Committed to storytelling that bridges borders and nurtures a more empathetic global culture, Michelle Mohammed is a Toronto-based artist working both nationally and internationally as an actor, director, and arts leader. She is currently working as an Associate Artist at Why Not Theatre.

Internationally, she joined the Theatertreffen International Forum (Berlin, Germany 2025), a prestigious program for the world’s most exciting emerging theatre-makers, and worked with Katie Mitchell at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London, UK 2024).

Recent acting stage work includes What You Won’t Do For Love (Why Not Theatre), Trident Moon (Crow’s Theatre/NAC), Yerma (Coal Mine Theatre), A Poem for Rabia (Tarragon Theatre).

Her screen credits include Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Murdoch Mysteries, The Handmaid’s Tale, Ruby and the Well, and the 2025 Disney+ feature A Very Jonas Christmas.

Recent directing work includes workshops for The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter, Man-Man, and Machinal by Sophie Treadwell.