Shenae Grimes-Beech

Actor — Degrassi: The Next Generation, 90210

Born

1989

Birthplace

TORONTO, ONTARIO

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

5.0/ 5

Weighted across 2 scored criteria

Designation

Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁

Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.

Scorecard

Path A — born on Canadian soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

TORONTO, ONTARIO

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Ontario

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

Credits filed north of the 49th

III. Cultural evidence — not scored

Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.

Publicly claims to be Canadian

Has never brought it up

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

She left Degrassi and Canada in the same year she was cast on 90210 — a fairly literal one-way ticket out of Toronto.

The verdict

Born and raised in Toronto, four seasons on Degrassi: The Next Generation before decamping for Beverly Hills to play Annie Wilson on 90210. Interned at Toronto's own FashionTelevision on the way up. Born, raised, five points — Degrassi doesn't let you leave without a stamp on the passport.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable