Savannah Burton
Savannah Burton is a transgender actress and athlete originally from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Career
Burton became a member of the Canadian acting union ACTRA in 2006 and is best known for her role on Beauty and the Beast on the CW Network.[1]
Athletics
Savannah represented Canada at the 2012 World Dodgeball Federation World Championships in Kuala Lumpur as a male, Malaysia finishing in second place on the men's team. In 2014, she along with Enza Anderson as part of team Transfusion, became the first transgender athletes in Canada to compete in a rowing half marathon.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Savannah Burton". IMDb. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Transgender rowers compete in Ottawa to change attitudes in sports". CTVNews. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Corner Brook native becomes transgender advocate". Retrieved 26 September 2014.