When she was in Grade 11, Ophira Calof was nominated for that city’s version of the Tony Awards, as best lead actress in a high school musical. She didn’t win for starring as an unconventional Princess Winnifred in the play Once Upon a Mattress, but the nod was a big deal at the time. Now, at age 28, she remembers it as one of the early highlights of a career that has seen the Jewish disability advocate from Ottawa earn a role on the CBC comedy series TallBoyz , along with performances at Second City, Buddies in Bad Times, and...