.televisionacademy.com/news/sheriff-country-amanda-arcuri-morena)
8. ["Sheriff Country Season 2 Review", Gazettely (2026)](https://gazettely.com/2026/10/entertainment/sheriff-country-season-2-review/)
9. [About, Amanda Arcuri (photography artist)](https://www.amandaarcuri.com/statement)
10. [Portfolio, Amanda Arcuri (photography artist)](https://www.amandaarcuri.com/portfolio)
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