Carmen Aguirre is a Vancouver-based multi-award winning theatre artist, actor, director, and author. Born in Chile, Carmen and her family settled in Canada following the 1973 Pinochet coup, but later returned to South America and joined the underground movement opposing the regime.

Carmen has written and co-written twenty-five plays, including The Trigger, The Refugee Hotel, and Blue Box. Her book, the critically acclaimed Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter, won the prestigious CBC Canada Reads Award in 2012 and is a number one national bestseller. Her most recent book, Mexican Hooker #1 and My Other Roles Since the Revolution continues the story of her remarkable life – including her account of surviving a violent crime when very young.

Carmen has 80 film, TV, and stage acting credits, and is a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop facilitator. She is a graduate of Studio 58. 

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